Scratch files and QT player

I sent .mov files directly from capture scratch folder for a client to review. He sez that when he opened in his QT®player he got a message that "more software may be required". It opens in my QT player fine. He is a windows guy. Assuming he is up to date, shouldn't these files play? Does he need to get QT Pro?

I think then, you're (unfortunately) going to be stuck with transcoding the files to another format so the client can review.
Check this link...Tim Dashwood says:
"...You cannot decode and view Quicktime HDV files on Windows or any Mac that doesn't already have Final Cut Studio installed. The HDV quicktime component is only installed with Final Cut Studio.
On a side note there is now a free ProRes422 Quicktime decoder available for Windows and Mac..."
So changing the format to something else, and re-sending the files, I'm afraid, is the only option I see. (I don't recommend ProRes as the files are going to be large. H.264 instead?)

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Revision: 17548
Revision: 17548
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2010-09-01 14:09:14 -0700 (Wed, 01 Sep 2010)
Log Message:
Remove left-over event handler, which could trigger an unnecessary event if a player loaded plugins through the config XML file and manually (e.g. for static plugins).
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