.wmv into FCP back to .wmv - best workflow with Flip4Mac?

Apologies if this has been asked before, can't find a specific answer to this.
My client has provided a .wmv (windows media video 9) source file that needs to be edited.
The client needs the final format to also be .wmv with the WMV9 codec.
I've downloaded and shelled out for Flip4Mac Studio, no problem playing the file in QT or FCP. Now, apart from being able to play, import and export to wmv, I assumed I would be able to also create a .wmv sequence in FCP, but not getting any wmv9 codec in my sequence settings.
Am I missing something? Or if it's not possible to create a wmv9 sequence, what's the best workflow?
Source file is 720x540 @ 25fps, bit rate 2303 kbps, audio is 44.1kHz
Thanks.
(PS Belated Happy Thanksgiving to all my pals over there in the US)

Thanks Jerry - believe me I wouldn't be working with this version if I didn't have to. It's for presentation within Windows Media Player ultimately so it will probably be OK if I can maintain most of the original quality.< </div>
Coming into Quicktime is an issue simply because they're different universes, but you know that.
You know what I'd do? I'd find some yutz with a PC and pay him/her to edit it on some Microsoft product. Instant in, instant out.
Short of that, converting the .wmv to something simple that will work in FCP is not going to give you any appreciable compression hit if it started out so small. Compressing again for .wmv v9.0 isn't going to improve anything but it shouldn't diminish either.
bogiesan

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