Quicktime codecs question

Hi, I've been teaching myself how to convert for streaming media for about six months. I have found the only program that is halfway decent for this is quicktime because it hints the media file, but now my only problem is I first have to use another program to convert the .avi, .wmv, or whatever then original format may be. Now once I've converted to a format quicktime understands such as .mov or mpeg4 I then can use quicktime pro to convert the file into mp4 using mpeg 4 basic and hint the file for streaming.
Is there an easier way to do this, are there codecs available for quicktime to play other type of formats?
any help is much appreciated.

Try Flip4Mac:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/28842
jeff

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