Mpgv files used to play, now they don't

I have a running edit project that incorporates mpg (mpgv and mpga) files provided by the client. They played dandy on my old dual 2GHz G5 running OS X 10.4.11 and FCP 6.0.3, so I incorporated them right into the edit timeline - but I upgraded recently to a MacPro (3.2 GHz) and now nada. Quicktime 7.5.5 turns up its nose, declaring them not movie files. I figure I can always re-encode the files and re-edit the sequence (VLC plays them fine), but this is just going to crop up again if I have to revisit old projects. Is there a way to coax Quicktime/FCP to recover this now-lost ability to play these files? Some obscure pack of codecs can obtain? Dried leaves and roots I can burn? Small mammals I can sacrifice?
System info: FCP 6.0.5, OS X 10.5.6
Rod

New info: the offending files still play on my PowerBook running 10.4.11 and another identical MacPro. Since I migrated my old copy of FCS to my MacPro, and did a fresh install of FCS 2.0 on the MacPro that plays the old mpgs, I'm reinstalling FCS 2.0 on mine.
And if nothing else is posted, assume that did the trick and consider this question answered!
Rod

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