Quicktime X hangs with .mov files

I have a .mov file from my Iphone 4 and when I try to play this in Qt it doesn't do anything ( black box on the screen and no Video or Audio). If I manually select QT7 it works fine as does VLC. I am on a powerbook 10.6.4.
I have reinstalled QT but no joy so far. Any ideas where to look next?
Thks

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