Copying video to ipod

OK---I have done what I feel is a relatively thorough search for my issue, and I did find a thread where someone asked the exact same question I have, but there was never a reply. That post was about a month ago, I believe.
I'm running WinXP Pro on a P4 2.81GHz HT, 1.0GB RAM, 400 GB HD, Asus P4P800S motherboard.
I have the 60GB video ipod
I have the newest Itunes software, but I have not upgraded to the 1.1 ipod update that everyone keeps mentioning---I am still 1.0
I have quicktime pro 7.0.4, and also a program called xilisoft mp4 converter---that can take files, and as one of the options, convert them to something that supposedly can be read by the ipod (which, I've found, isn't the case---but it allows quicktime and itunes to convert to a format that should be able to copy to the ipod. I might note that some of the video files (many in divx format, .mpeg)--and these files often will not open in quicktime---thus I used xilisoft's program to convert them to a format quicktime can work with.
The problem I have is that sometimes, some videos after converting, when I try to copy them from the video folder to my ipod, I get the error that it can't be copied b/c it can't be played on my ipod---even though I converted the videos using the exact same settings for other videos that work fine.
I also tried using itunes' video conversion tool (convert selection for ipod, and then try to copy over the converted file, but same problem). The only format that my player seems to want to accept is .m4v, and even when I encode (as mentioned above) a few files using the exact same settings that worked for the others, I still get the error.
Please share your thoughts on this.
Thanks

Hi CMount, give this program a try. It's my main support column for video conversion for the IPOD. Download the trial. Get it on line or in one of the places listed.
http://www.divmm.com/

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