Importing a motion file into fcp

i had my friend make an animation for me in motion 2 on his g5 and now i am trying to work with it on my imac using fcp5. i can import it but when i put it in the track and try to render it wont. i have all the files he had used for it and everything located on my machine... it works fine on his with fcp. does it mean my computer doesnt support motion files because i dont have motion installed? if so what should i have him export it as for me to use it in fcp5

Quicktime movie and the presets motion provides. Pal or ntsc dv

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