Sequence is now jumpy

Hi Guys,
Bit of a novice- I have been producing some video of seminars for company and everything has been running smoothly until last week. I was compressing a video and had to cancel cos it was still too big. since then any sequence on FCP has been jumping and stalling- my processing capabiltiy is more than adequate but the video playback is stops and starts and the audio is jumpy- even with other sequences! I have tried everything.
I have repaired disc, reinstalled FCP and still no changes.
Any ideas?

What codec does your source footage use?
What codec is applied in Sequence > Settings?
Where are the source footage and render files located on your computer?
Version of FCS, Mac OS X and QuickTime?

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Solved!
Go to Solution.

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