Wondering about perhaps a stupid and unimportant thing

[Hattori_Hanzo]

So, I am still waiting for the camera to be coming my way. I just thought I might fool around with the color correction a little bit. So I go grab someone's footage from the net, in this case Mcgregor's clip (which I very much like) found here:
http://personales.ya.com/elfabrica/test.similo.mov

Ok, so the clip is compressed (using sorenson 3 I guess) at dimensions (says my getinfo) of 600 by 280. Nevermind the fact that it is a small resolution to play with.

I import it on my timeline (regular 48hz DV settings) and right when I drop it, it turns red, meaning I have to render it, and at a somewhat around 20 min. render time.

I've tried many different settings (24p, 23.98, a custom 600x280 environnement) but still have a long render time ahead of any possible color correcting work.

So I guess my question is, is there a way of working on such processed footage in such a way as to not have to render it first? This might at the same time expand my understanding of FCP. Sorry if I am totally meaningless and naive.

 

[Scottdvx100]

To not render requires a match of audio and video.
Your sequence should have the same codec and fps as your clips and the audio rate should be the same. If not then it will have to convert on the fly and save as rendered.
You have to set sequecne fps before adding any clips.
Note that some codecs such as DV may not like certain sizes (usually needs to be ratio of 8 pixels )
You could convert the clip and save it out and then use that as you source clip. That way the conversion has already been done.