Adam,
It sounds like whatever you're trying to watch is most likely an
MPEG2 file (as you are probably aware there are multiple types of
files with a .mpg extension; such as MPEG-1(VCD), MPEG -2(DVD is
based on this) and MPEG 4 ) . Apple in its infinite wisdom decided
that MPEG2 playback in Quicktime should not be free, so a plug in
which you pay for is required if you wish to play MPEG2 files in
quicktime:
<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/products/mpeg2playback/>
of course it get's even more fun than that in that MPEG2's which are
the standard for DVD.
A DVD's VOB files can have one of several audio formats and apples
MPEG2 plugin doesn't support the standard used by most commercial
DVDs which meens playing a VOB through quick time will give you
video but no sound track.
Good enough if you want to do screen captures (ripping a VOB to disk
deletes Apples no screen shots from DVD function) not good enough if
you want to edit down films to include in training/educational
sessions :(
work in progress.
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