Render .motn files in quicktime player

Hi!
I have read about a great thing... render .motn Files in QT Player.
The problem is: it doesn`t work properly.
I tried it on several macs with qt 7 and I found only one where it was possible to open the .motn file (G5 with MacOS 10.4.6 and QT 7.0.4). It was possible to watch the compositing like I usually do in Motion. But the export of the movie failed always with error 10...
On my own Mac (Powerbook G4 with the same software configuration) I can´t even open the .motn files. So what are the exact requirement? Do you need additional software like compressor in the background to make QT Player to render my .motn files?
cheers
FLo

You may get a better answer in the Motion Discussions pages:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=656

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