Re: FCP offline edit system for Viper/SRW1 project

Instead of an SD card, why not get an HD card and ingest using something like DVCProHD? That will avoid the need to change the frame rate or the timecode, and will yield 23.98 fps clips that match the original. The additional storage required will be more than DV25, but less than double. And it will save you a lot of conversion headaches, as Final Cut still doesn't support standard 3:2 removal very well (which is probably why very few people seem to cut in 24fps on Final Cut, even though they should).

One thing I would suggest, though, it that ingesting from what is essentially camera equipment is a dubious practice. The SRW1 is designed to be a field recorder, not an edit system ingest deck. Make sure whomever is in charge of this knows what they're doing.