Video files too big for Vision W 30

I have movies that I converted to .avi files. They are 480x272 resolution. The problem is that any movie longer than hour 40 minutes (about GB) won't play through. For instance I converted a movie (about 2.5 hours, .7 GB), When I first look at the file on the Zen W it says 2:30 hours (or so), then after I start it, it shows hour 39 minutes and it only plays to that point and freezes. I have tried a few movies and always get the same result. What am I doing wrong?
Any help would be appreciated. I have been using iri'verter to convert. Fimware version .0.0.
Jim

An update: I don't even seem to be able to use MPEG Streamclip to convert the files. "unrecognizable file type."

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