IPhoto won't recognize *.MOV file for playing and for importing

My iPhoto is giving me an "unreadable file format" error on *.mov files after I upgraded to iPhoto '11.   I have problem with video files that were working in iPhoto before and on files trying to import from my iphone or from my camera.   I made new library and tried to import *.mov file to the new library to check if my library is corrupted.  I get same error message.   The *.mov file plays fine with quicktime when I import files using Preview to my computer.   I just cannot import new video to iPhoto and play videos from iPhoto.  
How do I make iPhoto recognize the *.mov file again and make the video file play properly?  I miss my old iPhoto

Henji,
have you used a maintainance application lately, that has cleaned some caches? Then check, if you still have the file "com.apple.xpchelper.cache"  in the System Library in the folder "/System/Library/Caches/".
If this file is missing, that might be the reason that you cannot play or import videos any longer. Then restore it from your backup, if you have a clone of your system.  ALJ posted a link to a copy of this file in another thread: Re: Import video to Aperture library on Mountain Lion
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