Okay, I actually ended up encountering a thread that didn't at first seem to be exactly my issue but actually solved the problem... or, put a band-aid on it at least. You can find the thread here:
viewtopic.php?t=127177&p=693238Anyways, the part that worked for me was the "render in place" function when right-clicking the clip.
I have also come to wonder, did this occur when I updated from the beta 17 version to the release? I did update after I started the project, so it's possible that's just it and this is a bug.