Quicktime Pro- Source Timecode

I was told that with Quicktime Pro you can view the original source timecode of footage originally captured in Final Cut Pro. Can someone take me step by step as I was given these instructions:
"This works with QT 6.5 PRO on a mac or PC. Open the QT file. Get movie properties. Select the video track from the left drop down and time code from the right drop down. You will see off-tape time displayed."
I tried following these instructions step by step but do not see any "off-tape time" display. I am also unclear what the "left drop down" and "right drop down" are? I've tried these steps with both a mac and pc but it doesn't seem intuitive. I would apppreciate if anyone could give a detailed response.
Thanks,
Alexander

Open the captured QuickTime movie in QuickTime Player Pro 6.5. Press Command-J (Mac) or Control-J (Windows). Watch this movie for the next steps...
http://www.automaticduck.com/screenshots/Windows65.avi
or if you don't have the codec for the AVI watch this MOV...
http://www.automaticduck.com/screenshots/Windows65.mov
As you scrub through or play the movie the window updates with the timecode.
BTW, I tried this in QuickTime 7 (Mac) and I could not figure out how to display the timecode.

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