Final cut canvas doesn't display video

so yea the canvas doesn't display the video but the viewer does. also both the viewer and the canvas display audio
can someone please help
if you guy all my quicktime codecs here they are
http://www.freewebs.com/muhanadaboud/codec.png
thank you and please help,
muhanad

Make sure the Canvas window is set to RGB mode and for Image (or Image+Wireframe).
-DH

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