Quicktime fails to export video

Hi, I have quicktime pro and was trying to export some videos for my iPhone. I'm having trouble with certain movies and i'm not sure why. They are all in the same format (H.264), but some of the videos won't export video, just the audio portion. When i try to play the exported video it just shows up as a black screen with the audio playing. anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this?

i have the same problem!
it's frustrating the heck out of me
i think it started after the last update of iTunes & Quicktime
i can't export my videos to .m4v anymore to get them to play on ipod
i guess the encoder is broken
the option in - iTunes/advanced/make iphone compatible file - won't work - it just gives the same white video and the sound is fine.
streamclip won't work - it just fails using that encoder
i really really want to fix this!
it used to work fine
i've even tried deleting quicktime and its folder of encoders in /Library/
and then reinstalling but that hasn't helped!

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anyone can suggest me what else I can try and see...??

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