I cant play movies in the avi format

I download a movie that is avi format, but when i put it into quicktime it says it wont play it. Help please.

Hello, IPODTIM,
Do you know WHICH avi format was used to make the movies? That is, which CODEC?
Do you get a viewer window with a warning message? What does the message say?
Do you get a message, but NO viewer window? What does that message say?
If you get the window and a message, close the message, but not the window (not by clicking "close," if that's what one of your options is, but by clicking the other option, whatever it is it might be "ok" or "continue" or...??? - different kinds of files prompt different messages).
Then click "Command-i" and note what it says immediately after "format"
That will be the info on the codec.
If you've got a divx (or 3ivx) file, the solution will be one sort of thing; if it's IV50 (or one of the other Indeo codecs) it will be something else; etc., etc. (Both of those, by the way, can be viewed by QuickTime with some add-ons, though the Indeo files must be watched in QuickTime Classic or OS 9. Some others may require a different viewer - most likely VLC, which is available at no charge.)
Having had problems with AVIs in the past, I can help with some of these (specifically, those named above). Other readers can no doubt help with the rest.
Leonard

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