QT not able to play .avi movies

I bought quicktime pro about a week ago and I can't figure out how to play avi movies. A pop up shows up and says I need a third party component but non of those seem to work for me. Can someone give me a link to the third party component that is needed for playing avi movies on quicktime pro. Becuase of this, I can't convert any of my movies into mpeg-4 to put on my iPod.

Open the non working file using QuickTime Pro.
Open the Movie Info window and note what codecs are used in the .avi file.
Search (I use Google) for Windows compatible video codecs and follow the instructions for how to install them on your PC.
Note all .avi files can be opened or viewed in QT Pro. Some codecs do not export properly.
You should test with a one minute "cut" of your .avi to make sure it can be used on your iPod.
Better to learn from a one minute failure that to waste hours converting a file that will not work on your iPod.

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