Unable to analyze project - invalid format

I currently have Final Cut Server 1.5.2 installed on a Macbook pro running 10.6 as a test bed while the eventual xServe is being installed and to go through the training book. I'm stumbling into a weird issue in that I can't seem to upload Final Cut project files into the server. Whenever I attempt it, the upload job fails after 10 minutes odd with the error 'Unable to analyze project - invalid format'.
Is this a known bug or is there something weird in my config? I've tried reinstalling FCSvr several times, but end up with the same problem.
Cheers

I'm using FCSvr 1.1.1 & Quicktime 7.5.5. I can encode the failed clips with Compressor on it's own.
I talked to a tech rep at Apple and he found a partial solution. You have to erase and re-create your network in a very specific manner. With this solution everything works perfectly… except for element clip proxies, which periodically FAIL during transcoding.
The fix is to “search all jobs” with the status FAIL and then, within FCSvr, re-analyze the element clip proxies that failed.
These are the steps:
1. Access Apple Qmaster via System Preferences on each computer. Click the 'Stop Sharing' button. Hold down the Option key until the 'Start Sharing' button says 'Reset'. Click the reset button. Shut down the computer.
2. Turn on the computer you want to be the Cluster Controller. Access Apple Qmaster via System Preferences. Select "Services and cluster controller". Under 'Services' check 'Share' and 'Managed' for Compressor. For 'Selected Service On' make sure you do not add more than half of your processors (instances). Then click on the 'Start Sharing' button.
4. Turn on your FCSer client computers. Access Apple Qmaster via System Preferences. Select "Services only". Under 'Services' check 'Share' and 'Managed' for Compressor. For 'Selected Service On' make sure you do not add more than half of your processors (instances). Then click on the 'Start Sharing' button.
5. Go back to your Cluster Controller computer and open Qadministrator. Create a Cluster. Drag and drop the client computers you’re sharing with into your new cluster.
6. Sign in as admin for FCSer. Select the ‘Server’ button in the upper left of the main FCSer window. Select the ‘Administration…’ from the Server drop down menu. Select ‘Preferences’ from the window that opens. Select the ‘Compressor’ tab. Click on the ‘Compressor Cluster Name’ pop up menu and select your newly created cluster.
7. Test out the cluster by uploading media files.

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The project file makes it's way into FC Server as a listed asset, however when I choose to "get Info" and do a Search for the associated project files, nothing shows up. The manual mentions or recommends to use file extensions, and I have.
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Paul:
I experience the exact same issue, yesterday and thought that after Apple released the following update
http://www.apple.com/support/releasenotes/en/FinalCut_Studio_2.0rn/
that things may work, but they still dont.
My guess, is that there may be a version update to Final Cut 6.0.3 to maybe Final Cut 6.5 or something that will allow this direct integration with Final Cut Server. However, note, I was able to success import Final Cut Project exported as Final Cut XML files. I tried this because this was traditionally how it work when FCServer was the Artbox product. My guess is because the Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Server engineers in Apple really don't speak direct to each other, FCServer was realeased with this bug.

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