I plugged in a usb stick and it had lots of videos on it and it won't let me open them and watch them, it says 'a required codec isn't available'

i plugged in a usb stick and it had lots of videos on it and it won't let me open them and watch them, it says 'a required codec isn't available'
please help

i plugged in a usb stick and it had lots of videos on it and it won't let me open them and watch them, it says 'a required codec isn't available'
This message indicates the videos were encoded using codecs for which the current "playback platform" is not currently configured. Either use a third-party media player having the required codecs built into the player or install the required codecs on your system if available.

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I recently upgraded my OS to Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and cannot open up .avi files now in Quicktime. These same files opened up with no problem prior to my upgrade. Additionally, I had upgraded to the Pro version of Quicktime recently, but it appears I've retrograded back to the basic version, unexplainably.
I get this error message: The document “ANDREW_McD_MEDIA_VERSION.avi” could not be opened. A required codec isn't available.

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I had exactly the same problem & found the answer here https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3219982?start=0&tstart=0 . Download a program called Perian, very easy to download worked a treat. I wish all fixes were this easy - Debbie

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http://perian.org
Free (although no longer being developed).

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download VLC
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