Animations, Themes in DVD Studio Pro 2 Stopped Working! HELP!

Hey All,
I upgraded to 10.4 and did all the necessary updates, including pro app support. now DVD Studio Pro 2 is no longer displaying any type of Animation. Whether it is a movie file or Theme Animation, all I get is a black screen in preview, Canvas and Final Burn. It has totally hindered my ability to create any type of animated menus. I've checked DVDSP2's packages and all the movie files are there and work fine in QT but not in DVDSP2. I need some serious DVDSP2 genius to help!
Thanks!
PowerMac Dual G4 1.2 - 1.5 GB RAM - GeForce 4 Ti Card - Quicktime 7 Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I wasn't going to say anything, but, some people on these boards, (having simalar issues) had to wipe there drives and reinstall, before everything went back to normal.
I just didn't want to have you go that far, unless everything else failed and it's beginning to look that way.
I personally, when a major upgrade to the OS occurs, wipe my drive, just so there is no strange behavior with my application and gives me a chance get rid of all the unseen trash in the background, (that can cause problems) which are invisible to the user, (I do this about once a year.)
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