Final Cut Express stops responding

When I play the edited movie on the timeline after around 20 mins the program stops responding and I have to quit. Earlier the file was lost all together so stared again and the same thing happens after 20 mins of playing the timeline.
Anny suggestions please??
Power Mac 17" Mac OS X (10.4.3) Using Lacie 600 GB via Firewire

fatima,
So the freeze occurs at the exact same point in the timeline?
Is the timeline rendered at that point? Could be a dodgy render file. If not could be a dodgy capture file, perhaps try re-capturing. Does the original media file/render file play ok in Quicktime?
Does this 99% opacity thing help:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1331697#1331697

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