Problem playing .mpg files

I can not reproduce mpg files.
I intalled the QuickTime component for mpg files, but even after that, I can here no audio when playing mpg video.
Thanks in advance

I'm having the same problem, I paid for and downloaded a MPEG 2 software and it still didn't work. I have a brand new Macbook Pro with OS X Lion

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This problem just started happening recently and I have no idea what I did. .Mov files do play with sound.
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The following steps solved my problem similar to yours.
1. Open Audio MIDI Setup (/Applications/Utilities/), then check the Audio Output setting.
2. Change the Audio Output setting to 44100.0 Hz.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300832
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Added by Matt on 2008/01/21 15:58:25 US/Central
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