Cannot view movies in iphoto gallery

Hi,
Using iLife '08, i have published some movies and pictures on my web gallery. All my friends and family can view the movies with no problems on their computers. If i try to view my gallery via Safari or another web browser i get a message that says:
Quicktime is unable to play this movie. Please try again.
When i try with Firefox, i get the audio, but no picture. I have deleted my gallery and started again (giving it plenty of time to upload), but no avail.
Would anyone know if this is an issue with iPhoto/Safari or Quicktime and how can i fix it?
I'm on a new iMac (intel) with op sys 10.4.10.
Many thanks!

cos
All my friends and family can view the movies with no problems on their computers.
This suggests that the movies themselves are fine.
Quicktime is unable to play this movie. Please try again.
When i try with Firefox, i get the audio, but no picture.
This sounds very much like a your Mac is missing the codec to play the movies properly. Try install Perian
Regards
TD

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Hi,
Using iLife '08, i have published some movies and pictures on my iphoto gallery. All my friends and family can view the movies with no problems on their computers. If i try to view my gallery via Safari or another web browser i get a message that says:
Quicktime is unable to play this movie. Please try again.
When i try with Firefox, i get the audio, but no picture. I have deleted my gallery and started again (giving it plenty of time to upload), but no avail.
Would anyone know if this is an issue with iPhoto/Safari or Quicktime and how can i fix it?
I'm on a new iMac (intel) if that helps any with 10.4.10.
Cheers!
Message was edited by: cos constantinou
Message was edited by: cos constantinou

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Harinder
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Never post your email on an internet forum.
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