Working with HDV footage in FCP3

Hello folks,
I have a HDV clip which is .mov file, 1080i60 HDV. I am trying to find the way to be able to import it into FCP3. If I leave it as it it, FCP is telling me that it is an unknown file. So I am wondering, how can I convert it into some file the older FCP could read. I have tried to use a Compressor and compress it to DV, but I ended up with a video squeezed from 16:9 to 4:3.
Thanks for any input,
Cheers

You can't. FCP didn't support HDV until version 5. Unless you have FCP 5 or higher installed on the computer, you cannot even view the file to convert it. Te people who supplied you with the file will have to either recapture it as DV (the camera can downconvert the footage to DV) or convert it with the Media Manager.
Or you need up upgrade.
Shane

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