Quicktime file made in 2005/6 - can't play in QT X

I made a film a few years ago in avid and saved it as a quicktime file. 4 years on, i'm working on macbook pro with QT X - and can only hear the audio but cant see the video. its 4G file, so somethings defeintly there... what codec do i need to download to i can see it?

Quicktime X probably can's play your video as you noted. Quicktime X can't play a lot of the old codecs. So you need to play it in Quicktime 7. You can install Quicktime 7 and here's how...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3678
And if it still don't play in Quicktime 7. You need to go to your System Preferences and click on the Quicktime logo. Click on the advance tab and check the box Show Legacy encoders. Quit Quicktime 7 and try again.

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