Quictime codec?

I am new at this movie game. I have downloaded certain codec for quicktime. Have a movie in an .avi, got picture and no sound. Works with other movies. Also where exactly do you drop the component file?
Any help would be helpful:)
Where is a good site to get the latest and greatest codec for QT?
Thank you in advance
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Have a movie in an .avi, got picture and no sound. Works with other movies. Also where exactly do you drop the component file?
Most codec plugins go in the ~Library/QuickTime folder.
Where is a good site to get the latest and greatest codec for QT?
There is no single codec for QuickTime. QuickTime is a framework that can use a multitude of codecs, some of which are included natively and some that come from other developers. You'd need to know the format of audio and video your movies use to determine what codecs you might need. Of course, if yu have the latest version of QuickTime (currently 7.1.3), you have the latest version of the codecs Apple includes.

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