The document "mpg" could not be opened. A required codec isn't available.

I have loaded some home movies from my video camera and when I try to view these I receive the error message The document “filename:MPG” could not be opened. A required codec isn't available.
I cannot seem to do anything with these files. I can view them on another PC. I have tried to add them to iTunes with no luck, and tried to install an add on for quicktime however it does not download.
Any suggestions?

Have you tried VideoLAN? It can often play videos that won't play with Quicktime.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

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