JVC GY-HM100u Import issues for MOV files

We shot the most recent video in the MOV format using our JVC
camera. The native files only open with audio in Premiere CS5.
When trying to open the xml files, we keep getting
"The importer reported a generic error." What codecs do we need to fix this for quicktime or what
other work arounds are available?
Thanks

<sigh>
That's because MP4 and MOV are the CONTAINERS, not the codec, and the containers are not the same. It's an XDCAM EX 35Mbps camera, first and foremost--this is a specific codec used to compress the captured images. Then, they are stuffed into either an MP4 box or an MOV box; you use the MOV box when you're working on a Mac with FCP, and you use the MP4 box when you want to preserve your sanity (and mine, apparently). What is inside those boxes is EXACTLY the same.
You need to use MP4--even though it's the same codec and content--because Apple does not provide the decoding components ("box cutter") for XDCAM EX MOVs on the Windows version of QuickTime, or on any Mac that does not have FCP installed. QuickTime on Windows can't open the box, Premiere Pro cannot open the box, and pretty much everything else on the PC cannot open the box. However, the program I linked to earlier can open the MOV box, and will put the video into a different box (actually, an MPG box, not an MP4 box, but it really doesn't matter). This is no different than moving your Levis from one suitcase to another; they don't suddenly become a polyester leisure suit.
If you're hell-bent on using the MOV container, I won't try to convince you any longer: plunk down the cash for the Calibrated XD Decode QuickTime components and get on with it.

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