Convert WMV and MPG to play on Mac

Hi all,
New to the Mac so probably a simple question.
I have two videos on my Mac that came across from my old PC. One is in WMV format, the other is MPG. Neither are able to be played.
The WMV file shows as a blank page icon while the MPG file shows as a MPG icon. When I try to open either a message appears saying that the file is not a movie file. If I go into the info page for either they show as being a full size file, both being about 100MB in size.
These files work fine on the PC using Windows Media Player.
I have tried downloading Flip4Mac but the files still wont open. The Mac just doesnt seem to recognise that they are video files.
Is there any way that I can get these files to work?
Cheers

Thanks for the replies.
All I want at the moment is to play these two files, though I would like to combine them into a movie at some stage.
I dont want to have to buy a program to convert these files as they are the only two that dont work on my Mac, everything else seems to work fine.
flip4mac is in my applications folder, in fact its on my dock as well. When I open the icon (called WMV on the dock) it opens Quicktime Player but it still wont recognise these two files. I keep getting a message saying that they arent movie files.
Ill try downloading VLC to see if that will work.
Any other ideas?
Cheers
edit: I downloaded VLC and it plays both videos! Thanks a lot for the advice. Now I just have to figure out how to get them working in iMovie.
Message was edited by: Mathew Jurd

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