Flip video & Zen Video

I have a flip video cam that i record some stuff on and I'm trying to put those videos on the ZEN. Every format I have tried doesn't work. Flip video captures in AVI. I'm not sure if its compressed or uncompressed, I'm a newb in this. I have tried the video converter than to open up Creative Centrale and it won't even open the videos. Only VLC is working to play them back. Anyone done this sucessful or know a free program that will work for sure? Please help. Thank you

there are free video converters on the internet if you are searching for one. i'm not sure if i could mention this or what (sorry to the mods; just tell me if it's not okay) but i used to have Super Converter. you can google it. it converts different types of video and audio.. and it's free.
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http://i.imgur.com/5OaxOFC.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/cqRpJOp.jpg
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http://i.imgur.com/9fCZ1s2.jpg
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