Premiere Elements 7 Help required - timeline & source no playback

Hello everyone,
I am currently experiencing some major problems with my copy of "Premiere Elements 7" recently which I have only encountered once before. Unfortunately the previous solution of a system restore was not available to me this time and after various re-installs and head scratching I am hoping someone may be able to help me with this issue.
The problem:
When I double click the source footage for a preview, the footage does not play, a similar case in the timeline where once I hit the play button in the edit window, or hit space or enter, the button will indicate play, but the video will not be in motion. I can move the timeline tracker along and it will display the frame at that point.
It is only recently this has occured with no change to my computer at all. It is not connected to the internet as it is used purely for editing.
I have checked the playback settings and everything is in order and fits in with PAL.
I am using:
Windows 7
MESH computer
AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 250 Processor
3.00 GHz
4.00 GB Ram (3.75GB useable)
64-Bit operating system
I eagerly await any help!

Hey there,
My project preset is Hard Disk, Flash Memory Camcorder Standard 48kHz, with the camera itself being a Samsung VP-MX25E
It may be worthwhile mentioning that the footage has worked in the program for a very long time before these issue began.
To get the footage from camera to computer I connect it via the supplied USB cable and copy the footage into a folder, not directly into the program as I find this method of organisation much more efficient.
The source files are all MP4 Video files, 720x576, Data rate 5014kbps, Total bitrate 5134kbps, with 25 fps.
The audio has a bit rate of 119kbps, in stereo and with a sample rate of 24kHz (the audio also does not play)
I have Local Disk NTFS with 911 GB available to me and 102GB free. All my footage is stored on here, as is premiere.
Hope this is of help
Sean

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