MOV files from Friend's Apple MAC doesnt play on my PC in Quicktime or AVL

Hi there, A very good friend of mine sent me a dvd of some recent video of his new baby girl in mov format. I tried to play this on quicktime but with no luck and also had issue playing it the the AVL player ( I think thats what that called it)...apparently it will always play mov files, but not this one....I also tried converting the file but no luck either....please can you help me.
Thanks

Thanks thats a great start, see below:
The following appeared if that helps:
Format: Apple Intermediate Codec, 1888 x 1062, Millions
16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo (LR), 48.000 kHz.
Hopefully this means more to you than it does to me. Do I need to buy the QT full version in order for it to work as well ? I assume if I wanted to burn it to DVD I wouldnt have any other option.
Thanks in advance.

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I find a solution for the problem.
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Apple make big publicity on their website for QT Pro 7 for Windowns.
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Rudy

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