Exporting P2 with compressor

I'm exporting a ton of clips, using compressor, changing my DVC Pro HD (Varicam) clips to h.264. However, when I come to a folder with P2 clips in it that I've logged & transferred, I get a prompt in the compressor window that says:"one or more of the source media files cannot be found at the expected location". Am I missing some step in making this conversion with P2?

select a clip in either the browser of timeline and control click and choose reveal in finder. You can also select multiple clips in finalcutpro and choose "send" to compressor.

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Greetings,
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Michael,
I just wanted to sum up what I ended up doing, for others folowing the post:
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Ooops, sorry
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Stream 2:
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Codec:PCM S16 LE (sowt)
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Stream 3:
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I am using a somewhat older version of FCP (5.0.4)
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          Font: Helvetica, 36

Hi James,
For exporting a multitrack .wav file, you have to start a project with a multichannel audiomaster (3-16 tracks).
Copy and paste your complete edit to the new editsetting.
Now in the audiomixer you can route your audiolayers to the multichannel you like.
(CH1+2 pan to left is channel 1, pan to right is channel 2 and for a stereo track pan to center : channel 1 for left and channel 2 for right.)
Then you export your project to a 3-16 tracks multitrack .wav file.
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.avi or .mp4 video files cannot be exported with more than 5.1 channels of audio
MXF OP1a in XDCAMHD can also be exported with max. 16 channels of audio. It also contains your timeline timecode.
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Succes with it!!
gr. Mano

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Greetings,
I need some help from you good people.
I have been tasked with preparing our video program for an SD Television Broadcast.
In my many years of using Final Cut, I have never had to export for an official SD Broadcast. So I declare up front that this is a new world for me from web and DVD creation.
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(BOLD AND RED are what I need help with)
VIDEO:
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Disclosure: I haven't prepared a show for SD Broadcast either, but have been working with Compressor/DVDStudio Pro for a decade.
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