Imovie on Mac to Quicktime on PC

Sorry to repost, but just wanted to clarify my problem. My friend downloaded a movie we made and want to edit using iMovie on Mac. He saved them as quicktime files in full movie mode. I have the HD he saved them on, but QT on PC won't read them. Any solutions?
Rich

It sounds like a codec issue.
What codecs were used in the file? If you can open it on the PC (but not play it) the Movie Info window should show their choice of codec.
Any chance they used an "HD" codec or settings?

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