Finder not showing .avi preview in columns

Just a small problem, but annoying...
With Finder set to column views, I used to get a small, playable preview of movies in last column.
Suddenly, however, I don't get this preview with .avi files. MPG and MOV files give a preview, but not the AVI. I get the Play/Stop buttons and the timeline bar, but no preview image. Plus, it seems to take the finder ages to decide to not show the preview!
Anyone got a solution to this?
Thanks in advance!

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