I edit multiclips in HDV often. Corporate gigs, dance performances, etc. – generally we use 2 HVR-Z1U cameras and a HVR-Z7U. 99% of the time it works flawlessly, but every now and then I have this same problem and have never foundd a reasonable explaination for it, so that leads me to believe there must be some weird little glitch that no one has ever been able to pin down. Obviously, since I am visiting this forum again right now, the problem has arisen again. I tried changing the RT setting as Ben lays out above and … Voila! It still has an orange bar above it, and the canvas picture looks like absolute crap while it plays back, but I can edit it, and that’s what matters right now. THANK YOU, BEN!