Open FCP 6 project files in FCP 5

Hey guys, I've got a client who has FCP 5 and wants to open a project file created in FCP 6. I'm well aware of the incompatibility of the two project files, but is there any way he can access the edit? I know I could do an EDL, but I'm not sure how savvy he is with the program so the easier the process the better. Thanks.

In the FCP 6 project, export an XML file of the project. Use that file to build a NEW project in FCP 5. More details are in the manual.
-DH

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Thread: 0
Exception: EXCBADACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERNPROTECTIONFAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000004
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 Ozone 0x0133bcd3 -[OZTimelineViewForViewer numberOfRows] + 13
1 Ozone 0x0133b65f -[OZTimelineViewForViewer rowsInRect:] + 35
2 Ozone 0x0133b33a -[OZTimelineViewForViewer drawBackground:] + 366
3 Ozone 0x011d7706 -[OZTimelineView drawRect:] + 806
4 com.apple.AppKit 0x932f13b1 -[NSView _drawRect:clip:] + 3228
5 com.apple.AppKit 0x932f040b -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 614
6 com.apple.AppKit 0x9330236f _recursiveDisplayInRect2 + 149
7 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083eb30 CFArrayApplyFunction + 307
8 com.apple.AppKit 0x932f0613 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 1134
9 com.apple.AppKit 0x9330236f _recursiveDisplayInRect2 + 149
10 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083eb30 CFArrayApplyFunction + 307
11 com.apple.AppKit 0x932f0613 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 1134
12 com.apple.AppKit 0x9330236f _recursiveDisplayInRect2 + 149
13 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083eb30 CFArrayApplyFunction + 307
14 com.apple.AppKit 0x932f0613 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 1134
15 com.apple.AppKit 0x9330236f _recursiveDisplayInRect2 + 149
16 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083eb30 CFArrayApplyFunction + 307
17 com.apple.AppKit 0x932f0613 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 1134
18 com.apple.AppKit 0x9330236f _recursiveDisplayInRect2 + 149
19 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9083eb30 CFArrayApplyFunction + 307
20 com.apple.AppKit 0x932f0613 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayAllDirtyWithLockFocus:visRect:] + 1134
21 com.apple.AppKit 0x932ef473 -[NSView _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 217
22 com.apple.AppKit 0x932eeb78 -[NSThemeFrame _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 290
23 com.apple.prokit 0x959abd9d -[NSProWindowFrame _recursiveDisplayRectIfNeededIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectFor View:topView:] + 101
24 com.apple.AppKit 0x932ee362 -[NSView _displayRectIgnoringOpacity:isVisibleRect:rectIsVisibleRectForView:] + 523
25 com.apple.AppKit 0x932edc8e -[NSView displayIfNeeded] + 439
26 com.apple.AppKit 0x932eda32 -[NSWindow displayIfNeeded] + 168
27 Ozone 0x012d95af -[OZDocumentWindow displayIfNeeded] + 71
28 com.apple.AppKit 0x9333dd6c _handleWindowNeedsDisplay + 206
29 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082dd6e __CFRunLoopDoObservers + 342
30 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082ce10 CFRunLoopRunSpecific + 827
31 com.apple.CoreFoundation 0x9082cace CFRunLoopRunInMode + 61
32 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92dec8d8 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode + 285
33 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92debf19 ReceiveNextEventCommon + 184
34 com.apple.HIToolbox 0x92debe39 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode + 81
35 com.apple.AppKit 0x93272465 _DPSNextEvent + 572
36 com.apple.AppKit 0x93272056 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:] + 137
37 com.apple.AppKit 0x9326bddb -[NSApplication run] + 512
38 com.apple.prokit 0x9598881d NSProApplicationMain + 324
39 com.apple.motion 0x00005ab8 0x1000 + 19128
40 com.apple.motion 0x0000317e 0x1000 + 8574
41 com.apple.motion 0x000030a5 0x1000 + 8357
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (32-bit):
eax: 0x00000000 ebx: 0x0133b64a ecx: 0xa0a57184 edx: 0x00000001
edi: 0x11767570 esi: 0x117760a0 ebp: 0xbfffdab8 esp: 0xbfffda80
ss: 0x0000001f efl: 0x00010282 eip: 0x0133bcd3 cs: 0x00000017
ds: 0x0000001f es: 0x0000001f fs: 0x00000000 gs: 0x00000037
iMac 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo Mac OS X (10.4.10) 1.5 GB RAM
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)
Mac Pro Mac OS X (10.4.10)

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Sorry, I'm out of ideas. Perhaps someone else with greater tech skills will chime in on this and be able to suggest a solution. Deleting or changing the location of the files you mentioned earlier in the thread can certainly complicate and add time to a new edit but should not have caused the problem you've encountered in getting the project file to open.
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...then I was basically on my own and they would not help me. Worse, they didn't care that I was an old and loyal customer, or that I was even a stockholder in the company. The support system essentially told me to get stuffed. Yee-e-e-ow!!!!
I was especially mad about this because I have this nagging suspicion that this whole problem I'm having with DVDSP is somehow related to some kind of copy protection scheme that Apple has going on but doesn't talk about.
I mean why did I need to re-enter the serial numbers for all my pro apps when I changed logic boards? Is my problem being caused by some Pro App component that knows enough to stop working when it thinks it's been bootlegged, but doesn't know enough to trigger a re-registration of itself.
At this point, that idea is beginning to sound more and more plausible as the cause of my trouble.
Anyway, this problem is seriously hurting my workflow. I'm out of ideas and I need some guidance from the collected wisdom of the forum to solve this problem.
Thanks in advance.

I didn't see anywhere that you had downloaded and
installed the latest proApplication Support file. If
you haven't, you should do this next:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/proapplications
upport31macosx1039.html
Hal:
I had reinstalled that ProApps Support version, but I hadn't done it since I deleted all the app files and such, then done a complete reinstall from the DVD.
So I just downloaded it afresh, and then installed it. Then I restarted, and then repaired permissions with Disk Utility.
Still no go.
I'm bamboozled. I thought I knew something about this stuff, but I guess it's good to stay humble.
However, my 5.1 studio upgrade just arrived in today's mail. I think I'm going to take a chance. I'm between projects right now. So I'm going to upgrade my OS to Tiger>then 10.4.6 upd. Then I'll take a shot at installing the new FCP Studio upgrade and see what happens.
Any comments or advice? Otherwise, wish me luck. I'll let you know how this works out with a post here.
Sure wish I could figure out what's going on with my DVDSP v3, though. I really HATE to leave unresolved problems hanging out there. Seems like they always come back to bite you again if you don't deal with them.
Thanks for the help.

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