HT3775 what do i need to play a .avi video ?

i downloaded a video to watch and the format is as follows xyz.avi
when i go to play the video it keeps stating that quicktime cannot open. so i look into it and it shows that ......
AVI (Motion JPEG only) which i beleive is the video i am trying to watch needs a list of these
MPEG-2 (OS X Lion or later)
MPEG-4 (Part 2)
H.264
H.263
H.261
Apple ProRes
Apple Pixlet
Animation
Cinepak
Component Video
DV
DVC Pro 50
Graphics
Motion JPEG
Photo JPEG
Sorenson Video 2
Sorenson Video 3

Install VLC it can run most of the vedio formats
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html

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