Mpeg 1 wont play

I have some encoded MPEG 1 videos that play fine on other macs (powerbook, the other Pro in the office) but on my machine I get the "file is not a movie file" error... somethingseems to be wrong with my QT. I've downloaded 7.5 to no avail; I have Flip4mac and Perian installed as well. Very frustrating and makes no sense.

When you play them on the other macs they play in Quicktime? When you do get info on them do they say Muxed MPEG1 video in the info box?
I have seen this with the wrong file extension on files labeled (suffixed) MPG that were in fact AVI or WMV files. Changing the extension did the trick.
Do they play in VLC (free)? How about MPEG Streamclip (free)?

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