Final Cut Pro - Exporting Sequence Details

I'm looking to document the clips used, capture detail, etc. for each sequence. I could manually go through each clip, its settting and other details, but this would take a significant amount of time. Does anyone know of a way to export the sequence detail information? XML file? Thank you.

Check the settings on the HVX. It has to be in the right mode to act as recorder. Sorry- don't have one in front of me.

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