MACAPPLE extension - unix executable file - help!!

Hi all,
I have a program that has a install icon with MACAPPL extension ( *.macappl) ,
Anyone knows how to open / install it?
thanks for help
Mucho
iMac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

I created a file with the hex string 1F 07 00 3F 68 78 78 78 . I ran at the Unix file command against this string and got the following:
mac $ cd Desktop
mac $ pwd
/Users/mac/Desktop
mac $ ls -l hex
-rw-r--r-- 1 mac staff 8 Nov 7 16:15 hex
mac $ file hex
hex: DIF (DV) movie file (NTSC)
mac $
in particular this is the resulting string:
DIF (DV) movie file (NTSC)
looking through google on this string, there appears to be converters. The string is:
DIF (DV) movie file (NTSC) convert mac
I am not familiar with video files so I can only tell you this much.
Robert

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