ITunes shuts down when trying to play video

My iTunes software shuts down when I try to play a video from my iTunes Library or from the iTunes Store site. I have backed up the library and have tried to reinstall iTunes, but when I did the entire library reappeared and the same problem exists. My Quicktime does work and iDVD, too, with home movies, other online streaming and DVDs, So I'm sure that the problem is with iTunes.
IBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

I upgraded Quicktime and now it works.
IBook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

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