I just realized that I was not very specific. Sorry. All my clips come from the same camera. I am not looking for transitions. I have 7 clips. I was able to play them and all was normal. After I added smoothcam, the playback stops for a moment before each clip (which I called a jump) and I don't know what to do in order to fix it. Even if I undo the soomthcam, FC still doesn't play my sequence without stopping for a moment few frames before playing the next clip. Thank you for helping.

1. Is there a red bar above the clips in the timeline? NO. 2. What playback settings do you have? DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO FIND THIS. 3. Does this happen if you create a new sequence and copy the clips into that sequence? NO. IT JUST HAPPENED FEW TIMES TO FEW DIFFERENT SEQUENCIES. 4. Does FC stop (playhead) or is there a gap between clips (so you see a black screen in the Canvas window during playback)? THERE IS NO GAP. FC STOPS FOR A MOMENT A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THE NEXT CLIP. 5. Which version of FC are you using? FC 6.0.5 6. What are the clip properties and sequence settings? FRAME SIZE: 640X480 NTSC (4:3) PIXEL ASPECT RATIO: SQUARE FIELD DOMINANCE: NONE QT VODEP SETTOMGS: CPMPRESSOR: H.264. QUALITY 100% AUDIO SETTINGS RATE 48KHZ, 16 BIT I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO FIND SEQUENCE SETTINGS

I found some more info. I think these are the sequence settings: Sequence Preset: DV NTSC 48kHz Capture Preset: DV NTSC 48kHz Device Control Preset: FireWire NTSC Video Playback: None Audio Playback: Fireface 800

I kept experimenting and I found out that the rendered file (while playing in QT) stopped playing 2 seconds before ending. Before rendering all 7 clips played correctly. After rendering the last clip on the timeline, they all paused for 2 seconds before jumping to the next clip. I cleared the smoothcam and all returned to normal. I have no idea what is happening. LOL Sorry if my English does not make sense. It is my forth language.

I did not mention that my files are MOV. I am completely new to video and I do not know what files I can work with and what files I cannot. Would you recommend a converter?

I completely agree with you. I did buy 4 tutorials and I am half through the FCP 6 101. It is massive software and I will take good time to learn it. I am actually not editing any thing at the moment. I just imported 7 clips to FCP, view the tutorial, and go back to my FCP to just do what the tutorial does. So happened that I experienced this problem so early. It happens that when ever I render, the same problem acures. Thank you for your kind help.

I found the problem. My audio was 44.1kHz and the rendering exported it to 48kHz After converting all my audio to 48kHz I was able to render and the playback worked just fine.

Rounik, Thank you very much for your help. You led me to all this specks and without you I would not be able to find the problem.

Could any one recommend a file conversion program?

Hi every one. I am new to video and would like to ask you if the Canon VIXIA HV40 High Definition Camcorder will work with Final Cut 6 without file converting. If not, would you be so kind and recommend a camcorder that is under $1000 and would work with FC 6? Thank you Bal