Macbook pro audio problems on some avi movie files

Hi
I am a recently converted Mac user, having been PC all my life. I have loads of movies in avi format that play perfectly well on my Win XP Pro PC. I have tried playing them on my new macbook pro, 2.16ghz, 15" using Quicktime 7.1.3 and DivX player v1.0.4 The picture is fine but there is no sound. As I said, the files play fine on my PC, sound and picture. Can anyone help me please. Is it a codec issue? I believe I have the latest versions of the 2 players. Are there any other players I could try?
Many thanks

Hi!
Congrats on your mac purchase!!! It's a slippery slope into appledom now
Anyway. Your question. There's every chance that your XP codecs for divX contain the AC3 codec. However, DivX and XVID codec support on the mac isn't as good. You may get divx working fine, but as you've found out, no audio.
Have a look at: http://www.woggledog.com/mac/index.asp?subject=audiocodec as it contains a couple of links to AC3 codecs. However, I'd avoid all of that malarchy, including your DivX player, and just use the perian codec components. Contains loads of divx and xvid codecs and also the more important AC3 codec!
Good luck,
paul

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