I don't know how to define this... Any video plays messed up.

Anyone know how I can handle this?

I'm on a Macbook 2,1

Screenshot attached.

Thanks

What was its source, what codec is it, how was it imported?

Source was a 720p MP4 from my Olympus Tough TG-810

It was imported via File > Import, from the desktop, where I had put the file.

I have also tried with a sample HD .mov straight from Apple's website, same problem...

Downloaded web videos are not ideal for working or comparing with. Optimize the clips first. If you don't do it on import, right-click them in the Event Browser, choose Transcode, then Optimize.

That level of camera, it probably has a proprietary version of MP4 that FCP X doesn't support.

Attached is a screenshot of what I see when I do Transcode Media...

What filetype would be most sure-proof to test?

I am not too sure it is the filetype though. It is not obvious in the screenshot I'm sending here, but the mess in the player is actually parts of my windows on the background. Quite odd.

I am using this on a non-officially-supported Macbook 2,1 with an onboard Intel graphics card. I wonder if that should be the culprit, but at the same time, I have read that people have got FCPX working fine on "non supported" Macbooks, albeit with not-so-good performance.

The camera is not on Apple's FCP X supported list.
No that MacBook is not supported.
The combination is probably the issue.

Thanks... It's sad, because I was really hoping I could use FCPX's audio sync, to fuse audio from a second source with the audio from the camera. Guess I'll have to find another solution.