IMovie issue with preview/playback

Hello,
I have searched and have yet to come up with a resolution. Im using iMovie 09 on a new MB. I have been able to import and edit several videos. This week i started a new project and my preview window was grayed out. a few minutes after that full screen stopped working. Now i cant do anything but play the raw video. So far I have tried numerous restarts, I reinstalled, I updated and repaired permissions. Nothing has been able to work. I am hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Please.
Thanks in advance.

I've been having the same problem lately as well as another issue: couldn't copy from one project and a new project refused to open the timeline window.
found a solution to the gray playback screen in this thread
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10430394&#10430394
this seemed to fix the gray window, but I did also delete the preferences file, too. Gray window problem came back, deleted cache again ,,, very annoying to have to keep doing that.
The problem wasn't there on monday, and I have a sneaking suspicion that it's related to an OS update that I did automatically within the past week (but can't find it in my logs to pinpoint the date).
Hope this helps
Elizabeth

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