P2 Files in FINAL CUT 5.1.4 won't work. What should I do?

Hello,
I have a hard drive that has P2 files on them and Im using Final Cut 5.1.4. When I try to open the project file it gives me an error message that reads: "File's format is too new for this version of the application" and when I try to open the XML files it gives me an error message that reads "No translation templates matching the selected XML file were found. Unable to import this file."
Is there any way to convert this into useable footage to edit in FCP 5.1.4? Also, the XML files are all about 4 to 8 MBs. Isnt there supposed to be footage in the capture scratch that the XML pulls from? There are MXF files in the video folders, but I don't have the right program to acknowledge them. What can I do?
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Try to open what project? Did you get a project from someone? If so, what version of FCP are they using? If it is any version later than FCP 5.1.4, you will not be able to open it. They will need to export an XML of their project as XML Version 3. And then you can import that into FCP and that should import all of their bins, clips and sequences.
and when I try to open the XML files it gives me an error message that reads "No translation templates matching the selected XML file were found. Unable to import this file."
In FCP, you need to open a new project, then go FILE>IMPORT>XML. And the XML that was exported needs to be v3. FCP 5 will not recognize a v4 XML.
Also, the XML files are all about 4 to 8 MBs. Isnt there supposed to be footage in the capture scratch that the XML pulls from? There are MXF files in the video folders, but I don't have the right program to acknowledge them. What can I do?
OK...hold on hold on hold on. Do you have the P2 media? Or some project folder? Do you have folders that contain a CONTENTS FOLDER, then inside there, 6 folders with names like VIDEO, VOICE, CLIP, PROXIE and AUDIO?
Here is the workflow for importing and working with footage shot onto P2...for FCP 5.1:
P2 Workflow Tutorial
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