IPod classic 120GB: video problem

I am having problems putting movies on my iPod. I've converted the files from .avi to .mpg. However when I sync them to my iPod it says "'Movie Name' was not copied to the iPod 'Name' because it cannot be played on this iPod."
I only recently have had this problem. I have put one file on before, but now it doesn't work. Any answers would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks

Update to this, I used the iTunes convertor and it converted it to .m4v I believe and it worked fine, but it's lame because instead of compressing it, it's now like 3 times the size :/

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