Can I convert my Final cut Express files to FCPX

I am three quaters of the way through editing a trip to Australias outback and it is already an 1.5 hours long and dont think I can get it all even ona DL DVD so want to buy the new ish FCPX and convert my project there so I can then Burn it to Blu ray, more expence but hey its worth it.
Is there anyone out there with the answer, I will be eternaly gratefull asuploading and starting the project again would kill me as its already taken me 7 weeks to get this far.
Clive

G'Day Clive,
Regards regular DVD:
You will get around 2 hours of FCE Timeline onto a standard disc and 4 hours on a Dual Layer.
Bluray stuff looks better, but may I ask, what type of footage is being used, SD or HD?
Al

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Open the file in QuickTime Player. Then do Tools > Show Movie Inspector. What does it say for Format and FPS?
At 59GB, I suspect you have either a 4 hour DV video or a 1+ hour video that was converted to Apple Intermediate Codec. If it's either of those, you can import it directly into FCE provided you select the appropriate Easy Setup first. Your clips have to match the properties of the Easy Setup you are using.
If it's neither DV or AIC then you need to convert it to one of those codecs. (QuickTime/DV or QuickTime/AIC) Many people in this forum rely on MPEG Streamclip (it's free and works great).

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Running a Macbook Pro with Final Cut 7 on it.... our office had it pre loaded with FCE 4 until we got final cut loaded on it. Never used FCE... I happened to be looking for an autosaved version of a final cut pro project I was working on and noticed that all the autosaved files for that FCP project and all of my other FCP projects had been autosaved as Final Cut Express files. It required the registration of FCE 4 in order to open them. I was able to grab one, dupe it and open it in FCP... but what caused that?

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Message was edited by: Ian R. Brown

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Tom,
Thank you, too, for getting back to me.
Really disappointed in the recovery software that I purchased (File Salvage & Data Rescue II) that it couldn't pull out the Final Cut Express project file. I spent about 200 dollars for them.
Really puzzled that Data Rescue II recovered multiple Final Cut "pieceparts", but instead of Final Cut Express, the software designated them as Final Cut Pro files. You could be right that the recovered "stuff" is previously discarded cache or render files.
Thanks for your suggestion about Drive Savers, but I just can't spend any more money on this mistake I created.
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