How do I get Picasa 3.9 to play .MOV files?

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I have been using Picasa for years, first in XP then in Ubuntu from 8.04 onwards & now in Lubuntu 11.10.

For 11.10, I downloaded Picasa3.9.0 from FileHippo & installed it in Wine.

Everything works well, except it doesn't play videos from my camera - it just shows a thumbnail - whereas earlier versions played videos OK.

The videos appear as **.MOV (QuickTime video) in file manager, & can be played by, for instance, GNOME MPlayer or Movie Player (but not properly by Banshee...).

Is there some simple way of getting Picasa 3.9 to play them?

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