Well old problem which I stupidly thought might be resolved if I purchased the full version of Powerdirector 6. My video clips (in any format) show and play in the media window fine. However as soon as I drag them to the timeline the sound is okay but no video (makes it a tad hard to edit the clips). They also don't play when rendering but don't know if that's relevant at all. In daily dialogue with the Cyberlink support guys but nothing they have suggested so far has made any difference. Thought I would post to see if anyone has had the same problem. I have read of this problem with windows moviemaker which appeared to be a missing codec! Not being particularly good with computers I wouldn't know if this could be the problem. The long and short of it is I've spent money on a piece of software which is next to useless at the minute. Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.