Video copied from iphone 4 will not play

When I use the windows photo and video transfer to copy a video from my iphone 4 I get a 1mb file and an error saying the file cannot be played, no matter which media player I try to use.
I am unable to copy the file directly from the folder inside the phone. I simply get a 256kb file that does nothing.
I'm using Windows 7 pro 64 bit and an iPhone 4 with all the updates.
The videos I record play fine on the phone and I can email the video to myself and that plays fine on my computer however the quality is massively reduced using that method.
Any reason why the transfer doesn't work and why I can't simply copy right off the phone to my machine? I've rebooted both devices and it still does not work.

At least I'm not the only one with the issue. I was looking it up so see if others had the same problem and found a bunch of posts about it. I'm assuming it's not the phone then, it's the software. Should I bring it to the Apple Store? Replacing the phone seems stupid, because the phone isn't really the problem. It's the software! Maybe the iOS 5.0.2 will fix it???  I don't really want to wait though, it's a pain. If a lot of people have this issue it should get Apple's attention. They need to do something to fix it, ASAP!

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