Suddenly lost ability to play XVID

Hi all-
About a month ago I suddenly lost all ability to play XVID .avi files. Not sure why; as far as I know, nothing changed.
Quicktime says the files are not movie files. VLC just shows a timeline with a playhead moving across it for a few seconds and then stops. FCP6 doesn't recognize them either.
I've tried removing and adding XVID and DivX components and so far nothing works.
The only thing I can think of is that I lost my DSL for several weeks around the same time, so maybe something tried to phone home and couldn't so it turned itself off.
Any thoughts?

Install http://perian.org component and trash the older components if you notice conflicts.

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