Another question about Quicktime 7 on 10.6.5

Hello everyone,
I have just transferred my files from my G4 to my new Intel iMac via Target Firewire and I was surprised to see that iMovie 6.04 transferred over fine even though the new OS has the latest iLife 11. Many in this forum said that this could not be done without deleting iLife 11 and then installing iMovie 6 and then reinstalling iLife 11. Or using Terminal which I was prepared to do.
I also just transferred all my saved iMovie 6 projects (the actual movies) from my old External Hard Drive to my new External Drive. I didn't have them on my main hard drive because of the space involved. I also downloaded Quicktime 7.6.6 just in case I needed it for these older movies.
I opened up an iMovie 6 movie and it worked fine but I noticed that it now uses Quicktime X instead of QT 7.6 when you convert the movie to QT. Also when you" get info" in the "show package contents" you see QT X. My question is that is this the same experience others have seen and that the new QT X is now normally used even for older iMovie 6 movies?
Thanks for your help. Rich

First question:
When you double click (Open via the Finder) QuickTime X will attempt to open the file. If it can't (file type, file extension or codec issue) it will ask you to install QuickTime Player (if not already installed) or prompt you to open the file using QuickTime Player.
Second question:
Only QuickTime Player can be upgraded to "Pro". QuickTime X has a much more limited file export option.
QTVR can't be opened by X. QuickTime Player Pro can export using many more options (filters). It can also add annotations (meta data). Many "older" supported QuickTime formats and codecs are not supported in X.
Use both versions for the best experience.

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