Quicktime vs preview in finder

I have been reading lots of posts about avi files and have the following question unanswered.
Why can the finder (in column view) show a file with .avi extension but QT 7.1.x won't play it?
Macbook Pro C2D Mac OS X (10.4.9)

AVI is a supported file type in QuickTime (as per http://www.apple.com/quicktime/player/specs.html) so QT should be able to play an AVI file.
If you are having an issue with file, it may be isolated to that specific file.

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