Mp4 won't play in quicktime player

I have an mp4 file that I'm trying to watch on my quicktime player but I just get an error that says it cannot be opened.
The codecs are H264 - MPEG-4 - AVC, and A52 audio (aka AC3).
I have Perian installed. Any suggestions?

mp4 is just a wrapper... doesn't tell, what's inside.
use a tool such as iMediaHUD
http://www.iffmpeg.com/iMediaHUD/
to tell us a lil' more, what that mp4 really is ..

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hi
download perian from internet, it'll solve your issue.

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