HD video from Canon camera Desktop

I just bought a Canon SX20 IS, that records HD video 1248 x 702 .mov. When I drag the file to the Desktop, it won't play correct. Very choppy. If I import to iMovie, it plays fine and exporting back to the Desktop at full quality it plays fine. So is the choppy play from the camera HD file a result of the iMac G5 not being able to handle the HD file?? Doesn't make sense to me why it won't play, except in iMovie.

I'm using a card reader. If I drag the movie file to the Desktop from the mounted SDHC card, eject the SDHC card, the movie won't play right. I assume it's not playing from the USB connection because I ejected the card. The movie will not play from the mounted SDHC card itself, or when dragged to the Desktop, whether the card has been ejected or not. It will only play in iMovie or when exported from iMovie. I wasn't sure if this was an iMac, iMovie or Quicktime Forum question. Any help would be appreciated.

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