Media Player Example cannot play avi

Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS x86-64, gcc 5.4.0
Qt lib from online installer

While testing multimedia player example I usually run some of the sample avi files available at:
http://www.engr.colostate.edu/me/facil/dynamics/avis.htm.

I could not play any of the videos "Cannot play stream". However, the example is buildable and runnable. I could run those sample avis with other qt libraries versions.