Quicktime DV file opens on Mac... but not PC.

Long story short, I'm using VirtualVTR to record DV files. I can open and play them with no problems at all on a Mac machine, but XP gets a -2048 error.
Until recently, I would get this error on a select few files... but now it's every file.
To confuse the issue more, if I take the file into Final Cut Pro 5.1.4 and simply export the file again... it works without fault.
FYI, the record hardware is an AJA Kona LH on a G5.

I'm quickly running out of ideas or answers.
I can't think of what FCP export does to the file that allows PC viewing.
Maybe the file wasn't properly "closed" during recording.
Mac's can read "incomplete" MPEG 1 and 2 files I don't if it's the same on a PC as I've never tried one.
What happens if you simply "Save As" using QuickTime Pro? That would put the DV file inside a .mov container but would also set the header info to the front of the file.
If that works it's much faster (nearly instantly) than a FCP export.

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