Find which codec is used?

How can I tell which codec is being used for sound in an avi file.  I have problems playing some avi's in VLC.  The sound is crackly.  Other files are fine so I figure there is some encoding difference I wanted to track down before I reported a bug.  Totem plays the files fine.

btw...
theres a command in linux that can be used to get info from any file, its called file
file /media/Files/Download/movie.avi
/media/Files/Download/movie.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 640 x 272, 25.00 fps, video: XviD, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)
as for your other problem, could it be a problem in the video instead of vlc?

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