Can't play CRAM AVI.

I would LOVE some help with this problem. I'm trying to play a video file (codec is CRAM) on my mac and get the following error:
The movie could not be opened. Operation could not be completed. (OSStatus error -1.)
The files run on a PC and ON EVERYONE ELSES MAC!!! For a couple of years these files ran on my mac also, but one day stopped and I have no idea why.
Sometimes if I download the file, QT will open it and just play a black screen.
Here's the details:
Mac running 10.5.6. Quicktime Pro 7.6. Perian 1.1.3 and Flip4Mac 2.2.1.11 are installed. Also will not open with newest WMP on my computer.
It will open with VLC, but because of the number of files I need to work with, transcoding each file into an MPEG-4 would be too cumbersome.
Again, the codec is CRAM.
HELP!
I have tried installing and uninstalling Perian (no difference) uninstalling my DIVx converter software (no difference) and getting rid of extra extensions in my library. Would love any help or support anybody can suggest.

Kind of an interesting problem, like needing a typewriter ribbon or Gestetner fluid.
LOL. Especially since presumably the OP wants to have this work with the new computer. More like trying to get an electric typewriter to act as the printer for a new Mac. Mind you, if you can find the codec it might actually work. I'm too cheap to buy QT Pro but I find that a lot of the new QT codecs are accessible in my version of Movie Player 2.5.1 (ca. OS 8.1?) I run in Classic.

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