Quick time cannot open an .avi file

Quick time cannot open an .avi file
What QT player are you using and shat forms of compressed data does the AVI file contain?
AVI is a legacy file container type abandoned by Microsoft a dozen years ago in favor of development of its newer, proprietary Windows Media product. While the AVI file container is still supported by all QT players, the codecs used to encode the data contained in the file are, for the most part not supported by QT X player and may require the installation of third-party codecs for use with the QT 7 player. Basically, you have three options here:
You can use the QT 7 player with additional codecs (if available) to play the content.
You can use a third-party player like VLC or NicePlayer with built-in codec support to player the files.
Or you can use an app like HandBrake to convert the AVI files to MPEG-4 or MPEG-4 AVC files compatible with all current QT/QL/IOS players.

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Sounds like your AVI isn't really a two track file (audio and video) but rather a muxed MPEG-1 file.
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http://insanityflows.net/archive/index.php?title=Quick
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Perian codecs for Quicktime - http://www.perian.org
- plugins to add functionality to Quicktime for playing additional audio and video formats
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VLC media player - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ - general media player that plays just about anything.

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