Quicktime Pro 7.1.5 on MacBook Pro 17inch (Recording failed to create movie

I went into Preferences and changed the camera from the built-in iSight to a USB camera (that works fine with iChat).
When I tried to create a new movie I get the error:
Recording failed.
Recording failer to create a movie
behind the error box I can see a black QT screen.
suggestions? I could have sworn I switched cameras before in QT.
Thanks, --bill
MPB 17in - 3GB Ram - 200 GB Mac OS X (10.4.8) I also have a G5

No really this is an Intel only bug. Hopefully someone at Apple reads this.
I have a USB Logitech QuickCam Pro 5000.
On my G5 this will happily record movies in Quicktime, provide images in IChat and work with Photobooth.
On a February 2006 Macbook Pro, IChat works, Photobooth defaults back to the built in iSight (is there any way of changing this??), it even works with Windows on Parallels, but Quicktime fails as described above with the 'Recording failed to create a movie' message.
Both computers are running MacOS X 10.4.9 patched right up to date.
USB cameras must be supported on current systems - the built in iSight is USB connected!!!
Bill

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