Split screen videos?

everytime i try to watch a video in the quick time format, i get a split screen of the picture. in other words, i see two of the same halves of the picture, one next to the other. the audio is fine, but it even does this to music videos and podcasts downloaded from itunes. why is it doing this and how can i fix it?
here's a picture:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v439/Lome/Picture-1.jpg
Message was edited by: littlehobbit93

I have the same issue both for movies and music videos - why is there no response from Apple on this?

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