Vlc doesn't want to play any .AVI videos

I get this error when playing any AVI file (but not WMV)
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000279] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `DX50'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000292] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
I deleted my ~/.vlc directory and it still happens.  It used to work just fine a few days ago.

skottish wrote:Run VLC from the command line and see what library it's complaining about.
jason wrote:
I get this error when playing any AVI file (but not WMV)
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000279] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `DX50'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
VLC media player 0.8.6c Janus
[00000292] main decoder error: no suitable decoder module for fourcc `XVID'.
VLC probably does not support this sound or video format.
I deleted my ~/.vlc directory and it still happens.  It used to work just fine a few days ago.
Even with vlc -vvv it doesn't give more info.

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