Import iMovie 11 files to final cut express

I just bought Final Cut Express yesterday, the main reason being that it claimed to import iMovie files into it. I have iMovie 11 and whenever I try to import the files to FCE, it says can't import due to critical error. What should I do? My only reason for buying it was because I can then better my iMovie projects!

Hi
Its a drag to find out later that something doesn't work the way "I" imagined.
Isn't it just the way Life is ? There will never be a product that thought about all
even things to come (eg new Camera formats)
(only immune system in your Body has evolved such options - to try to prevent You from modern products
but this is very exeptional)
Yours - also frustrated when I thought I got it - just to find I didn't
eg Animations and Persons in iMovie'11 - that was something compleatly different
Bengt W

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posted many moons ago.
apologies for naff formatting (reposted from an old blog post on an old website). Piero, do you fancy taking this on and hosting it? Improving it? I'm still out of the video editing world so I'm not really interested in reviving any of my old stuff yet.
File below is hosted on my mac so if the link is down, try again later.
This is only any good for DV stuff. No HDV stuff
=======OLD POST 1=========================
OK, here's what I'd do based on what I've tried so far in getting iMovie
.dv files into FCE and avoiding having to render.
Open your iMovie .dv file in Quicktime Pro.
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Export the audio track as a Quicktime Movie, Linear PCM format, Channels Stereo (L R), 48kHz, 16bit sample size
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relatively quick. The video track is left unchanged so there is no loss in
quality.
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==========OLD POST 2====================
Download: i5m_iMovie2FCE v0.9
It's an Applescript droplet that you can drag the iMovie DV stream media files onto and it'll run away and convert them. There's also a standalone version of the script if you want to run it from the script menu on individual files, etc. It's a 0.9 release since for ease of development in Applescript it doesn't include any error handling, etc. Also I've just realised it assumes 16 bit audio.
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Is that a typo error ?
Could be.
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MPEG Streamclip is a converter, an exporter, a player, an editor, a downloader.
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Source:How to import MXF files to Final Cut Pro with smooth editing
[quote] jacknjchn.tumblr.com/post/76914947404/cant-import-mxf-footage-to-fcp-transcoding-mxf-to-fcp [/quote]

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