Combining wmv files.

I recently acquired QT Pro for my mac and I'm having trouble with editing wmv files. I have no problem editing, copying, and pasting them together. What happens though is when I combine several 20 sec. wmv's together, the resulting movie won't play completely through.
The movie will play to a certain point, then freeze showing a previous image, then completely close down. Some wmv's are fine, but certain ones seem to destroy the whole movie.
I'm sure someone out there has experienced this before and I'd appreciate any help you can offer. Also, when I play the movie and it freezes on a previous image, the sound continues to play, then the whole thing stops.
I have more questions about how to edit mpg's and other files, but please help me with this one first.
Thank you.
G5 mac Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Thanks for helping me solve that problem.
The steamclip works great, and I updated my Flip4Mac component.
I have another question now.
Do you know if there is any way to hide or clear the items in the drop down "recent places" list when opening or saving a file. Please understand that I'm aware that you can "clear recent" on some drop down lists- eg/ apple menu and go menu, QT etc.
My problem is that when someone goes to save a document, picture, or anything, they can see the folders that I've recently opened in THAT drop down menu.
I researched this a little and I think there are some 3rd party applications I could try. I also saw something about using the Terminal program. When I tried that approach, I was ultimately confused.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Cyborgh.

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http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/%7Eshmhav/SVCDon_a_Macintosh.html#edit_convertMPEG
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Hello All,
I'm so dangerously close to having this whole thing down, that the challenges are becoming excrutiatingly painful.
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I've exported my FCP edit to Quicktime.
I've downloaded Flip4Mac
I've exported a version of the FCP to a WMV file format.
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2. Is it possible to combine the QT and WMV files on the same DVD?
3. Am I totally confused?
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DG

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She can't play it on her PC, nor can I at home.
Ussually it's a DVD player software matter. Windows Media Player is not intended for DVD playing. Did you use it when it failed? Try with the free and cross plataform VLC Player.
Some threads in DVDSP forum about PC compatibility (USe the search feature and you'll find a lot of them):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6020916
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6095226
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6374894
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* DVD Authoring/burning tips thread *
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