Quicktime won't open with iPhoto

I have several small movies downloaded into iPhoto. I double click on them and nothing happens...they won't open Quicktime. All my software is fully updated so I don't have a clue what to do next. I know I can download them again to imagecapture and they play. I'd like to see them open in iPhoto. Thanks

iMovie is a cool app - have fun with it; while you're editing your movies, also learn about iDVD which would be the final step when creating movies: it has really cool themes (the screen you'll see when the DVD first starts playing in the DVD player).
As for stills: yes, you can get a still (as simple as taking a screen shot while pausing the movie), but be warned: the quality will not be anything worthwhile. I've tried it; the reason for the quality loss is the fact that you're looking at a movie file format; getting a still will render it into (most likely) a .jpg format and there will be significant loss of quality.
And, the previous version of Quicktime should be on your install disk (it's Quicktime 7) and it'll be placed in your Applications -> Utilities folder during the install.
Oops - is your profile correct? You're showing 10.5.x (Leopard) and the above notes are for Snow Leopard.
Edit: and here is the link to a direct download (IF you have Snow Leopard):
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL923
Message was edited by: Barbara Daniels1

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