Quicktime Codec Issue--Black Screen

I am having trouble viewing a movie I made about two years ago. The sound is okay, but when I attempt to open the film in Quicktime (it is in a quicktime file) or in Final Cut, the screen is always black. Since I last viewed the movie, I have updated my system, quicktime and Final Cut a number of times.
When I try to open the movie using the old Final Cut elements, I get the following message: "Codec not found. You may be using a compression type without the corresponding card." I saw a post about a similar problem that suggested going into system preferences and enabling quicktime legacy decoders. I have done so, but it did no good. I have also upgraded the DivX codec, because one thing I read suggested that might help.
I would appreciate any other suggestion about other codecs I might need or anything else that might help. Is there a way to check to see which codec I need, if that is indeed the problem. If it makes a difference, the movie is in HD.
Thank you.
Lee

Lee Feigon wrote:
Is there a way to check to see which codec I need, if that is indeed the problem. If it makes a difference, the movie is in HD.
Select the file in the Finder, then do "Get Info" and look at the "More Info" part of the pane. It has a section for codecs and should tell you. Otherwise, open it with the QuickTime Player app and use "Show Movie Inspector" from the Windows menu to get the codec info.
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