.mov won't open in Quicktime

Hello all. I have a strange issue with a .mov file. It is visable to me in the Finder preview window (i.e. I can press the play arrow and watch the movie and hear sound), but when I try to open it with Quicktime X, Quicktime 7, FInal Cut, etc. I get the message "Searching for movie data in file" and then "The movie file 'filename-av.mov1' cannot be found."  I was able to open it in VLC, but can't figure out a way to export it from there in a format QT will understand.
My previous job-holder made the movie in Final Cut, so I know that I have the proper codecs installed (DV/DVCPRO-NTSC, Linear PCM). I've opened it before, with no problems.
Any ideas of how to get it open and accessable? I need to open it to eventually convert it to h.264, so a solution that would do that is totally fine.
Thanks!

Thanks for your reply. It is standalone, about 2.05 GB. I transferred only that file to another computer to test that, and had the same thing happen (plays in VLC and preview, not in QT).
Am confused. You copied which file to another computer—the one you have or the one for which the QT player is looking? Yes, 2.05 GB does sound like a "standalone" file unless the reference is made to only a small segment of content or a single track of additional data. And, as far as VLC is concerned, did you actually play the entire file or simply open it in VLC? (I.e., VLC is a transport stream media player and will open unterminated files which QT will not open unless it can "see" the EOF.) As to QuickView, it is based on a different tecnology and doesn't even require the sourcing player codecs to be available for playback. Too bad the file won't open in QT so you could check the resources in the "Properties" window.

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