Quicktime X doesn't play avi sound

Hello, my quicktime player can open the video files but there will be no sound! It only happens for .avi though. Is there a certain codec I need or something?

[Perian codecs for Quicktime|http://www.perian.org] - plugins to add functionality to Quicktime for playing additional audio and video formats
[Quicktime audio problems, Perian, VLC|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9013669] - read note about uninstalling prior DIVX support before installing Perian.

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==========================================================================
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