Sony Handycam .mpg convert

Hello,
I have a Sony Handycam with .mpg videos on it. Today I bought the Quicktime Pro so I can convert the fill over. How do I do that? ever time I click on the file, I receive an error message "The movie could not be opened". Please Help!!

Today I bought the Quicktime Pro so I can convert the fill over. How do I do that?
You can't. What you should have purchased was the QT MPEG-2 Playback component ($20). It, together with the free MPEG Streamclip application will convert the files and retain the audio. While QT Pro with the MPEG-2 component installed will open and convert the video portion of your multiplexed file, it cannot extract and sync frame level instances of audio with its video frame data instances.

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