Can't get sound to play ib .avi files

I have a Supacam DVX camera I bought at MacWorld '06. It records well and I am able tp play in VLC, but I can't get the sound to play in Quicktime or imovie. Any help is appreciated.

That's odd. MPEG-4 shouldn't be a problem at all.
Open the file in QuickTime and hit (Command-I) to bring up the information on how this file was encoded (both video and audio).
You may find some tips here:
http://danslagle.dvmix.com/mac/iMovie/index.shtml
(Scroll down to "Importing")

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