Problems with Video Codec

Hey Guys!
I have a very challenging problem that I can't seem to find a solution to. I was hoping a very smart individual out there could give me some advice.
To make a very long story short, I have A LOT of individual clips(stoped counting at 2,000) that is programing for a television station that recently switched satellite companies. They took all the footage that was in the server and put it on several external drives and shiped it to the new company.
However, when the files were originally captured, they had excessive black or sometimes bars and slate still on the file. It never showed up because they were able to put "play" ins & outs on the file. The new company is not able to do this, and as you can imagine, they are not happy with the programs having color Bars before they come on. So its up to me to fix it.
Now heres the problem. The files are Muxed MPEG2 but Quicktime wont play them. The will play in Windows Media Player on Windows.
What i need to do, if at all possible, is find a way to:
1. Find a program to trim the excess at the beginnings and ends without recompressing the file
or
2. -Convert it to a format that Quicktime can undertand
-Re-Edit in Final Cut
-Recompress to Muxed Mpeg 2 with as little quality loss as possible.
3. (This is where you put in your suggestion)
I would prefer option 1 myself because Quality is very important on this.
A few notes.
-Quicktime will open the files and show me "Movie Info," but when I play them back all that shows up is a white screen and the audio doesn't play.
-I downloaded MPEG Streamclip but it gives me the same results.
Any help or suggestions you people could offer would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks,
James
Quad 3.0 gHz Mac Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.6)   8 Gig Ram, Final Cut Studio 5.1

Two things:
First, there are MPEG editing programs that will allow you to trim the beginning and end of your mpeg clips. The apps are used for joining mpegs. You could look into one. I foujnd one a ways back, but didn't by it. So I can't remember what it was, but Google MPEG editing. Look deep into the search. There may be several and you'll want to read posts about them to make sure they don't suq.
Second, what playout system are they using. I have not heard of any professioinal level playout system that won't let you time out your show and start at a time other than frame zero. Maybe they just don't know how to do it. Find out what they are using for playout. I am just curious.
2,000 shows using Streamclip? Boy I wouldn't want that job for free. . .
EDIT: http://www.videoredo.com/?src=VRD2004-09-08
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/mpeg2-edit-fre.html

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