AVID DV Codec to Apple DV Codec

Hi,
I've recently received some quicktime video footage, exported from an AVID system, which I wish to import into my Final Cut system. However, as I've just found out, AVID exports DV footage using its own "Avid DV codec," which is incompatible with Final Cut Pro (it's also incompatible with my Quicktime player, it turns out). I know for a fact that the footage plays on a PC, but it can't play on my mac. Does anyone out there know how I can convert it to something Apple friendly? Any encoding applications you recommend?
Cheers.

Just install the Avid QuickTime codecs...
http://www.avid.com/onlineSupport/supportcontent.asp?browse=&productID=0&content ID=10554

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