Can't play video files - max CPU

I have an out-of the box MacBook with leopard - and I simply had to use Force quit about a thousand times.
The problem:
When I try to...
- import (iPhoto)
- play (Quicktime)
- Preview
- open a folder in which there is...
... a video file shot with my Samsung Digimax A5 camera, the application (finder, quicktime player or iphoto) just maximizes the cpu usage, and hangs. And I have to close it by force quit.
However, the files are not corrupted, VLC Player plays them without problem, and also provides the following codec information:
FLUX0 (video)
Codec: MJPG
Res.: 640x480
30 fps
FLUX1 (audio)
Codec: MLAW
Channels: 1
Freq: 8000hz
Bits per sample: 8
64kbit/s
(maybe I translated some properties wrong, I use french Os X)
Since nearly every action (spotlight search, opening iphoto, trying to import files to the iphoto library, etc.) encounters with a file like this, and hangs the application, this really makes my life ****.
Any suggestions?

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