Importing subtitle file - no subtitles

I'm exporting an xml file from fcp of preexisting subtitle tracks and using TEP to convert to an STL file. I look at it in textedit and it looks fine. I can import into dvdsp (by control clicking in a subittle track). It tells me that it imported subtitles but the subtitle track is empty. I can create a subtitle from within dvdsp without a problem on that track.
Any ideas?

me stupid. Finally realized that dvdsp sets default sequence start tc at 0:00:00:00 while fcp sets it at 1 hr. Changed sequence tc in fcp to 00:00:00:00 and all is well.

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