Quicktime screen recording to final cut

Hi there, I'm not sure why but after making a screen recording in quicktime I was unable to place the file as an import into my final cut sequence and kept getting an unknown error. I then went to imovie and exported the screen recording to a PAL setting which I could then place in final cut but this was quite a loopy way of doing things plus lost a lot of the sharpness by exporting through imovie?

Any suggestions appreciated =)