MPEG-2 component issues

I purchased and installed QT MPEG-2 component into QT Pro 7.2. Some MPEG-2 videos play, some won't open at all ("The movie could not be opened. This file is not a movie file."), and some give audio only.
I note that on the QT MPEG-2 page
<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/>
the description says that only files with audio layers I and II are supported (see footnotes), but the ones I'm trying to view are of these types (VideoHub has a great "Info" window to help identify video formats).
As a test I downloaded these MPEG-2 files and tried to open them in QT:
<http://www.techex.co.uk/vbdown.asp>
(scroll down to "MPEG-2 samples"). Some will open and some won't. These play fine in VLC, but since my goal is to edit my MPEG-2 videos, this isn't a solution for me.
If only certain types of MPEG-2 (eg, only certain bit rates) are supported by Apple's MPEG-2 component, what are these limitations?
Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks
dave
Intel Mini 1.83 GHz / 1 GB / 80 GB
OS X 10.4.10
QuickTime Pro 7.2
QT MPEG-2 Component 1.0 (v211)

So I guess the $20 I spent for the MPEG-2 component was wasted. It doesn't allow, reliably, playing of MPEG-2 videos in QT Player. Some do play, but not knowing which will and which won't, doesn't encourage its use for -2 videos.
I didn't know that even if the MPEG-2 component would enable a video to be played that I wouldn't be able to edit in QT P. Quite a failure all around.
A word to the wise: save your bux and download MPEG Streamclip:
<http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24055>
Dave

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