QT Pro can't convert to AVI

I recently purchased QT Pro for the ability to convert MOV to AVI, and up until now have had no issues with this task. I'm trying to convert my final video now, and everytime it says conversion of the 4:02 MOV file is complete, I go to watch the AVI and the movie stops after 1:03! In addition, when I try to drag that AVI file to my external drive, I receive the message "qtKitErrorCatchAll (-1309)". I have redone the MOV file from iMovie many times just in case, and have redone conversion of the AVI file many more times as well, with the same result every time. I have not had this issue with any other video file.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

AVI is merely a "container" and an ancient one discontinued by its creator (Microsoft) a dozen years ago.
Apple's QuickTime Player Pro can export to AVI but only a handful of codecs are available. The Cinepak codec is almost twenty years old. BMP is even older.
Th DV compression option is the only good choice but will not work correctly for every QuickTime file.

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