Cannot play .avi files (no image or sound)

Hi, I have the latest update for Quicktime: QuickTime™ Version 7.7 (1680.28).
When I open an .avi file in the application, only the image and sound are disabled, the rest seems to work correctly.
What should I do?
-Thank you in advance.

AVI can contain all kinds of codecs, many of which Quicktime doesn't understand. To add AVI functionality you need the free Perian codecs, or us an alternative player such as mpegstreamclip or VLC.
I'm puzzled. If the image and sound are both disabled, what is there left to play correctly?

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