Quicktime playback in VB6 is freezing

I have an application that is using the Quicktime Control 2.0 to play back some very short (5 sec) Quicktime clips. The user can select from a list of clips to play.

There are times that the application will only play back the first couple of seconds of a clip and then freeze. It is inconsistent and not related to any specific clip. Sometimes it will play 5-7 clips fine, other times only 1 or 2. The application still runs but the control will no longer play back clips after that. The application must be restarted for playback to work again.

The only properties/methods I use are .Filename, .Movie.Play and .Movie.Stop. Is there something I should close/release between clips maybe?

Any help appreciated. This is my first time using the QT control.

i have never been able to get QuickTime to work under VB6 since 7.0 came out. crashes on me no matter what i do.

to get around this i wrote a component in .NET and imported that into my VB 6 app. works great but now i require .net framework for my VB6 application

Any help would be appreciated. If you're willing to help me with the .NET part, I'm willing to try that route.

I've even considered converting all the QT files into AVIs and using WMP instead.