Audio not playing in mpg movie files

Out of the blue my pwr book stopped playing the audio in any .mpg movie files .mov files play fine using qt 7.1.2
Apple Care had no answers other than a reinstall of the whole OS
Thanks
Chris

Believe it or not, I've been having this same problem since I bought my Imac G5 a few years ago. It just happened to my MacBook Pro, as well. Along with the fact that mpg audio is gone, so is flash audio. It seems to happen every so often, usually after one of my computers hang while loading a preview for a flash movie. The problem actually seems to correct itself after a few restarts, or loading of some programs.
In the process of writing this post, I regained support for mpg audio, and flash audio - and in quicktime player for that matter. When I started writing this, it didn't work. I dunno, quicktime is weird that way. The longest time I was without flash or mpg audio was for a period of 3 weeks. After which, it somehow was magically there again. I wish that wouldn't happen, as it usually happens at the most inconvenient times. The whole way flash is not supported through newer versions is rather irritating as well isn't it? Use SAFlash player for mac for those if you can: http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html
(sorry a little off topic there)
MacbookPro17" Mac OS X (10.4.7) Imac G5, PowerMac G3, Mac LC

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