Viewing .AVI files iin iTunes

Hi, is there any way of viewing .AVI files in iTunes, and if so is it possible to make them viewable on a Video iPod?
Thanks.

I don't believe AVI is one of the supported formats. You are probably better off converting it to an MPEG format.

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