Quicktime displaying "A file by that name already exists."

When I try and play a video on my MacBook Pro off the internet that isnt youtube I get this stupid messsage from quicktimeX (A file by that name already exists.) and then it doesnt play the video.
Can anybody help me as this is really annoying.

Hi, not sure if this is the answer to your problem but maybe it will help. I was having this same issue the other day. I was trying to convert some movie files into iPhone format and I kept getting this error right near the end of the conversion. I have done these conversions many times with no trouble but this time it just wouldn't work. I tried everything and it kept happening. Then I got another weird error message. And then I finally realized that the destination disk for the converted files didn't have enough room on it for the file! I guess I just assumed that Quicktime would tell me there wasn't enough room when I tried to start the conversion, not pretend that it was working then crap out when the disk reached its fill level.
Who knows, maybe the same thing is causing your error. Hope this helps!

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Yes, I had to format the 1TB to FAT before I use it.
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Hi, my first post. I've search the net for similar problems but nothing exact.
I have a Maxtor OneTouch 4 (1TB)that just returned cos I got it exchanged. While it was being exchanged, I used a Maxtor OneTouch (640GB). I had transferred everything from my 1TB to the 640GB.
Now that the 1TB's back, I want to transfer everything back. But when I try to transfer anything from the 640GB to the 1TB, an error message appears saying "operation can't be completed because an item "(of same name)" already exist."
After I click OK on the error message, only the folder gets copied over to the 1TB but NONE of its contents.
This only happens when I transfer folders. If I were to transfer individual files, e.g a picture, it's successful.
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I read some thread that repairing permissions might help but when I enter Disk Utility, "Verify Disk permissions" or "Repair Disk Permissions" are both greyed out.
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Thanks in advance!

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"have you tried using Disk Utility to erase 1TB HHD and reformat before trying to copy the data back?"
Yes, I had to format the 1TB to FAT before I use it.
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