Quicktime movie of HD footage doesn't open in snow leopard 10.6.4

When I export HD footage as quicktime movie in my MacBook Pro, OS X 10.4.11 in Final Cut Pro 6.0.6 this .mov file does not open (is not recognized) by a snow leopard version, 10.6.4. What is the problem? What can be done?

Very odd. If you like, you can send me a short clip and I can test it on my end.
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Try Mixing Down the audio before export.
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Path: /Applications/iWork '09/Numbers.app/Contents/MacOS/Numbers
Identifier: com.apple.iWork.Numbers
Version: ??? (???)
Build Info: Numbers-3220000~15
Code Type: X86 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [97]
Date/Time: 2009-08-30 02:13:39.791 -1000
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Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report: 450 sec
Crashes Since Last Report: 12
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report: 12
Anonymous UUID: 86C9987E-26BD-43FA-8268-E9270005F55D
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Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
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