Black outlines in scrapbook iphoto slideshow

Something new and unpleasant is happening. Some of my photos in iPhoto SlideShows using the SCRAPBOOK option are showing up with thick black marker like outlines instead of with the nice frames like you'd see in an old photo albumn. This is only happening on a few of the pages in the slideshow, and I see absolutely nothing different between those photos where this happens and the photos that appear as expected. When it happens it happens to all the photos on that page. Ideas?

That's above my pay grade but look at these topics:
Linear PCM, Animation codec MOV files...: Apple Support Communities
iMovie 11 and Jpeg Linear PCM. (Codecs).: Apple Support ...
Codec: MPEG-2 Video, Linear PCM doesn't...: Apple Support Communities
Also if you haven't installed it yet try Perian - The swiss-army knife of QuickTime® components The download button is down the page a bit.

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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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or
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EelcoR
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Well I haven’t seen this problem.
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Example:https://picasaweb.google.com/mb2180/Kona2011?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCPGWz_qPrM XKZA&feat=directlink

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