FCP shows WHITE image for DVPAL Quicktime movies

I have a strange issue on a friends FCP system
FCP 5.1.4 OSX 10.4.11
Final cut pro shows no image ( it's white ) in Final cut pro viewer. Audio is fine.
Normally this is the case when a codec is missing but they are captured DVPAL movies and the source files play fine in the quicktime player. FCP shows DVPAL compression on item properties.
Already thrashed the preferences/caches. No difference. If the codec really was missing it wouldn't played in the quicktime player right?
Any ideas?
Thanks

Make sure theat FCP's Viewer window is in RGB mode - NOT Alpha.
-DH

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