Quicktime from dvd

Hi,
I just got an iMac yesterday. It came with OS X 10.6.1. I upgraded it to OS X 10.6.2. Under both OS X 10.6.1 and 10.6.2, I've had problems with QuickTime. If I try to use QuickTime Player to play avi files which are on a DVD, I get a message saying that the file cannot be opened. But if I copy the exact files to my local hard drive, I can play them with QuickTime with no problem. I don't change the file names during the copy. On this iMac, the files have different icons when they're on the DVD and when they're on my hard drive. On the DVD, their icons are the usual blue QT, and on the hard drive, their icons look like an eye or something (it's hard to tell). I have an older white MacBook running OS X 10.5, and on my MacBook, I can use QuickTime Player to play these same avi files straight from the DVD. I've installed the DivX codec and Perian to play avi files using QuickTime Player. Also, on my iMac, I can't play the QuickTime movies on the apple.com Web site. I just see a big QT logo, but no video. Thanks,

Hi,
In System Preferences for my iMac, there's no QuickTime item. In my MacBook, there is a QuickTime item in my System Preferences. Could this be why I can't view apple.com movies in my iMac? How do I get QuickTime to show up in my iMac System Preferences? I'm using Firefox for all of my Internet work. The QuickTime plug-in is installed in Firefox on my iMac. Thanks,

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