Lowest QT vers. to play h264=??

Okay, i have OS 10.4.11, default QT 7.0. I opened an h.264 movie and got a white screen--it wouldn't play, even though i thought h264 was built into QT starting w/ ver. 7. Still, the get-info window at least said "h264".
So, i downloaded 7.1.6 and installed, restarted, and now i still get the white screen. But now, the video codec is blank in the get-info window (just a comma followed by the resolution). W-the-f---??
Why can i not play this h264 movie? (which btw plays just fine in VLC player 0.9.10). And, more interestingly, why does QT 7.1.6 fail even at identifying the codec when 7.0 did..?? Thanks.

Why can i not play this h264 movie?
To add to what Dave said, H.264 (MPEG-4/AVC) comes in many "flavors" -- some of which are open and some of which are proprietary. In addition, some codecs may incorporate the features/capabilities of one profile/level with those of another. And, since QT checks for such inconsistencies and won't play such non-standard files, it is possible the video is not QT compatible. The normal approach is to check the video profile and level and compare the standards against stats for the file as encoded.
Although AVI file container support was dropped more than a decade ago, it is still widely used by Windows users to contain both proprietary and open compression formats which may utilize either standard or custom features. (I.e., these files may or may not be natively compatible with QT and/or may require a third-party codec for playback.) As Dave indicated, the Perian component package may be your best bet here if the content can be played by the QT Player or iTunes (if you place the content in an MOV file container). NOTE: It is also important to read the Perian comments regarding component incompatibilities if you choose to install this package.

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