How to play avi movie?

I've just bought an iMac with OS 10.7 loaded on it and I can't play .avi movies.  So far I've only found DivX software, but it is free for 6 months and then I have to buy it.  Does anyone know a free application that would allow me to play .avi movies?

Try Quicktime after downloading a http://perian.en.softonic.com/maclittle plug in called Perian.
It works with me .
You,ve tried hitting the space bar after selecting the avi file this also works with my imac
it also plays srt files

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