Still frame stuck in canvas

Hello,
I'm working on new project and I've got a still frame showing in my canvas on playback. I've deleted the track and drag something new in its place and am still getting the still. Any suggestions?
Thanx,
John

Thanx for getting back to me hanumang, a fellow New Yorker! The audio would play in the timeline and when I would scrub through I would see the appropiate video images. However when I played it back it would be stuck in the still frame which technically didn't even exist anymore. I finally quick FCP and trashed the prefs and that seems to have solved the problem as I'm back online cutting away.
Thanx again,
John

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