Converting AVI's to WMV

I hope Im asking this in the right place.Im looking for a few suggestions on
how to convert AVI's to WMV I do not have Final Cut Pro.
Thanks for your time

I have Flip4Mac Pro version ($179). I'm pretty disappointed with it. It basically works but that's about it, my reasons:
1. Incredibly slow (even the latest version that was supposed to fix this)
2. Output quality is not great even with the best settings
3. Limited tweaking of settings
4. Advanced WMV options is a 50/50 chance it'll playback in Windows Media Player - almost always have to use WMV 9 (standard)
5. No new updates for some time now
I also purchased this: http://www.mov-avi.com/videoconverter/index23.html to convert MOV to AVI and/or AVI to MOV, but it has issues also especially with HD resolutions (Windows based, I run Bootcamp).
QuickTime Pro on Windows gets flakey around 65% quality level -- static images will tend to flicker (like an overlay).
My fond hope is that FCS 3 will come with ability to export to WMV support the latest Microsoft codecs used in WMV 11.
The best product so far at dealing with WMV source has been Adobe CS4 on Vista x64.
Rob.

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