No thumbnails for some .mov files Bridge CS5

I'm using Bridge CS5 to organise some video which has been digitised from a sony camera in File Maker Pro X. My operating system is Mac OS X. I have Quicktime player 10.1 and have just checked for updates.
Some of my .mov files show thumbnails which can be watched in Bridge. Other folders just show the thumbnails as black rectangles - these can be watched in a pop up window but not directly in the Bridge preview panel.
The files were all digitised in the same way and recorded on the same camera so should be the same format.
After looking at discussions on here I have tried updating QuickTime and clearing the cache but no dice.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Claire

That is odd that if it was recorded on same camera they are different. I do know that the thumbnail is a complex issue. A little foggy on this as it has been awhile, but if you get a black thumb it is the way the marker of the first frame is recorded. In some cases this shows a black frame. Hope this gives you some clue to do a web search for the real answer.

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