Quicktime wont allow me to play .avi files

The problem i am having is quicktime is not allowing me to play my films i have on my hard drive their file type is .avi when i try to open the movie with quicktime i get a black screen and no sound. The reason i want to use quicktime and not just any media software is it cuts out letterboxes and i find the picture quality very good. I have installed divx and 3ivx to see if it made a difference. After installing 3ivx quicktime plays the videos now but still have the problem of no sound. Is there a soloution to this problem? I am very greatfull for any response.
Message was edited by: Christofff

Hi, I could not see my AVI movies either (they are HD taken with a Fujida HD-6T camera). I have Quicktime Version 10.0 (90.3.1), iPhoto version 8.1 (415) and Mac OS 10.6.2.
I downloaded Perian 1.1.4 and I can now see my movies BUT they have no sound!?!
I can see and hear the sound with VLC but NOT with Quicktime.
Anyone has any pointers???
Thx in advance

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