HI there , yeh i found out that Pinnacle does not like AVI files -- so i took them out a few days ago thinking that may be the problem with the same result
the files i am working with are the raw files straight from the digital video recorder ( JVC everio)
had this last time with v9 - and ended up just starting from scratch - i might try take out all transitions and see if it will compile as this did fix once before ( then re-add )
Boc