I downloaded and installed Quicktime4.
Why QT4? The current version is 6.
I'm having no problem playing .mov files with MC on my Win98se system. I only have the QT codecs installed, but not QT Player. You can do this in two ways.
Install the current version of QT (from Apple website) and then uninstall it. You will get a dialog asking if you want to install
all components. If you click "NO", only the player will be uninstalled and the codecs/plugins left behind.
Or, you can download Quicktime Alternative from this site:
http://home.hccnet.nl/h.edskes/finalbuilds.htmIf you choose custom, it gives you the choice of installing QT6 codecs, plugin for IE6 and Media Player Classic. Media Player Classic is a knock-off of WMP6.4. I believe it's only about 600k, is way more configurable than WMP and can play just about any type of multimedia file (if you can find the codecs).
As for .mpg files, I only had trouble importing one. It was a short clip that someone sent me in an email. It would cause MC to freeze, so maybe it was corrupted somehow. All of the .mpgs that are music videos that I copied from CDs imported and playback fine. And just to be sure, you do have at least WMP7 installed, right?
Rob