Quicktime: "Required Compressor Could Not Be Found"

OK, I have a Powerbook G4, running Mac OS X 10.2.8 (1.33 GHz PowerPC)
I'm running Quicktime version 6.5.2.
I've just downloaded some quicktime videos I just need to watch on my computer, Quicktime is opening the files with the notice:
You may experience problems playing a video track in "video file" because the required compressor could not be found. Would you like to close the movie or continue?
Whilst playing the files, I have audio, but no picture.
Can someone possibly help me by telling me how I find out what compressor I would need to play these videos and where I can possibly download/install the missing compressors?
I do hope it's an easy fix as that, failing that, does anyone know how I can convert the video files to something usable by my computer without losing audio or picture quality?

So is there no solution for this? I just can't watch the videos because I can't upgrade to a newer version of Quicktime?
I saw in another thread someone having a similar problem to mine and someone suggested flip4mac WMV/Perian software to solve the problem, although both of these are also not compatible with my older operating system. Is there a solution for 10.2?

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