"This Movie could not be played" Message appears when trying to play video?

I have synced a number of vids to my iPhone 3G running 2.2 software.
This has been done thru iTunes which has a feature that advises you BEFORE you try and sync the file if it is in a compatible format and size. If not, then you cannot sync it.
I have been using a third party Vid file type converter to convert various files into iPhone compatible .mp4 files with sizes of either 320 X 240 or 640 X 480.
All worked well until today. I had just finished playing such a vid with no problems and when I went to replay it I got this message:
"THIS MOVIE COULD NOT BE PLAYED"
I then went thru my 26 vids that I had synced to my iPhone and found that 12 of them would no longer play????????
NOTHING changed...How could a vid that played fine suddenly not play anymore, along with a number of others that previously played with no problems?
I cannot think of what specific parameters are the same in those 12 files that make up the group that will no longer play?
I did a "Hard Shut Down" of my iPhone and then Reset all Settings...nothing worked?
Tonite, when I get home and have access to iTunes, I will delete and re-sync some of the now unplayable vids to see if they will be accepted for syncing and if so, if they will now play again?
In the meantime, is anyone else having similar problems? Cause? Fix? Workarounds?
Any advise would be much appreciated, as I do NOT want to lose the ability to view these vids, or any others like them, that may no longer play on my iPhone!
Thanx..
Chuck Proche

Thankyou for the two replies.
I have some good news but I still am concerned about why this happened?
Using iTunes, I deleted then re-synced the video files that wouldn't play and now all of them play again.
As I don't know why this problem occured, I am concerned about it happening again...it is NOT fun to have to delete and reload all of these vids, but, at least I know that there is some kind of "workaround"!
If anyone has an idea of WHY this happened and, perhaps how to prevent it in the future, I would appreciate that input despite the fact that all my vids now play again.
Chuck Proche

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