Cannot playback clips from timeline

Problem: in iMovie HD5, I can only see a white screen when I click on the video clips in the timeline of my iMovie projects. At first the marker moved across the screen with no picture and no sound, but now I can't even get the marker to move across. Basically nothing happens when I click on a clip from the timeline now. Tried several projects and same thing. However, I CAN play and view the clips from the clip section that's to the RIGHT of the screen. Has anyone encountered this before?
So far, I've tried restarting my computer, throwing away the iMovie.plst file in my Library, in movie preferences changing the quality of the playback. I also have about 100 gb of space on my harddrive, so that shouldn't be an issue.
Thanks!
Lisette

Hi, sorry I've been on vaca. and away from the internet...
Hope you got the problem solved, but if you're still having it...I just copies and pasted this message I sent when I was able to resolve the problem:
-Hi Bengt,
Well, this morning I went through older iMovie projects and found that they worked fine. So I went back to the more recent ones where I was having the problem. It was strange, the pointer on the screen would scroll across as if it were playing, but again, blank screen and no sound. I tried different settings in imovie preferences but had no luck.
Then, on one movie I made a small change- I deleted a transition, closed and saved the project, and then when I reopened it it worked fine. So I did this with the rest of the lot and they all seem to be working normally again! Go figure!
So essentially - I went in to the project that was having the problem and made a minor change. Saved it, reopened it and then it was back to normal.
Also, when wierd things happen I like to shut down my computer and then turn it back on... I'm not technical, but I've had a lot of luck with that when programs are acting quirky.
Cheers,
Lisette

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