EDL vs. reconnecting media

Hi all,
I have a question about using an EDL vs. reconnecting footage. I am finishing a film that was shot in HDCAM 1080i 29.97. We downconverted everything to DVCAM and did the offline in that format in an NTSC DV timeline (720x480). Now it's time to do the online and I'm recapturing footage from HDCAM to Apple Prores 422 HQ via a Kona 3 card in FCP 6. I've heard that EDL's can be problematic. So I'm wondering if it's possible to "hide" all of the DV clips and recapture by batch capturing the HDCAM to Prores rather than using an EDL. Is this a possibility? I'm afraid I might run into format/size issues because the film was cut in a DV NTSC sequence. Or could I create a new Prores sequence first, copy the DV sequence into it and then recapture? Or reconnect and then change the sequence settings? Just doing some thinking here...any input would be greatly appreciated.

Well, I've been working on this in Media Manager in FCP 6 and I understand how this works. I've tested it on some small sequences with no issues. However, when I go to my actual sequence (approx. one hour long, no graphics other than text from Photoshop files,2 video tracks, very many audio tracks) and try to open the media manager nothing happens. The circle spins for a split second, then nothing. Any ideas? I'm hoping I'm not dealing with a corrupt clip or something. Too many audio tracks? I went back to my 4.5 system and the same thing happens there too except I see it start to calculate media usage before it quits. Also, I'm taking only the project file from 4.5 to my 6 system - no media so everything's already offline when I open up in v6. Any advice would be appreciated!

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