Transferring video clips from to MacBook Pro?

Totally new to the Mac world...and trying to access some of my video clips that was stored on my pc (Sony vaio). I am not able to read these files and they are hugely important for my work. How do I transfer .wmv and .AVI or read or open such files? Hope somebody knows what I am talking about Thaaanks

Hey QueenLioness,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities! You can use codec components to extend QuickTime to import or play additional media formats (such as .wmv and .avi). You can read more about how to do so here:
Adding additional media format support to QuickTime
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3526
Enjoy your new Mac!
David

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Written by Kappy with additional contributions from a brody.
Revised 1/6/2009
Message was edited by: Kappy

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