Mov file cant be opened in quicktime or Final cut pro 7

Hello People,
Im about to pull my hairs out. I have a .mov file recorded on a Canon 7D. I have played the file before on quicktime and it used be ok. But one time I opened in Final cut pro 7 but didint get to finish the project (however im not sure if I compressed it or did something to the file, I think I didnt). Months later im trying to open that same file in quicktime player and it says
The document “MVI_5515.mov” could not be opened. The movie is not in a format that QuickTime Player understands...
and if Im trying to drag and drop the file into Final Cut Pro  says  Wrong File Type.
When I check the more info section in the info box, it doesnt show the codec like in other mov files. It just says about the last time the file was opened.
It cant be either previewed like other files. Of course something is wrong with it..I dont know why or how. But I really need that file to work and be fixed.
Please help me out!!
Thanks!!!

You can't "improve" the quality of what is already a digital video. The "data" that makes up the video can't be improved once the camera records it as a file. There isn't even a theory about this. Going from one codec to a higher codec does not "add" any quality. In fact, your method is degrading your quality, as you're causing your HDV data file to be re-encoded twice to another HDV file.
You're creating a larger size video file, with less quality do to doubling the compression generation with QuickTime Conversion, and it's the unnecessary increased file size that is making the CPU work overtime to play it back.
Export > Quicktime, self-contained, this is the BEST quality you'll get, the most efficient playback, too.
If you want it to play back easier, convert it to H.264 (quality set to medium, trust me), or ProRes 422.

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