Playing .m4v files outside iTunes

My iTunes library HD is just about full so I have a ton of .m4v videos on another HD. Whenever i go to play these by double clicking iTunes launches and the file is copied into the iTunes Library. Before i re-installed OS 10.6.6 becuase of a disk crash this never happend. What am I missing to stop from having these files copied to iTunes. Quicktime used to play these when I double clicked on them.
thanks,
Joe

John Guo's method for not adding files.
Right click or option+click to get "open with" options for files. To make an application type the default, highlight a file, Finder > Get Info >Open with + click "open all of this type" They will still be usable by iTunes but double clicking will open them with the other application.

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