Older Compressor 1.2.1. problem

Hello ,
I am having this problem when I try to drag source video file into the older Compressor 1.2.1.
No matter if I use +sign to add a new file or if I just drag that file into BATCH, folowing ALERT pops up.
"Error trying to open source media file"
I have been using this Compressor before and it worked fine, this is the first time I experience this. The format of the source file makes no difference. I have tried Final Cut Pro movie, I have tried Quick Time, I have even tried different video files, this Alert always appears.

How are you trying to launch Compressor? Are you using the Dock or going directly to the Application directory? Try the latter if you have previously been using the Dock.
Next thing to check would be to create a new user account and see if you can access Compressor from there.
Do you see qmasterd in the process list when you run Apple's Activity Monitor utility? You need to select the show "All Processes" item at the top of the activity window to show this task (owned by root).
If you don't see qmasterd then it's possible that something went wrong during the startup of your system. Either that, or you still have an installation problem. By the way, you did restart the system after you completed the removal of Compressor and DVDSP. Also, did you see any warning about a security setting when you restarted after you reinstalled DVDSP? If you did, you should have selected to fix the security problem.
You might also want to check the console and system logs to look for errors related to Compressor or QMaster. You can review these logs by going to "About This Mac" -> "More Info..." -> "Contents:Software:Logs" (look on left side of the System Profiler window to see the "Contents:Software:Logs" selection). You may see several warnings or even errors in these logs, but just look for those that might be related to Compressor, QuickTime, or QMaster.

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