Mp4 files as reference movie only?

Hi
I have several mp4 files created out of a PPro sequence. It's impossible to use QTPro to either export (result is not playable / all white 8KB file), save as (both Self Contained & Reference movie options show to be 13 KB), edit (clipboard empty after copying segments) or export using MPEG Streamclip ( Error: Can't prepare file).
Inspector:
AVC Coding 1280x720
50fps
no audio
I'd like to further export & edit the file in QTPro
Any solutions?
Thanks

yes.... the timeline is completely rendered... and the files are located on my WD 500gig external Harddrive.
It appears to be a reference movie. The 14 gig file I have created and saved on the desktop will not play when the external drive is ejected from the computer.
I had a major FCP crash last week working on a project with the desk top G5. I was not able to get the program to reopen. I read here on the boards to trash the prefs. and that worked to get FCP to reopen.
This week I got a new macbook pro. I migrated from the g5 and it seesm waht ever problem I encountered on the G5 has migrated to the macbook. I am re-installing FCP fresh today to see if that solves the problem on the macbook.
This also seesm to have messed with the compresor program. I have several (10-13gig) one hour SD video files captured (raw) that I sent to compressor last week to export as QT7 download 300Kbps. Those files took a reasonable amount of time. NOw this week I try again and the same files are taking over 6 hours to compress.
I wonder if I have a larger overall computer issue here.
Thank for the help so far!
G5 dual 1.8 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 3 gig RAM

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