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Andy, are you unable to install Fraps? Or do you have it installed, and have the same issues I had when importing them and then editing them in PD8?
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Thanks tomantrim, i'll look into that. However, I've produced my first video and it worked out great. I didn't have any probs after converting that fraps .avi files. Will keep everyone posted if something else crops up!
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Cool, thanks for the tip. I'll be sure to check it out! Thanks for your suggestions and everything.
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Here's an update:
The reinstall did not work. But here's something I tried that seemed to fix (knocking on wood) the problem, as last night, I edited and previewed with no problem whatsoever.
Seems I remember a while back before I installed fraps on a new installation of Windows Vista, I had problems playing recorded videos in Windows Media Player. I researched the problem and realized that Fraps needed to be installed to play the videos. I discovered this only after I had tried installing a codec pack. I mean, these are .avi files, but seems like Fraps has got something proprietary about their .avi files. I don't know. That's just my take on it. Because after I installed Fraps, the files would play fine.
So last night, in an experimental mood, I tried converting them using Super Video Encoder to I guess you could say your standard uncompressed .avi file? I can't remember all of the settings I used. + I'm still a video editing n00b. Either way, I had way better luck editing the videos than using the .avi files directly recorded by Fraps. So, I'm just letting everyone know. If I had a choice, I'd rather not have to take that extra step, but the encoding doesn't take that long. I'm glad I've got a quad core system! As long as it works, I'm happy. 
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Ah, well the defrag had no effect on the problem. I installed the ffdshow codecs last night. I'm getting ready to try a reinstall, but I'm rather skeptical at the moment as to whether that'll work or not. Here's to crossing my fingers...
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Thanks for the reply. In response to some of your suggestions... I already tried adjusting the preview quality. I think the last thing I tried was selecting non real-time playback. Which it played through, just stuttered a lot. And it's not too helpful as I kind of like some of the footage to be right on cue with the music. Helps being able to see the movie as it's going to be produced you know?
As for the defrag, I defragged my video storage drive before I installed it. I'm going to defrag again considering that quite a few videos have been added to the drive. Maybe you're on to something because it worked fine the first night I used it. The next day, a bunch more videos were added. So that's actually a good point.
Video clip properties. See images below.
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Just running this past everyone to see what they think. I'm a PowerDirector 8 n00b here, but I catch on to things pretty quickly. Just this one problem I've been having since yesterday is really starting to bother me.
I've been editing a bunch of .avi files recorded by fraps. I started having issues where in movie mode when I want to preview my movie, maybe like one or two clips play, then on the next clip, playback freezes. However, sounds in the video can still be heard, along with the audio track that I have loaded. Once this happens, I press the stop button and the program just seems to hang for a few seconds then comes back. When I click on anything in the PowerDirector window, it snaps to the desktop and I have to go to the taskbar to bring it up again. One interesting thing that I noticed is that if I put the clips back to back without trimming anything from the video clips, it plays fine. It only freezes when the clips have been trimmed. Has anyone ever encountered a problem like this?
System specs:
Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 64-bit
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
8GB RAM Patriot Xtreme Performance
EVGA GTX 260 Core 216
Soundblaster Xtreme Music sound card
I've updated gfx card drivers to the latest. Installed a new codec package from ffdshow. If anyone has any other suggestions, please let me know. Also, let me know if you need more information about the problem. I think I covered the bases pretty good, but I could have left something out that you all might be able to use to help me solve the problem.
Overall, I love the software and the features. Just want to get this annoying bug/issue out of the way. Thanks in advance my fellow video editors! 
Also, just to mention the fact that I've read all about the tasks to carry out and whatnot. I'm at work now, and be advised, I will try these things when I get home. I just want to get a head start and see if anyone else has experienced this and how they resolved it.
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