Importing video from camera won't play

I have imported pics and video frommy camera into iPhoto.The pics show up fine, but the vidoes are black squares. When I try to play, Quicktime opens, but the screen is just black/blank. The file looks to be an avi file? What do I do to make this work? I want to view the videos and eventually put them in iMovie. Help!?

create76
The usual cause for this is that you don’t have the codecs on your Mac to play these particular avi’s. The avi is a container for many possible codecs, so while one might play another might not.
Try install Perian, which will add codecs to Quicktime for you. Otherwise go back to the website of your camera’s maker and see if they have a Quicktime plug-in.
Regards
TD

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