I found it! Yes!
After almost ending my life, I decided to give all the settinga a wirl again.
None of them caused this issue.
BUT during the process I found if you go to the View tab and select the audio to follow the video, play a clip, and then set it back to what ever you want, The Clips Will Play Fine from then on.
So it seems to be a “bug” when using this type of media, and the fix is just selcting the Audio/Video follow, and then setting it back to what you had originaly or what you need.
Just dumb luck finding this to be the problem, but i’m so f@#$ happy 🙂
I thought this info might be of help to those in the future.
-paul