Why won't Final cut let me use AVI format?

I have heard that you need an extra so called plug in but I can't find anything. I downloaded something called streamclip, and that doesn't work. Please help!

Hi Ellen
Try downloading and installing Perian (from http://www.perian.org) ... that quicktime component contains a bundle of codecs that will bolster Quicktime' native codec support. Hopefully it contains the one that you need for your system to decode the contents of this mystery AVI file.
MartinR notes that in order to edit with an AVI file you need the Flip4Mac WMV component. This is not quite true ... but you certainly do need it if you want to handle WMV files in this fashion.
Best
Andy

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