Mpeg 1 Muxed files

I understand that when you import "muxed files", (I have no idea what that means) you only get the video, no audio. I have some Quicktime movies like this. Is there a way I can change the format of the file so I get the audio too?

MPEG Streamclip (free) can export muxed files to QuickTime formats and include the audio.

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    http://www.squared5.com/

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    Not off topic at all Steve.
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  • NO SOUND WHEN MOVING VIDEOS INTO iMOVIE!! something about Mpeg muxed?!?!

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    Welcome to discussions, designerman.
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    Can not hear audio in iMovie when I import an MPEG clip
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    Duration : 12s 576ms
    Overall bit rate mode : Variable
    Overall bit rate : 8 614 Kbps
    Video
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    Format : MPEG Video
    Format version : Version 2
    Format profile : Main@High
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    Format settings, Matrix : Default
    Format settings, GOP : Variable
    Duration : 12s 533ms
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    Maximum bit rate : 38.8 Mbps
    Width : 1 280 pixels
    Height : 720 pixels
    Display aspect ratio : 16:9
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    Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
    Bit depth : 8 bits
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    Bit depth : 16 bits
    Compression mode : Lossy
    Stream size : 688 KiB (5%)

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    Didn't even consider it. I thought that because the file displayed the Quicktime icon and because I have Quicktime Pro, that Quicktime would play the file.
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  • Problem converting MPEG-1 Files to any format - Wanting to make a DVD

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  • Import MPEG 2 files into imovie 08

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  • MPEG1 Muxed file conversion

    Hello!
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