Video clip is black when seen in iPhoto after import

[brainwave89]

When I import video from my Creative's Vado HD Pocket Video camcorder on a month old MacBook Pro the video files in each event are black. They have no image. When I click on them I can see the video but I would prefer to see an image which makes identifying each video much easier.

Is there anything I can do so that I can see an image?

Thank you for looking.

 

[JediMeister]

Depending on the format and video codec you may need to convert the files to .mp4 or .mov for iPhoto to generate thumbnails for the clips.