Playing MPEG-4 Video Clips

I am trying to import/play MPEG-4 video clips that I took from a new Sony HDD video camera. The clips play fine on any PC and are saved on an external hard drive. When I connect the external hard drive to my MacBook Pro I click on the icon and it says it can not play because it is not a movie file (even though it is a movie file). It will not open in the Finder or iMovie. What should I do?

There are millions of different ways that video is encoded. To decode these, you may need the appropriate "codec"
First thing I'd suggest is trying Perian
www.perian.org
This has lots of the encoding for different video types. Then try the video again.
Alternatively, Sony might be using another codec - although I'd be surprised if they used anything too odd. You could also try the DivX codec - but it may conflict with the one in Perian so I'd try that one first.
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