Clip plays at double speed for no reason

When I am in FCP 5.0 I play a clip and it plays at double speed for no reason (captured dv25 from dvd via decklink extreme capture card). This happens when I click on play in the source or keyboard shortcut. I'm certain that I am not putting in to this mode by clicking or keying twice. Then suddenly I will close and open the clip and play motion is normal. This occurs on tutorial clips in FCP not just ones I have captured. I have trashed FCP preferences but this still happens. Any ideas?.....
Thanks in advance.
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Haven't heard of this before, so unless someone else has a ready solution, I'd say you're going to need to troubleshoot. Start by creating a new user account, check the box to allow it to administer, then log into the new account and see if the problem follows. Please report back.

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