Mac and Sony HDD

I have purchased a MacBook Pro this year and whomn a Sony HDD HandyCam DCR-SR100. The issue is that I am still not able to get the audio track on my Mac.
After reading few article on this subject I did the following :
Intalled QuickTime Playe 7 for Mac
Purchased Installed MPEG - 2 Playback Component
Purchased (not received yet) QuickTime Pro
Intalled Flip4Mac WMV from Windows
Upgrade to WMV Studio Pro HD
Instaled Windows Media for Mac OS X 9
Purchased iLife to have iMovie
Have triger ALL reading option within Quicktime in the advanced tab
Well after all this and expense, it still not work.
When I read my file on a PC, they are in a Windows Media Player version and work GREAT. But as soon as I plug my external hard driv in my Mac, they show as an MPG format. The video is OK, but simply no sound.
What he **** I am suposed to do...
Please don’t tell me to change my Cam, if we sent Armstrong to the moon in 1969, we sure must be to solve this issue in 2008.

Sounds like that cam produces an audio file processed with a non-supported codec. Not too hopeful about getting it to work.....maybe contact Sony and see if they have info that could help.

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