diff --git a/blender/source/blender/python/api2_2x/sceneSequence.c b/blender/source/blender/python/api2_2x/sceneSequence.c
index c7daea1..d6b349f 100644
--- a/blender/source/blender/python/api2_2x/sceneSequence.c
+++ b/blender/source/blender/python/api2_2x/sceneSequence.c
@@ -127,25 +127,22 @@ static PyObject *NewSeq_internal(ListBase *seqbase, PyObject * args, Scene *sce)
 	StripElem *se;
 	int start, machine;
 	
+	/* We're allocating these outside of the image handling stuff
+	   because this way we can also use them for testing to see
+	   whether the data passed in looks like the stuff normally
+	   passed in for an image list */
+	PyObject *list;
+	char *name;
+
 	if( !PyArg_ParseTuple( args, "Oii", &py_data, &start, &machine ) )
 		return EXPP_ReturnPyObjError( PyExc_ValueError,
 			"expect sequence data then 2 ints - (seqdata, start, track)" );
 	
 	seq = alloc_sequence(seqbase, start, machine); /* warning, this sets last */
 	
-	if (PyTuple_Check(py_data) && PyTuple_GET_SIZE(py_data) == 2) {
+	if ((PyTuple_Check(py_data) && PyTuple_GET_SIZE(py_data) == 2)
+		&& PyArg_ParseTuple(py_data, "sO!", &name, &PyList_Type, &list)) {
 		/* Image */
-		PyObject *list;
-		char *name;
-		
-		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple( py_data, "sO!", &name, &PyList_Type, &list)) {
-			BLI_remlink(seqbase, seq);
-			MEM_freeN(seq);
-			
-			return EXPP_ReturnPyObjError( PyExc_ValueError,
-				"images data needs to be a tuple of a string and a list of images - (path, [filenames...])" );
-		}
-		
 		seq->type= SEQ_IMAGE;
 		
 		seq->len = PyList_Size( list );
@@ -189,20 +186,21 @@ static PyObject *NewSeq_internal(ListBase *seqbase, PyObject * args, Scene *sce)
 		strip->us= 1;
 		strip->stripdata= se= MEM_callocN(seq->len*sizeof(StripElem), "stripelem");
 		
-	} else if (PyTuple_Check(py_data) && PyTuple_GET_SIZE(py_data) == 4) {
+	} else if (PyTuple_Check(py_data) && PyTuple_GET_SIZE(py_data) == 2) {
 		// MOVIE or AUDIO_HD
-		char *filename;
-		char *dir;
 		char *fullpath;
 		char *type;
 		int totframe;
 
-		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple( py_data, "ssss", &filename, &dir, &fullpath, &type )) {
+		/* clear out the error from testing to see */
+		PyErr_Clear();
+
+		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(py_data, "ss", &fullpath, &type)) {
 			BLI_remlink(seqbase, seq);
 			MEM_freeN(seq);
 			
-			return EXPP_ReturnPyObjError( PyExc_ValueError,
-				"movie/audio hd data needs to be a tuple of a string and a list of images - (filename, dir, fullpath, type)" );
+			return EXPP_ReturnPyObjError(PyExc_ValueError,
+				"movie/audio hd data needs to be a tuple of (fullpath, type)");
 		}
 
 		// RFS - Attempting to support Movie and Audio (HD) strips
@@ -236,11 +234,7 @@ static PyObject *NewSeq_internal(ListBase *seqbase, PyObject * args, Scene *sce)
 			seq->strip= strip= MEM_callocN(sizeof(Strip), "strip");
 			strip->len= totframe;
 			strip->us= 1;
-			strncpy(strip->dir, dir, FILE_MAXDIR-1); // ????
 			strip->stripdata= se= MEM_callocN(sizeof(StripElem), "stripelem");
-
-			/* name movie in first strip */
-			strncpy(se->name, filename, FILE_MAXFILE-1); // ????
 		}
 
 		// Audio (HD) strips
@@ -273,11 +267,8 @@ static PyObject *NewSeq_internal(ListBase *seqbase, PyObject * args, Scene *sce)
 			seq->strip= strip= MEM_callocN(sizeof(Strip), "strip");
 			strip->len= totframe;
 			strip->us= 1;
-			strncpy(strip->dir, dir, FILE_MAXDIR-1); // ????
 			strip->stripdata= se= MEM_callocN(sizeof(StripElem), "stripelem");
 
-			/* name movie in first strip */
-			strncpy(se->name, filename, FILE_MAXFILE-1); // ????
 		}
 #endif