Fce 3.5 unknown file-export problem

Hello!
I have a problem with exporting my finished movie. Everytime I try to export it as a .mov file. The following erros shows up
Unknown File
I just have .mov files as my video files form a digital camera and .aif files as my audio files and some text. I also tried to find out which is the UNKNOWN file therefore I tried to export just the audio or just the video. It didn't work. The same error.
Any Suggestions? I'm really confused
Thank you
Jens

Your camera creates QuickTime MJPEG videos at 640x480 or 320x240 pixels at either 30 or 10 fps. FCE is a DV / HCV application that uses either NTSC or PAL video standards. That is why FCE gives you the unknown file type error message.
Did you render your video in FCE before you tried to export it? If not, select all video clips in your timeline and do Sequence > Render All > Both, followed by Sequence > Render Only > Mixdown.
It would be better if you can convert your MJPEG video(s) to DV-PAL before you import them into FCE (I assume that's the correct choice for Germany; the other choice would be DV-NTSC but that is the North American standard.) I believe QuickTime Pro can do the conversion.

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