MPGA aka MPEG 1 Layer 1 Audio

I've spent the better part of this evening looking for an MPGA plug-in for Quicktime. I have a considerably large collection of videos (mostly) encoded with Xvid for video and MPGA for audio so running 160gb+ worth of video through Divx Doctor II isn't exactly an option. I have VLC and I used to use it all the time but with a new iMac on the way, I would like to figure out a way to play these videos in Front Row (hence Quicktime).
If anyone could point me in the direction of an MPGA codec it would be much appreciated. Thanks.
-Shaun

All of the files in question are AVI's.. The video is in Xvid and as most of these were recorded via a capture card, the most common audio format seems to be MPEG1 Layer 1. I haven't tried the transcoding option yet although I'm a little reluctant to do so seeing that it would probably take a couple hours per file. I know that at one point, the sound in these worked in QT (probably QT6 but it may have been 7) I just can't figure out why it's not working now.
Matti: I've tried installing as AC3 codec just in case and it was a no go but I do know what you mean. I was under the impression that QT and MPEGs got along famously. It's really rather sad, if I can't figure out a way to play my existing video collection in QT (and by extension Front Row) I'll simply never use Front Row.
Just for the sake of satisfying my curiousity, I used Divx Doctor II on a file. It fixed the audio but the video became choppy, laggy and unwatchable.

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