Photoshop CS5 Extended won't let me import video frames to layers?

I've been searching for an answer for a while now, and I still can't seem to make this work. I'm trying to make gifs. I'm using a Mac and I've already switched my CS5 to a 32-bit version, but the video is greyed out even though it's an mp4 and won't let me import the video.
I've looked through some tutorials, and everything should work. I'm have Quicktime version 10.2, so that should be the latest version?
Thanks!

I am having the same problem. CS 5.5. Switched to 32bit. Frames are greyed out in the open dialog.

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