Problems with QuickTime 10.1/Lion 10.7.3

Hi,
since I upgraded to Lion QuickTime has major problems with several video files.
I have Perian and Flip4Mac Pro installd and current.
Symptoms:
Videos encoded "wmv3": Video o.k., sound only for a few tenths of a second, then silent.
Videos encoded "wmv2": Video o.k., no sound at all.
Videos encoded "DivX 5.0": Does not play at all.
Videos encoded "Generic MPEG-4" don't play at all
Videos encoded "DX50": Don't play at all
Videos encoded "xvid": Don't play at all
They play perfectly in QuickTime 7, VLC and others!
Any help appreciated!

I have Perian and Flip4Mac Pro installd and current.
Symptoms:
Videos encoded "wmv3": Video o.k., sound only for a few tenths of a second, then silent.
Videos encoded "wmv2": Video o.k., no sound at all.
Videos encoded "DivX 5.0": Does not play at all.
Videos encoded "Generic MPEG-4" don't play at all
Videos encoded "DX50": Don't play at all
Videos encoded "xvid": Don't play at all
They play perfectly in QuickTime 7, VLC and others!
Any help appreciated!
To put it plainly, QT X does not have the same open architecture that QT 7 enjoys. In some instances, many third-party codec components (especially those handling legacy video compression and non-native audio formats) are not supported in QT X and require you to fall back to the use of QT 7 or QT 7 compatible apps like MPEG Streamclip. In other instances, QT X will not even look for a supported codec component if the data is stored in certain file containers. (E.g., QT v10.1 normally plays "muxed" MPEG-2 video with AC3 audio in an MPEG or TS file container but will ignore the same content in a VOB file container.)

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