Exporting .mov files as .avi doesn't always work...

Hi,
I recently bought Quicktime Pro v7.1.3 for WinXP and have been trying to use it to convert my .mov files to uncompressed .avi files. I then use Windows Media Encoder to convert the .avi files to .wmv files to play on my Xbox 360. (If you know of any easier way of getting .mov files to play on Xbox, please let me know
The first few worked fine, but then I started having problems opening some .avi files in WME (came up with an error). I tried opening the .avi file in Windows Media Player to watch it, but that didn't even work, it came up saying:
"Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file."
Does anyone know the reason some .mov files will convert ok to .avi and some won't? Please help!
Peter.
Windows XP Pro

Hi Kirk,
I tried the DV thing, but the video size was mucked up. I only had the choice of 4:3 or 16:9 - both of which made the video stretched.
I then realised some of my video files were 'locked' by Windows - whether that has anything to do with it, I don't know, but now they're unlocked.
Also, when exporting, I had the choice of 'Millions of colours' or 'Millions of colours+'. I didn't know what the difference was, but chose the later thinking it would somehow be better. For the video that didn't work as .avi I tried changing this to the one without the plus sign, and it works. I don't know what this does, but I think my problems are fixed.
Thanks again for all your help!
Peter.

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