Thanks for the solution. I will try that tonight.  

Yes it is set to Overlap Clips  

Yes, that is what I expected but the attached jpeg shows the before and after of what I get.   

I have set up a dissolve so that the alignment is 'Centre' but when I do a Ripple Transition it always makes it an 'End' alignment. Is there something else I need to set up? Is there a way I make the 'Cross Dissolve' to default to Centre and not End. I am using Studio 24  

Is there an easy way to export an EDL or at least a list of the music tracks used in a project? Thanks 

After opening and closing the project

typo  Yes I am trying converting the frame rate now Thanks 

I think it is because I am using video from a dash cam which has a field rate of 29.96. My format for project is 50i. When it goes into 3/4 edit mode, I expand the timeline right out so that I can see frames. I press END to move it to the end of the timeline and the cursor is not at the end of the video. The timeline will end halfway through the ...

Yes once it goes faulty I usually need to restart. I haven't found a consistent way to get it out of the fault condition yet and restarting does not always do it. Sometimes I just need to close the project (without closing Studio) and open it again to fix it but that doesn't always work. It is interesting what you say about the 3/4 point mode. I ...

I nearly always use B to insert then clip. In the fault condition neither the arrow or the B key will work. I haven't tried dragging the clip, I will try that next time. They both work fine normally  I am not working with tabbed timelines.