Quicktime player file open nightmare

I have several quicktime movie files that were saved on my MacBook prior to the Snow Leopard upgrade as downloaded movies using the old version of QTpro. The MacBook is now running the latest OS. I can still open these files using either the 10.0 player (90.3.1) or the old pro player version 7.6.3 (630) on the MacBook. On my MacPro that shipped with Snow Leopard installed, I cannot open these movie files and get the "the movie is in a format that QT does not understand.." with either version of the player on the MacPro.
I've tried to save the files as new .mov files on the MacBook, but the MacPro still cannot open them. I need to be able to get these movie files into Keynote on the PowerMac and work with them on the PowerMac. Can anyone suggest how to get past this problem? Could I have some QT component on my MacBook that is missing on the MacPro and if so, how do I find it?
...wishing Apple would stop hosing their QTpro customers with every OS upgrade.

On my MacPro that shipped with Snow Leopard installed, I cannot open these movie files and get the "the movie is in a format that QT does not understand.."
Sounds as if someone forgot to update their QT component installation on the newer platform. Basically, you need to be sure that both platforms can access the same set of QT components -- i.e., the ones required for the movies in question. In some cases where users have added Snow Leopard after purchase, the components (the QT MPEG-2 Playback component and/or the Perian component package in particular) seem to get "lost" during the new OS installation and may need to be reinstalled to re-link them with the dual 32-/64-bit QT structure. However, in your case, a simple comparison of the QT component folders and/or check of the Inspector/Properties window to see which QT components are causing the problem, should reveal what is going on.
I've tried to save the files as new .mov files on the MacBook, but the MacPro still cannot open them.
Saving files to a new/different file does not convert/re-compress the actual data. Instead, it merely re-writes the same compression format(s) to a new MOV file container. E.g., "muxed" MPEG-1, WMV, or H.264/AAC data can be re-wrapped in an new container but would still require their original QT components for proper viewing/conversion.

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