Unable to play or edit iphoto videos in imovie '11

I recently upgraded to ilife '11 and I am unable to play or edit my iphoto videos in imovie. All of my non-iphoto videos play fine however the iphoto video thumbnails appear in imovie but don't play. I've isolated it to one computer (my iMac) because the same videos play fine on my macbook pro. I've been to the apple store and on the phone with apple care but we haven't been able to solve the problem. I've repaired permissions and rebuilt the iphoto library but nothing seems to work. I created a new iphoto library and imported some video into the new library and that also plays fine. Any suggestions? Do i need to create a new iphoto library and transfer all of my existing photos and videos into the new library?
THX.
Rich

jsv:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. Did you rename or move any of those files from the Finder? If not then manually check and set the preferences on the iPhoto Library folder and contents as follows:
Setting Permissions for iPhoto Library Folder
1 - Select the iPhoto Library folder and type Command-I.
2 - When the Info window comes up go to the Ownership and Permissions section and make sure You have Read & Write permission and that the Owner and Group have Read & Write also. Others - Read Only.
3 - Then click on the "Apply to enclosed items..." button.

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