FCE HD 3.5: iMovie project cannot be imported...

... I am unable to import iMovie projects (DV-PAL) to FCE HD 3.5. "... 1 folder unidentified/unknown" appears and that's it !
This seems to be a common problem, since the iLife-guide from Galileo-Press describes the same problem, but offers no solution.
I want to give my projects a rough structure in iMovie and then export them to FCE to do the finalizing.
Anybody any idea ?
Reinhard Biermann, Freiburg/Germany
iMac 20" Intel   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

... well, I finally converted my iMovie-project into a quicktime film and - alas - managed to import it into FCE.
However, this is only a theoretical option, since either "high quality" or the individual setting "PAL-DV", both give unacceptable results compared to the original quality of the project ....
So Apple's claim that both programs can be used in conjunction is not correct.
In future, I will have to decide from the beginning which program will be used for the project.
One point less for Apple Software ...
Thank's for your help !
Reinhard
iMac 20" Intel   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

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