Video shrinks when dragged to the Timeline

For some reason, a Quick Time File I've imported shrinks to about 1/4 size when I drag it onto the timeline. Any ideas. It may help to know the video is a completed project that I burned to DVD and then pulled back off using Cinematize (trying to free up disk space before effects) Any help would be greatly appreciated

You either used Cinematize incorrectly, extracted the DVD to the wrong format, or the sequence settings are in the wrong format, or the original dump to DVD is in the wrong format. Check item properties of your sequence and your your media and see what they say.

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1550
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