Losing audio when editing .mov files...

I have 4 .mov video files that are parts of 1 video. I can't get them into Apple TV, but I wanted to join them together in one video, anyway. I'm not having any luck doing that. (I have the right to have these videos.)
I can bring them into a sequence in FCP 6.0.6, and even export them in a form that I can put on my Apple TV. But I lose the audio, which makes them useless.
Probably worth noting: When I bring these small .mov files into my sequence, I can see them and scrub through them, but I can't play them at all (they all have the red line indicating they need to be rendered first). I have the latest iMac 27" with the i7 processor and two internal drives, so I can't see why they'd have to be rendered first. They are really low-quality, small files (around 3MB each).
Can anyone tell me what the problem might be? Thanks for any advice.

I have the latest iMac 27" with the i7 processor and two internal drives, so I can't see why they'd have to be rendered first
FCP only works natively with formats listed in the Easy Set Up list. It does NOT work natively with many formats that are intended for final delivery like MPG-4, h.264 and others. If you import those types of files into FCP they WILL need to be rendered. But it is better to first convert those files before you import into FCP. That fact that you can't hear the audio may indicate you're using a muxed format that will need to be demuxed for editing.
This information is easily found in the User's Manual. It sounds like this would be a good time to read the basics.
-DH
Message was edited by: David Harbsmeier

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