Quicktime Export Audio greyed out

I have QT Pro. When I try to export a movie in any format the audio is always greyed out and I can't switch it on. I tried with different files from different sources and it always the same case. What is wrong with my Quicktime? How can I fix it please! I would appreciate any help!
iMac G5 20", MacBook Pro 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Your files are MPEG-1 and QuickTime can't extract the audio portion of them.
Use MPEG Streamclip to convert them to QuickTime formats. It will extract the audio.

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