Need help creating an AUTOMATOR workflow.

Sorry if this is the wrong area, but I couldn't find an Automator specific category.
I currently have a folder containing a bunch of avi's that I wish to convert for watching on an Apple TV.
I currently use Visual Hub, but find that I occasionally get a bad encode from it.
I was hoping to set up an automator workflow that does the following:
1. Whenever an avi appears in a specified folder it converts is using Quicktime's Apple TV Export feature.
2. Moves the new file to another specified folder.
3. Add's it to iTunes.
4. Deletes the original.
If someone could help me out in writing the workflow, that would be awesome.
Or even if you know of an already existing automator workflow that did this would be cool.
Thanks.

Open Automator.
Choose Folder Action for the type of workflow.
Set the folder you want to watch in the top gray bar (Folder Action receives files and folders added to)
Click on Movies in the Library panel
Drag Export Movie action to the right workflow panel
Choose the output type and location. I wouldn't delete files until I know they work.
Save the workflow.
Now, just drag .avi's to the folder you chose in the first step. You will see the gear run in the menu and when it stops, the new converted files will be in the folder you chose in the Export Movie action.

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