How do I Convert AVI to Mpeg

I have some AVI movies I'd like to view but I get a message "The movie could not be opened." How do I correct this? How do I convert and AVI movie into an mpeg or a viewable movie?
iMac G5   Mac OS X (10.4.8)   1st generation iMac G5 Updated with Tiger

There is no single codec for movies that have .avi extensions. AVI is a container format, not a specific type of file. An AVI movie may use one of the Indeo codecs (there are at least four that I'm aware of, none of which have been ported to Mac OS X) or one of the various flavors of DivX, among other possibilities. You'll have to find out what codec was used for the movies you want to view to determine what you need. Note that not all codecs for the various .avi movies are available for QuickTime.
If you want to try "hit and miss", you can try the codecs at http://www.divx.com/ and http://www.3ivx.com/ and see if one of them will work for you. Perian, which rolls several codecs into one package, might also work.
If you just want to play the movie any way you can, you can also give this player a try:
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
Regards.

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