Playing videos in iPhoto

Whenever I try to play a video in my iPhoto library, a Quicktime window comes up but doesn't play the video. When the window comes up, it is a window filled with advertisements for iTunes and things like that. Any idea how I can get my videos to play?

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Where are the videos from? It may be a codec that isn't supported. Try installing Perian (get it from VersionTrcker.com) and see if that will help.
Export one of the videos to the desktop (use Type= Original in the File export pane) and try playing it from the desktop with Quicktime Player.
TIP: For insurance against the iPhoto database corruption that many users have experienced I recommend making a backup copy of the Library6.iPhoto (iPhoto.Library for iPhoto 5 and earlier) database file and keep it current. If problems crop up where iPhoto suddenly can't see any photos or thinks there are no photos in the library, replacing the working Library6.iPhoto file with the backup will often get the library back. By keeping it current I mean backup after each import and/or any serious editing or work on books, slideshows, calendars, cards, etc. That insures that if a problem pops up and you do need to replace the database file, you'll retain all those efforts. It doesn't take long to make the backup and it's good insurance.
I've created an Automator workflow application (requires Tiger or later), iPhoto dB File Backup, that will copy the selected Library6.iPhoto file from your iPhoto Library folder to the Pictures folder, replacing any previous version of it. It's compatible with iPhoto 6 and 7 libraries and Tiger and Leopard. Just put the application in the Dock and click on it whenever you want to backup the dB file. iPhoto does not have to be closed to run the application, just idle. You can download it at Toad's Cellar. Be sure to read the Read Me pdf file.
Note: There's now an Automator backup application for iPhoto 5 that will work with Tiger or Leopard.

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How can I help?
Remember: we cannot see your machine. There are 9 different versions of iPhoto and they run on 8 different versions of the Operating System. The tricks and tips for dealing with issues vary depending on the version of iPhoto and the version of the OS. So to get help you need to give as much information as you can. Basic things like :
- What version of iPhoto.
- What version of the Operating System.
- Details. As full a description of the problem as you can. For instance: 'iPhoto won't export' is best explained by describing how you are trying to export, and so on.
- History: Is this going on long? Has anything been installed or deleted?
- Are there error messages?
- What steps have you tried already to solve the issue.
- Anything unusual about your set up? Or how you use iPhoto?
Anything else you can think of that might help someone understand the problem you have.
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I'm regularly recording video with my digital camera that is transfered to iPhoto along with all pictures. The problem is that these videos don't play when I present a slideshow of an event in my computer or in AppleTV.
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For some reason however, my videos won't play. It says it cannot find the original resource file.
Is this the message window you get:
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Option 1
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Please repost in the iPhoto forum, that is where the iPhoto guru's tend to hang out.

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is there any way to make iPhoto open video files in anything but Quicktime X. I'd prefer them all starting in VLC.
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Hi Terence,
Well, your answer is certainly to the point!
U SURE??
I hate QT X. I have 7 and it seems to usually default to opening QT movies - except the ones in iPhoto.
What a shame there's no way to set iPhoto to default to using QT 7. But you're saying there's not!
Just confirming nothing's changed in the last 3 weeks!
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