TS3961 Quicktime in Lion won't Play MPG/MPEG-2 format Video

I have OS X Lion but quicktime still says "QuickTime Player can't open "M2U02230.MPG" because a required codec isn't available."  Does anyone know what codec is needed?  Apple says that Lion will play MPEG-2/MPG format and MPEG-2 Playback Component is no

No, Quicktime does not natively play muxed formats.
For that you need mpegStreamclip:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/video/mpegstreamclip.html
which is free, as well as the the Apple mpeg2 plugin :
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2/
which is a mere $20.

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