Videos in iPhoto and codec

I have imported a video from a Nikon camera into iphoto and it plays fine.  I made a duplicate of the video and edited / trimmed it in iphoto as per Apple doc.  I can view the edited video in iphoto but when I email it to someone else they cannot view it.  I emailed to myself and retrieved it on my iphone and it won't open there either.  No error messages just won't open.  I'm thinking it might have something to do with a codec but not sure how to fix it.  Any ideas?

Most likely, iPhoto lost track of where the videos are located.
if you moved the folder or videos to a new location on purpose, move them back. If you think they were moved accidentally, do a Spotlight search to locate them, then re-import or move them back.

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