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A codec is a small piece of scripting that deals with decoding audio/visual information. If you're running the file through Real Player, you aren't missing any codecs, otherwise RP would tell you that you are and offer to download them for you.
In my reasonably wide experience of downloaded material, this actually sounds like a bad encoding, which is to say the front end has been misencoded. The file might tell you it's an AVI, but that may not actually be the case, especially as far your player is concerned.
So, assuming trying a number different players doesn't work, you just need to re-encode the front end for your player. Make a copy of your AVI file just in case things go wrong, then download AVI FourCC. Start it up then use the elipse button to navigate to your file. Fill both the Description Code and the Used Code box with DivX, then hit apply.
DivX, and I believe Real Player as well, should now play the film without a hitch. |
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DivX will sort you out and it looks shiny too.