Playing MPEG-2 video files

Hello!
I have a series of .mov files filmed at my wedding, and I'm not able to open them in QT X or QT 7.6.6.
The codecs listed in the Info for the files are: MPEG-2, Linear PCM, and Timecode.
Original format is MPEG HD, at 1280 x 720.
I purchased the MPEG-2 codec from Apple, and when I attempt to open the .mov files in QT 7.6.6, the viewer window opens along with another Quicktime message window that says:
"Additional software is required for QuickTime to playback this media. It may be available
from the QuickTime Components page."
This page lists various available component options, but there's no information about which if any is the "additional software" required.
Any tips about how to get these files to play would be much appreciated.
Thank you!
David

I have a series of .mov files filmed at my wedding, and I'm not able to open them in QT X or QT 7.6.6. The codecs listed in the Info for the files are: MPEG-2, Linear PCM, and Timecode. Original format is MPEG HD, at 1280 x 720.... I purchased the MPEG-2 codec from Apple, and when I attempt to open the .mov files in QT 7.6.6, the viewer window opens along with another Quicktime message window that says: "Additional software is required for QuickTime to playback this media. It may be available from the QuickTime Components page."
Your first paragraph would seem to indicate the files may have been imported using iMovie '08/'09 which strips the AC3 audio from the original "muxed" MPEG-2 camcorder files and converts it to PCM audio and then converts the MPEG-2 video to all I-frame MPEG-2 which can then be edited by iMovie. If true, then your second paragraph would tend to indicate the special QT MPEG-2 component (different from the QT MPEG-2 Playback Component purchased from Apple) cannot be accessed on the current system on which you are trying to view the files and would be why you are getting the missing software component message.

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