Avi problems in quicktime

My quicktime has decided not to read avi (DivX code) any more. I tried installing perian and DivX again and did not work. I have quick time 7.7 and Mac OS X (10.5.8). Does any one has a good idea to try?

Hey thanks for the program, it look is now working with some files, but with other avi files I still have the problem with the audio, any suggestions?
Aaron.

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