Trouble playing HDV .mov

A friend of mine exported a high-definition Quicktime .mov from Final Cut Pro, but whenever I try to open it in Quicktime it says I don't have the proper codec. I can't figure out which one I need though. I have Quicktime Pro (v 7.6) and MPEG-Streamclip. Can anyone help? (These are the details from the Movie Inspector)
HDV 1080i60, 1440 x 1080 (1888 x 1062), Millions
16-bit Integer (Little Endian), Stereo, 48.000 kHz
FPS: 29.97
(No codec seems to be listed)
Thanks!

Actually I think you are again just being combative. You asked about the format of the file from the camera and pointed out MTS files open OK. It was neither from the or any camera nor an MTS but an edited FC movie in HDV format and should have been exported to a delivery codec from the edit codec. This question comes up a lot, the raw edited video still in HDV is delvered and the recipient has no HDV codec on their mac to play it back. I am not sure if Streamclip can or not.

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