QuickTime plays .avi DivX sound, black blank window

Hiya!
I've got issues...
Before my Quicktime worked fine with all video file formats.
Suddenly, it stopped playing certain files correctly.
I got the latest DivX and Xvid codecs, as well as well as
that Perian software. Still, When I try to play certain DivX
.avi files, Quicktime will play sound, but no picture - just
a black blank window. Instead, DivX player 2.0 for macintosh
works fine.
I'd still like to use Quicktime. What should I get / do?
Thanks in advance!
VM.

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