How to open AVI files?

Question

I have six AVI files that I very much need to see.   They come on a CD-ROM.  I have transferred them to my hard drive.   They do not work from either the CD-ROM or the hard drive.
GetInfo identifies these videos as “AVI movie.”
The closest I can get is with Real Player, Version 12.0.1 (1750).  This application opens a window for each file.  The thermometer across the bottom of the window moves as if the application is playing the video, but the window remains totally black.   (The videos should not have any sound, so I do not expect to hear anything from them.)
I have no luck at all with VLC and QuickTime Player.  VLC, Version 2.0.7 Twoflower (Intel 64bit), reports:
QuickTime Player, Version 10.0 (131), reports:
I get this problem with videos from people who do not use Macinstoshes.  
Does anyone know how to open such AVI files? 

Answer 1

I have Perian 1.2.3.  Its update function reports that is the latest version.  
Perian's GetInfo has the following report, which says nothing about the T263 codec:
About
Perian aims to provide a single package for all your playback needs.  It is a collection of QuickTime components incorporating several libraries:
• libavcodec, from the ffmpeg project, along with code from the old FFusion component:
          • MS-MPEG4 v1 & v2
          • DivX
          • 3ivx
          • H.264
          • Flash Video
          • Flash Screen Video
          • On2 VP3, VP6, VP8
          • H263I
          • HuffYUV and ffvhuff
          • Indeo 2, 3 & 5
          • MPEG-1, 2 & 4 Video (in supported formats)
          • Fraps (up to v4)
          • Windows Media Audio v1 & v2
          • Flash ADPCM
          • Xiph Vorbis (in Matroska)
          • MPEG Layer I and II audio
          • DTS Coherent Acoustics audio
          • Snow wavelet video
          • DosBox video
          • Nellymoser ASAO audio
• libavformat, from the ffmpeg project. along with AVIImporter.component:
          • AVI file format
          • FLV file format
          • NUV file format
• libmatroska, along with matroska-qt.component:
          • MKV file format
• Subtitles:
          • (Advanced) SubStation Alpha
          • SRT
          • SAMI
          • VobSub
• liba52, via A52Codec:
          • AC3 audio
The code is available under the LGPL. The development site is located at <http://trac.perian.org/> and the project's Subversion repository is located at <http://svn.perian.org/>.
The code for A52Codec is available under the GPL. The project site is located at <http://trac.cod3r.com/a52codec/> and the project Subversion repository is located at <http://svn.cod3r.com/a52codec/>.