AVI files showing up Black in QT

I hoped to use QuickTime Pro to convert some AVIs over from 720 x 544 Xvid compressed files over to AVI DV PAL files, as I see those specifications listed under Quick Time Pro's file and codecs supported.
However, I can't seem to play these AVIs in QuickTime. The Xvid compressed file is of the correct length, but no video or audio. I have a version of this file in H264, and I get audio, but again, no video. Just a black screen.
Anyone know why I'm getting black screens? I've downloaded the codecs... Can't seem to get QT to play the darned movies (much less even start trying to convert them!)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Well, the problem is that I'm running Windows XP, so Perian isn't going to help. I see that Xvid isn't supported by QTPro for XP (it is supported by the Xvid codec on mac... they're working on an XP fix for QT Pro). However, it does the same thing when I use AVIs that are compressed with H264... which seems absolutely wrong since that IS a codec that is supposed to be supported...
Any ideas for a Windows user?

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