Convert or Play ENTIRE MPEG-1 movie (.mpg) on Quicktime

I have an mpeg-1 movie (.mpg)117mb. I tried to watch it on QT and it only plays about 1 minute of a 10 minute movie. When using a windows media player, the whole thing plays. I tried converting with streamclip AND Tubetv but only the first minute converts.
Any help will be GREATLY appreciated.
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If this is the case AND I have to manually set it to fix time code breaks, how do I do it manually?
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