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Cannot Open Final Cut Pro XML generated file from Premiere Pro in Final Cut Pro (latest versions)

Hi, I'm attempting to export a Premiere Pro Project to FCP .xml, which I have done. However it won't open in FCP 10.5.4 as it's greyed-out so apparently FCP doesn't recognise it. Any ideas on how I can resolve this issue please?

Mac mini, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 5, 2021 10:33 AM

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Posted on Nov 5, 2021 12:55 PM

Hi Luis, thanks for your quick and helpful response to my question. I was hoping there might be a free solution to this issue but I guess $19.99 is not too expensive if there's no other alternatives. It's a shame that Premiere Pro creates 'Final Cut Pro XML' files but that they don't actually work when importing into Final Cut Pro.

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Nov 5, 2021 12:55 PM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Hi Luis, thanks for your quick and helpful response to my question. I was hoping there might be a free solution to this issue but I guess $19.99 is not too expensive if there's no other alternatives. It's a shame that Premiere Pro creates 'Final Cut Pro XML' files but that they don't actually work when importing into Final Cut Pro.

Nov 6, 2021 3:00 AM in response to rascalrusty

I think that probably the reason is that not many people need this. The original purpose was I think to be able to transfer from legacy FCP to the new one, and of course legacy FCP, being an old 32-bit application that only worked in systems until macOS 12 Sierra, does not get that much use. It has not been updated since 2009. It just so happens that Premiere kept the ability to export the old XML, but I imagine most people either do their projects completely in one software or the other, so not many sales for Send to X.

Nov 6, 2021 5:20 AM in response to spherico

Thanks Spherico, it's good to know re DVR and reassuring to receive a positive review for Send ToX.

Unfortunately Adobe Premiere Pro '*.MOV_rendered_001.mxf' files were created in my old Premiere Project, replacing many of the original media files so this has caused an issue when trying to relink the original media in FCP following the SendToX conversion. I manually changed a few of these by removing the audio in QuickTime Player as the .mxf files don't have audio, but then the relink failed due to different frame rates which was frustrating. Would you have an idea of how to replace these with the original media files in the Adobe Premiere Project please or some other kind of workaround perhaps?

Cannot Open Final Cut Pro XML generated file from Premiere Pro in Final Cut Pro (latest versions)

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