Unable to open old .avi and .mov files

I teach and have a number of .avi files that I wish to use in class. These files open and play fine in Windows XP, but which do not open in OS X (10.6.2). It looks like some of these files date from about 1996 and 1997. Under older versions of OS X and Quicktime, I believe I could open these. Please guide me, because I am totally clueless as to which codec or what that I would need for these to work.
I have installed Flip4Mac, have "Reclaimed" the files to be played by Flip4Mac (Quicktime), and I have tried Quicktime Player 7 as well as Quicktime Player 10.0, Real Player 11, and a downloaded a codec (XviD_Codec 1.0 alpha component, and a player Divx 7. I have tried to set the "Open with" setting in the information box for these files to correspond to these programs, but this and none of my attempts has worked. Surely I am doing this by brute force (no understanding).
Finally, I have a .mov file that was made under OS 9 using an Alaris web camera. This plays with Quicktime in Windows XP, and I believe it used to play under older versions of OS X with Quicktime. What do I need to do to access this file with the current Quicktime in OS 10.6.2?
By the way, it seems that Apple eliminated the Quicktime control panel pane. Thus I cannot see any settings for Quicktime. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Wilson

Why do the .avi movies from my 8 year old camera play with Quicktime, but I had to use the VLC Media Player to open old .avi files?
AVI is a file container -- not an audio/video compression format. As such, lime the MOV file container, it may contain almost any valid combination of audio, video, and/or other data. Whether or not a particular file will play is determined by whether or not you have the the required codec(s) installed on your system. Be advised that AVI is a relatively old file type support for which the developer dropped a decade ago but Windows users continue to embrace due to its versatility and the fact there are so many AVI files available for download. Unfortunately, not all codecs have been transcoded for use on the Mac platform, And, some of those that have, are only availaby for use with System 9. Of those that have been made available for OS X, some are not available for Intel platform use. Further, with Apple's current move to update QT technology, things are likely to get worse for AVI users. My personal advice would be to move on to newer, more efficient compression formats having specific/improved file type features and to convert anything you want/must keep to those compression/file formats.

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