IPhoto movie share not working...something is missing...

I have a client with ML/iLife/iMac-all the latest updates for all. He has an iPhone 4 and took several movies. Via cable he has them in his library along with several still photos of the same location (Grand Canyon).
On his iMac/iPhoto/Event his pictures and movies look great. Export the movie from iPhoto to the Pictures folder using "current" as the format puts a copy on the desktop. Plays great with Quicktime7 player.
NOW...
1-From within iPhoto choose the movie and "share via email (Mail is the default client app).
2-From within Mail create a new email and attach the movie that was exported and send
3-Using YouSendit send the movie to the destination (as a link) to be loaded on the target machine.
On the other side
1-Movie is present no sound or visual. Just black frames
2-Same
3-Same
On th Mac I note VLC and another player(forget as I write). I think there is some translational issue/codec.
In the end of the day I am looking to advise them of the simplest way to get from the iPhone movies to the ability to share via email such movies. Of note is the sharing goes to both Mac and PC clients. Photos via iPhoto works fine in this way. Expect that an mp4 file output would be the best format to accomplsh this.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks

Simply, sharing video via email is not advisable.
Many email services have an attachment limit of 20mb and some a limit of 10mb. As emails are sent through an array of relays, the effective limit is the smallest file size allowed on any of the relays.  That means that video is rarely suitable for emailing.
Then there's the whole issue of Codecs and not all machines will have the codecs to play all videos.
Finally, sharing video from iPhoto via email is not supported. All that gets you is the Movie thumbnail. If you feel you must share via email then you'll need to export the video first, and attach that. Use the File -> Export command and set the kind to Original.
This User Tip
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4921
has details of the options in the Export dialogue.
Other than that your options include:
Upload it to a sharing site like YouTube or Vimeo and email a link - these will allow the recipient to view the material online. That will avoid the codec issues mentions, and the person can still download the video file if they wish.
Upload it to sharing services like Dropbox or YouSendIt and email a link. This will require that they downoad the material to their machines to view.
Regards
TD

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