Trouble importing clip in the browser

Hi,
I am facing a new problem with my FCP 5. When I capture about 2 hours of video, in the browser it shows only 5 mins. duration of the clip however when I look inthe Hard Drive where it is captured I can see the complete 2 hour video. When I import or open the same video in browser, again it shows only 5 Mins.
How do I import the complete video?
Thanks.
Regards,
MANDAR
G5 Mac OS X (10.4.1)

OK .. that IS weird. No INs or OUTs set on the clip, and its full length when played in QT. Try this; import the captured QT file (File->Import) and see if it shows full length in FCP. If it does, I' try trashing FCP's preferences.
-DH

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