Cannot export back to FCP

I have a sequence that I mixed in STP. I have tried exporting the sequence back to FCP by using EXPORT>SEND FILES TO FCP SEQUENCE (worked before but not now). I have also saved it on the Desktop as a aiff file, but when I try to import it in FCP it says there is a file error and won't open.
I have sent the file from FCP to STP multiple times because I thought that the send off might be the problem but there is still no difference.
If I export from STP I can open the sequence in FCP and it looks mixed but there is absolutely no audio, not even the waveforms.
Any idea what is going on or what I can do to solve this?

Check your firewire cable. shouldnt be any difference between printing to video on 4.5 or 5. Or perhaps its something else. I am honestly aware of many problems I and some others are having with Tiger / FCP 5, this is not one of them that I'm aware of.
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