Exported Videos as JPEG iPhoto - Still playing

Hello,
I recently exported thousands of files/videos from iPhoto onto an external hard drive. After doing some research I realise I must have exported these from iPhoto as JPEG and not "Original". My videos are now not playing.
I then re-imported them into iPhoto and they are playing through iPhoto, however I can't export them as anything else now?? I have no backups of the orginal video files..
I can create a slide show using the videos however there are HUNDREDS and it's taken me 20 minutes to just do two.
Is there a program or something I can use that can easily fix this problem? I've searched and searched and I can't find any information!
My laptop is a macbook pro running 10.7.5
Any help would be really appreciated!

What happens when you drag the movie's thumbnail from the iPhoto window to the Desktop?  Do you get a playable movie file?
Give this a try:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.
2 - run Option #4, Rebuild Database.
3 - try exploring again.

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