New Macbook Pro, no MPEG-2 playback?

My new Intel MacBook is running 10.4.1. I transferred information from my old Mac (which was a G5 running 10.3.9). My Quicktime Pro didn't seem to work correctly, so I reinstalled it and put in my Quicktime Pro 7 key. Everything seems fine -- it appears to be unlocked, etc.
I had the MPEG-2 playback component on my old Mac because I own DVD Studio Pro (v2). When I tried to open an MPEG-2 file in Quicktime Pro 7.3, it first said it couldn't open it (not a valid file). Tried reinstalling DVDSP complete with MPEG2 to see if it would work. Still no. Thinking that perhaps I needed a newer version of the playback component for QTP 7.3, I bit the bullet and paid the $20 for the latest MPEG-2 component. Downloaded and installed.
QTPro seems to work fine, but now when I try to open an MPEG-2 file that I am sure is compliant (It worked fine on my old QTPro), I get no video at all. The file opens (no error message) but is just an audio file.
MPEG Streamclip does now appear to recognize MPEG-2, as if the playback component is working, so I'm stumped. Any ideas?

QTPro seems to work fine, but now when I try to open an MPEG-2 file that I am sure is compliant (It worked fine on my old QTPro), I get no video at all. The file opens (no error message) but is just an audio file.
MPEG Streamclip does now appear to recognize MPEG-2, as if the playback component is working, so I'm stumped. Any ideas?
So MPEG Streamclip is OK while QT Player shows only black video?
What does MPEG Streamclip's Get Info say about the video codec? Is it MPEG1? If yes, then that is your problem: QT Player can't play MPEG1 video inside a VOB. The fix is to de-re-interlace with MPEG Streamclip.

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