I cant play mov files saved on an external drive

i exported video from iphoto to an external seagate drive.. when i play them on quicktime i get no sound or video
what am i doing wrong?

please understand i am a complete idiot when it comes to computers..
heres the synopsis of what i have done..
i called apple support and they told me to download vlc from cnet..
it didnt work.
i tried importing the movie files back to my laptop but it says its incompatible..
when i play them with quicktime you can see the play scroll bar move and the time counter is ticking down but i get no sound or video.. the movie files are of different lenghts and they will play for their specified times..
somebody told me it was the codecs and i have seen video of somebody having a similar problem and they said teck support when into their computer online and and changed some settings and the video started working..
i am at a total loss.. i need these files for a court case tomorrow.. the original files are in a lost computer and all i have are the exported copies on the seagate external drive and the ones on this macbook air copied from the seagate.. should i just kill myself now??!!!
any ideas??

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