I cannot play the avi video file on my macbook!!! Need help please

hi there
i have a macbook and it plays other avi video file but i recently downloaded this video off of utorrent and when i play on it, it says quicktime couldnt recognize this video and suggests me and takes me to another link. I have already downloaded Perian, what else can i do about it? I need some help, thank you.

See if VLC will work (it should)....
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/5758/vlc-media-player
....go to the developers web site and check all the file formats that it will run.....

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