Quicktime Player won't play Sketchup animations

After switching to Lion, Quicktime player renders animation .mov files exported from Sketchup as just black. I can get the movie to play by importing the .mov file into Final Cut Express, then re-exporting it as a .mov from that program. After doing that Quicktime Player plays the movie okay. What gives? Using OS10.7.2,  Quicktime 10.1, and Sketchup 8 on a Mac Pro.

I just uninstalled Flip4Mac and everything is working as it's supposed to. Very strange. Perhaps a conflict with Perian? But then again, QT didn't play the avi files with Perian installed. So, I guess the conflict is with Flip4Mac and something else.
Thanks anyway

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