"Incompatible file"

No mater what I do, I'm getting an incompatible format error when importing .mov files into DVD SP4.
I've tried several different .mov files, created on export from FCP as a self contained quicktime movie.
The file is NTSC SD, and about 10 minutes in length on an 18.1mb file. I was able to import it into iDVD so why not DvdSP?

I would Export using the "QuickTime Movie" option in FCP. Bring that file into Compressor, where you will create an MPEG-2 of the video and a .ac3 file of the audio. Bring those into DVD SP.
There are tutorials here, to help you out;
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/fcp_homepageindex.html

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hello i have fcp 10.1 but when i updated to my old project i had some missing files, i could not relink files because of
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OS 9 is preset to reconnect to all hardware present the last time it was shut down. This includes a printer - it is difficult to get an OS 9 install to ignore all printers, that is, to accept a no-printer status.
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-and a Java update https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1507936
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"Incompatible files" No install disk. Now what?

I have an old iMac -350 MHz G3 running OS 9.1- that I only use with my workhorse of a scanner. I've tried to network via Ethernet and a router with my newer iMac -1.8 GHz G5 running OS 10.3.9- with intermittent success. Sometimes an icon comes up on either computer usually after restarting one or the other, usually not.
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If you need screen captures let me know.
Cheers!

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