Importing/playback issues with FCP

Hopefully someone out there can help.
I have a bunch of .mov files I'm unable to get to work in FCP (5.1.4) or QT(7.4.5) I'm just getting audio and a blank screen (Black in FCP & White in QT)
Error message in FCP:
codec not found. You may be using a compression type without the corresponding hardware card.
Thanks,
Gabrieal

Jon Chappell has a guide for this on his Digital Rebellion blog...it actually advises using QT 7.1.6 for your version of FCP
Here's the link:
http://www.digitalrebellion.com/blog/posts/usingpacifist_to_downgradequicktime.html

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