Quicktime player won't play movies from old camera

about a year ago I put some video clips into iphoto taken on my camera.
the info on them says
title P(some numers).MOV
format QuickTime Movie
it used to play when I clicked on them. Now nothing happens, quicktime starts but the player doesn't play it.
I get no error.
thanks
laura drew

Thanks. Apple certainly does not make that fact clear when they try to sell you Quicktime Pro. I'm having a real problem with their corporate ethics; I'm a very sorry owner of a Generation 5 iPod so I'm batting 1000!

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