A year-old bug in QuickTime that, when paired with Firefox, allows hackers to hijack PCs and Macs now has Mozilla Corp. scrambling for a fix, the company’s chief security officer said yesterday.
Doesn't sound like a Quicktime problem. VLC does't use Quicktime for playback. You can try MPlayerX (which also doesn't rely on QT). What does VLC show for the codec details on the video and audio ...