Avid Meridien Codec in Compressor

I'm having trouble encoding anything using Compressor, it keeps giving me a "failed: codec not installed" message. I have the Avid Meridien codecs (AvidAVDJCodec.component and AvidAVUICodec.component) installed. I had been having trouble even playing the QT movies that were exported out of avid in quicktime player, but I found out that these codecs do not work in the new intel macs, and i had to select 'open using rosetta' in the Quicktime Player Application - Get Info.
They play back fine in quicktime. I even tried to change the info on the compressor application to 'open using rosetta' thinking that it would be the same intel chip type problem. Nothing seems to work. I can't figure out how quicktime player is able to see/hear them fine but compressor cannot.
Any help?
Running on Intel iMac, OSX 10.4.7, Quicktime Pro 7.1.2, Compressor 2.1.
Thanks in advance.
-Grant
Intel iMac Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Thanks a lot Jerry. I downloaded the codecs and now I can see it both in FCP and QT. Now here's my problem. I need to add a dissolve at the beginning. But when I put the file in the timeline it has to be rendered. After I render it I can't see it anymore.
So I'm trying to figure out which sequence settings I need to get this to work. I've also tried exporting the clip from the browser as a QT Movie but that just comes out as black with audio. I also get a message when I try to this telling me I'm converting between DV and CCIR formats and would I like to preserve my pixel aspect ratio. I hit ok and it runs through the motions and gives me a black file. What am I doing wrong here?

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