Mp3 won't play. "The Resource map is incorrect".

Symptom:
When I double click an mp3 in finder, quicktime gives an error:
*"The movie could not be opened. The resource map is incorrect"*
When I press spacebar to try and hear it, the preview shows the artwork, but no music plays.
*What I've tried:*
When I do a "get info", finder correctly reports that it is a "+Mp3 Audio+" and not a movie
I tried to reinstall quicktime 7.5.5 to no avail.
The music opens fine in itunes.
Any ideas? Thanks!

How is the drive where the clips are stored, formatted?
Macs use HFS+ (Mac OS Extended) formatting which provides for support of Resource Forks in files.
Windows FAT format does not provide this functionality -it is a so called flat format -Resource Forks are stripped from the file. Your Mac needs that information to tell the operating system how to handle the files, for instance, what application opens them.
If your drive is indeed FAT formatted as most "off the shelf" drives are, you will have to reformat (Erase) it using Disk Utility and recapture the footage. This will of course destroy all information on the drive.

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