I cannot change clip speed

I am trying to change the speed on clips in a project where the same operation just the other day was possible. Now, even after restarting the computer, and final cut express several times, I keep getting a message where:
"A conflict occured during a trim operation"
and the speed of the clips, no matter when i imported them, cannot be changed due to this error. Can anyone explain to me how this can be fixed and what it exactly means? Im working on an important project and need to figure this out soon before its too late
Thank you!

Hi(Bonjour)
It seems that you want to change the speed of a clip surounded by other clips.
Try to put your clip at the end of your sequence, change the speed and put it back (with required trimming as you changed the duration...) at his place in the sequence.
Michel Boissonneault

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