Multiclip playback settings

I've run into a new issue (for me anyway) with multiclip editing. I'm working with a two-angle multiclip, editing in real time, and everything has been working fine. I walked away from the project, came back later, and suddenly the multiclip angles aren't showing up in the viewer anymore. It only displays the active angle during playback, then shows the multiclip angles when play is paused, or during scrubbing. To my knowledge, I didn't change any settings. Multiclip playback is enabled in the timeline, Playhead sync is set to open...What am I missing?
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7)

All I can suggest is that you close the project, relaunch FCP, and go through the multi setup one more time, step by step.
bogiesan

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Cep has posted a thread today asking where are the "Playback Settings" choices that were present in Premiere Elements 11 in two places
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http://forums.adobe.com/message/5779204#5779204
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No word from Adobe who would know for sure, but...
On a lead from a Premiere Pro CS6 thread that run into missing Playback Settings or grayed out Playback Settings in Premiere Pro CS6 version as well, we tried creating the keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+P to access a possibily hidden "Playback Settings", no success. (See Premiere Elements 12 Windows 7 or 8 64 bit, Edit Menu/Keyboard Customization/Windows/Monitor Window/Playback Settings.)
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Original footage is [email protected]
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Shane's rule #1
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>>> Harm Millaard <[email protected]> 10/9/2009 10:51 AM >>>
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