Error opening movie quicktime error

Just finished rendering a 2hr. movie that took a day to render, when i tried to open it up "error opening movie".
The file is 29gigs but won't open.I've tried Compressor, Final cut, Imovie,Quick time,..nothing opens it.
This was done on my G4 laptop
Help
Vic

It all has to do with the format of the file you are exporting (I assume you are exporting and not just rendering a sequence). If you are exporting from FCP, "Item settings" will create a new file with the same settings as your sequence or clip. If you are creating the file from another program such as after effects, any available formats there should be supported by QuickTime, but you might possible need to enable an additional codec for QT.
Otherwise, if the redering process is preventing your project file from reopening, I would manually throw away the render files and trash your prefs.

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