.avi files come up as a white screen

Anytime I try to play a .avi file I just get a white screen in the quicktime window and a little pop-up that tells me I don't have the required plug-ins to play this movie. So I go to the site and there are about 20 different plug-ins... which one do I download.. Links?

The codecs on that page are not likely to work for most avi files nowadays. You can find the name of the decompressor (codec) by opening MovieInfo in QT Player, even if you have a white screen. If that doesn't give you a name you can try the codecs from these two sites:
http://www.divx.com
http://www.3ivx.com
Another option is to try to view them in this freeware, which will play some formats and file types that QT will not play: VLC

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