Latest Quicktime and Snapz Pro X

Hello. I use Snapz Pro X, the latest version, to create short rough videos to work from. It has worked fine for over a year. However, with the recent update to Quicktime, now when I attempt to open files created in Snapz Pro X Quicktime crashes immediately. I have made several movies with Snapz Pro X and all crash the latest Quicktime for Macs. I then attempted to make a movie file in another application and it opened with no trouble. Also, all older movies made with Snapz Pro X open just fine. And all other types of files made by Snapz Pro X (stills, etc. that don't rely on Quicktime work fine. Interestingly, I tried to send one of the movie files that crashes QT to a friend to see if they could open it. Haven't heard back yet, but the file in the email shows up as a movie time line. When I clicked on the play button the sound was audible but the picture was not.
I have checked to see that I have all the latest updates and I do but the new movie files keep crashing Quicktime. Has anyone else had this problem and does anyone have a solution?
Thank you,
Dave
iMac Mac OS X (10.4.9) Snapz Pro X v.2.0.3

Please let me know what the answer is. I'm experiencing the same problem since 7.1.6 and can't find out how to fix it.
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