Problem Syncing Movies

I tried a few movies and I keep getting an error saying "could not be copied and played on this device". I tried my own movies, movies copied into iTunes, all work fine on computer and apple TV....what videos are supported on iPhone???
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Chairman of the Board,
This question is answered on Page 111 of the User guide.
If you don't have yours available you can read it online here:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/iPhoneUserGuide.pdf
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.

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