Can't import movie created in Sorenson Squeeze

I work with AVID and Windows at work... don't hold it against me. I'm a total Mac guy at home.
I have created some QuickTime movies with Sorenson Squeeze using the standard DV/DVCPro codec. People with Final Cut Pro tell me they cannot import my movies which seems strange. I think they are getting an "unsupported format" error message. Oddly enough when I export directly out of the AVID using the same DV/DVCPro codec they can import my movies. It is very frustrating because I want to use Sorenson to make all my movies (quicktime, windows media, mpeg2, etc) because it can do it all at the same time.
Any ideas? Thanks.

I have created a simple 6 minute movie in Photo Booth and have been completely unable to import the movie into iMovie. I would like to be able to add music to my movie via iMovie and I'm currently at a loss. Any help?
Not sure why MPEG Streamclip would have problems with the file but it is not uncommon for iMovie '08 to balk at the import of clips under certain conditions. For instance, what kind of tracks are included in your File? Any "Tween" tracks. As I am running an old G5 PPC model, my use of Photo Booth is very limited in terms of effect compatibility and he files I am able to create are limited to simple MPEG4/AAC and, as such do import. Can you post a copy for examination or can you check the "Properties" window and report what you find? Also, as a possible workaround, have you tried importing the file into GarageBand (which doesn't have all of iMovie '08's import limitations) and add your audio track there?

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