Opening video (MPEG) files on a Mac

I recently switched from a PC to IMac. Transferred all my video files to my Mac but each time I try to open one I am told it can not be opened as Quicktime does not recognize the file. Any help appreciated

VLC (free app) should do it: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
or Perian: http://perian.org/#download

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