I Can Watch .mov but others can't?

Question

Someone edited some clips together for me with the format:
DV/DVCPRO - NTSC, 720 x 480, Millions
DV, Stereo, 32.000 kHz
I later trimmed the slate/titles from the beginning and the end using iMovie (I'm mentioning this because myabe I caused the problem?).
I uploaded the altered mov file to my Web site and I've been told by some people that it won't work when they try to view it. Problem is, no one who told me it didn't work has told me exactly what happened, or rather what didn't happen (e.g. Error message? Quicktime symbol and nothing else? Quicktime symbol with a white question mark?) when they go to:
http://www.reginaldjames.com/SecureJames.mov
Here's the info on the file, any suggestions?
SecureJames.mov - Codecs: DV/DVCPRO - NTSC, DV, Tween
Quicktime 7.0 Info for SecureJames.mov:
DV/DVCPRO - NTSC, 720 x 480, Millions
DV, Stereo, 32.000 kHz

Answer 1

I forwarded your letter to the guy who edited the clips. Maybe he'll redo the coding/format. So did I corrupt it by trimmimg the ends in iMovie instead of Final Cut Pro? Or, does this have nothing to do with FCP, but with QT?
The file was not "corrupted" per sé. Basically, at some point the file was saved as a "reference" which is simply as set of instructions in one file which tells QT how a second movie file should play/be displayed. aIn order for this to work, however, both files must be present/accessable. Since only the "instructions" file was uploaded to the server, the QT Player/QT plug-in cannot find the main file for playing even though it knows how that file is supposed to be played. The most likely point at which this occurred would be when you "trimmed" the main file since the reference or project file must have been present for you to make the edits. During the "Export," "Save," or "save As..." process, you should have seen a window like this:
You will note there are two options in the lower half of the window. The first creats a file which will play independently. The second creates a very small file (i.e., the set of instructions) which tells how the main self-contained file is to be played. This is a very useful option when passing a file from one application to another for processing purposes since it saves both time and HDD space during the "handoff."
Does this still coincide with your observations?
Yes, it does. Basically there are two solutions at this point. The first (and more preferred in my opinion) would simply be to re-open the "trimmed" file/project, re-save the target file as a "self-contained" file, and replace the "reference" file on the server with the new file. The other option is to upload the "reference" file making sure the "relative path" is the same as it was on your editing HDD. Unfortunately, it is likely that this may be difficult to accomplish and the path will end up being "broken" at some point.
... Also, how do I avoid making a reference file and keeping securejames.mov a self-contained file. Is that possible in iMovie? I'm just asking so I know for future endeavors. I'm going to start again I think and mpeg-it.
If iMovie is an older version, believe the original defalt setting was for "reference" movies which were being passed off to iDVD. As indicated above, simply change the preference from "reference" to "self-contained" during the file creation work flow. Once changed, I believe the option will remained unchanged until you again manually re-set it.
Hope that covers all of your questions.