Does anyone know what "movie contains an invalid data reference" means.

We have three Mac Pros running OS X 10.6 on a network. One Mac often gives this error message with movie files in Quicktime 7.6 for files which are fine on the other Macs. Is there a way I can investigate what is actually going wrong? Thanks!

That usually means that iPhoto can't find a clip or a shot that you're using in the Slideshow.
Regards
TD

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