Zen Vision M: Video Transfer Proble

I recently purchased a Creative Zen Vision M and was able to transfer content with no trouble. When I transfered the first few videos, it did so with no problems and I was able to watch them with ease. Now, when I try to transfer a video to my player, I always get the same message: "Cannot copy 'xxxxxx.avi': the video file is not valid or not recognized. Do you want to skip this file?" When I try to convert the file, the conversion manager says the file does not need conversion. When every video I tried rendered this same message, I tried to transfer one of the files I had originally placed (and viewed) on the player and I got the same error. I am curious as to what the problem could be.
Thanks in advance.

What codec is the avi ?
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