.mov files unreadable by client with PC

I have been producing videos for a client for some time and editing with Final Cut Pro X.
The video was shot on a couple of different cameras over the past year or so, on a DVCPro HD, and a Canon DSLR.
All the the footage has been stored as .mov files on assorted hard drives. I would like my client (who lives in a PC world) to be able to view the .mov files and even with the use of Premier Pro. pull an occasional short bit of video off my FIles.
I copied all the .mov's to a hard drive formated to accept Mac video files. (NTSF Paragon software)
But the files cannot be played. They get an error 2048. He is running Quicktime 7.4 on his PC.
What is the issue and is there aound this so he can view and extract some video. Or is it even possible.
What do I have to do to the files before he gets them or what does he have to do to his system to read the files off a comonly used hard drive.
Thanks
Rich Rumppe running on a new I-mac.

As I understand your comment. To read them as quictime files on the PC side, they should be H264.
What I am actually saying is that the QT MOV file must use codecs that are supported by the QT 7 for Windows codec component configuration. H.264 is usually the best choice for the widest range of uses but may not the best choice for follow-up editing by your PC client. Unfortunately, most of the codecs you would likely use for FCP HD editing (DVCPRO HD, HDV, Apple ProRes 422, XDCAM EX, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD422, etc.) are not supported by QT 7 (Mac or PC) unless FCP is also installed to add these components. Since there is no Windows version of FCP, there is no way to add these codecs to a Windows platform and, even if similar Windows codecs are available for installation in the global Windows system codec component configuration area, these codecs are not available for use by the QT 7 for Windows app. It is not just the file container that makes a file playback compatible with QT 7 for Windows, but the form of compressed data actually stored/recognized/supported within the container.
So I'm probably going to have to have to tell my client that when they need a few shots of something, I can grab it for them and convert just those files? Is that basically where we are?
Unfortunately yes... assuming they are unwilling to invest in hardware and software allowing them to either play the files as they are or make the same conversions they want you to do. The only other option would be to edit your future projects in a compression format this is already compatible with the QT 7 app but this would reduced the overall quality of your project ouput.

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