Certain clips freeze in iMovie project

PLEASE PLEASE HELP
I am putting together a project in imovie and certain clips (the same ones each time) intermittently freeze when played back in the timeline but are fine if played back from within the event. The same clips also freeze if the project is uploaded to the Theatre.
The clips were filmed on a Flip mino HD and are .mp4 files. I have made projects before mixing both Flip and GoPro footage with no problems.
I have tried trashing the iMovie preference files but this has had no effect.
iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)
3.4 GHz Intel Core i7
32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB
1.85TB Free Space on Hard Drive

OK
Part 1:
Then we know that the problem is in the video material You want to use.
- Note the name for each video clip You want too use
- Locate them
- Open one at a time in QuickTime-Player
- In QT-P press cmd+I (Command-key and I-key) / Open Inspector
Now read :
Movie formatted (CODEC) : nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Frames per second : YY.yy per sec
Note this to each clip.
What does they read ?
So we find out howto convert them into a CODEC iMovie can use (YES QuickTime and VLC-player - can open many more CODECs than iMovie and iDVD can use.
Part 2:
Free Space on Start-up Hard Disk.
- When Your Mac starts-up it reads Mac OS from one hard disk (most often one has just one - Named Macintosh HD) and this You see as an icon up to the right hand corner of You screen (If not set to invisible) - open this by double clicking - or press cmd+F and a window oopens then in the frame of this most often bottom but can be top frame band - it reads - XX.xx Gb free space.
What does it say ?
Good Luck.
Yours Bengt W

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