Exporting files for use in FCP 7

I'm working on an animated project right now where I draw individual images in Photoshop, save them as PNGs, and then bring them into AE CS4 as image sequences. I now have a bunch of individual scenes that I want to trim and edit in FCP 7, but I keep having problems trying to open the .mov files in Final Cut. I've been using the Animation codec to maintain quality, but FCP can't seem to open all of the files.
Oddly, it can import some of these scenes (seemingly at random, I use the same settings for each) but others get the error message: File Error: 1 file(s) recognized, 0 access denied, 1 unknown. I know this question should maybe be posted at an FCP forum, but I was wondering if I would have better results using different settings to export out of AE? Perhaps 10 bit uncompressed or just PNG sequences? There is no sound to worry about as of yet...
Thanks in advance!

Midnighttrain wrote:
… MPEG Streamclip, & something about needing to separately download an MPG2 converter for it w/ Lion or Mountain Lion - the process sounded confusing …
MpegStremclip is THE Swiss Army Knife, when it comes to conversion, a 100% reliable, it IS absolutely free (any download a dollar = Stefano would be a millionaire!), I dare to say it is THE most recommended 3d party tool in the editor community ....
How & why you need to install the mp2 plug-in does Signore Cinque explain in simple words on his website:
http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html

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