MP4 Video Handling / Media Player

Hi-
I'm using Lightroom 3 on Windows 7 64. It handles and plays .mov files just fine through Quicktime.
However, I picked up a new waterproof camera that saves video in .mp4 format. Here, LR shows a distorted thumbnail for all videos (just the first few lines, then a small green spot, then grey). If you try to play them, Media Player will crash immediately and not work again until Windows is restarted.
However, Media Player plays the mp4 videos just fine in Explorer.
I don't want to associate mp4 video with Quicktime, because it is terrible at playing larger files.
Anyone see this before?
M

Update - converting the files to .avi files works in media player when launched in LR3. So the problem apparently is specifically mp4 format.
Not a solution, though, because .avi files are way too big..
Mark

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