QUICKTIME CODEC ISSUE

NO MATTER WHAT
i seem to do
quicktime wont play my avi.s
it says i need a codec sends me to apple divx codec i install div x and it still doesnt play but to me it seems like divx doesnt cummunicate with quicktime
in a dream world thered be a pulldown codec window in quicktime and ya tick divx e.t.c
the movies play on divx player and windows media but not quicktime
im only asking for help as im wanting to export them to my ipod eventually
any help greatly appreciated
im on windows vista and my favourite colours blue

Lee Feigon wrote:
Is there a way to check to see which codec I need, if that is indeed the problem. If it makes a difference, the movie is in HD.
Select the file in the Finder, then do "Get Info" and look at the "More Info" part of the pane. It has a section for codecs and should tell you. Otherwise, open it with the QuickTime Player app and use "Show Movie Inspector" from the Windows menu to get the codec info.
charlie

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If the files will open in one of the QT player app, the open the inspector window to see which codecs were used to create the original file as seen here...
or here in the "Format" entry...
Or, if you have QT 7 keyed for "Pro" use, you can open the "Properties" window to gain even more information as demonstrated here...
if you file will not open in either of the QT Player apps, then you can try opening the Finder "Get Info" window for the file,
use a third-party media player that will open the file, or
use a dedicated media information utility to learn this information....
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These movies ran in QuickTime just fine until about a month ago.
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PerianXDCam.component.zip -> PerianXDCam.component
PerianHDV.component.zip -> PerianHDV.component
from this website: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/mcfa0086/discretecosine/164630.html
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