Unreadable HDV720P files in QT or FCP

I have a DR-HD100 Firestore for my JVC GY-HD100U Camera. The files record HDV720p30. My computers run Snow Leopard with QT Player Pro. When I did my updates for QT two months ago with the ProApps QuickTime Codecs version 1.0 the HDV720p30 files became unreadable in QT or Final Cut Pro. Our IT department has been working on a solution, such as downgrading the QT.  Now the files are readable but another situation has arisen. What could be the problem with the new QT update making the files unreadable?

I found this link. It is an announcement from the Parent Company Vitec of the Firestore about the Quicktime issue.
http://www.focusinfo.com/dynassets/documents/downloads/MACOSX_Supp_Anncmt_10.21. 11.pdf

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