Editing a project

Hello
I recently started working on a video project using .mpg format videos. I have already completed another project successfully using the same format and videos from the same source.
However, when I went to open this current project, the program tells me that "this file is not supported, or the required codec is not installed." I do not believe it is a problem with any codec because I can still open up my previous project with no problem.
When the file opens, the work I've done so far is still there, including the audio, except the video has been removed and a red "media offline" still image is in its place.
Please help me solve this issue.
Thanks
Peter G.

Peter G,
Let's go back to your earlier Project, the one with the Media showing "Offline." Can you relink your Video files from the Project Panel? What happens, when you try this?
It sounds as though something has changed on your system, and it does relate to the CODEC for the MPEG files.
Robert Johnson is possibly correct with regards to Quicktime, and has pointed you to a very necessary "next step," with G-Spot. It will do several things for you:
1.) survey your system for all properly installed CODEC's
2.) tell you all about your particular MPEG files
3.) tell you of problems with your particular MPEG files
4.) if all is good, allow you to test render and play your MPEG files
Without the data from a program, like G-Spot, anything that we might suggest would be just a shot in the dark. G-Spot is a freeware program, available at www.headbands.com/gspot.
It is most likely that something has changed on your system from the time that you could work on the first Project, and now. This could be something that you might not even be aware of, such as a Windows' update. It could also be the installation of something like a CODEC "pack," that has messed up the installation of existing CODEC's. QuickTime is a very likely candidate, and the newest version *might* help.
Good luck,
Hunt

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