I used a program called Media Encoder that was able to transcode my videos and get them into a working order. It took me hours to figure it out but finally I got it sorted out.

Go team!

Also, I've never had problems with Vista.

Quote Originally Posted by StarsMine View Post
AVI isnt a encode type, its a file wrapper, like MKV.
AVI is usually used with Divx or Xvid, might be one of those
WeGame finishes encoding (This is their words) videos when you press the Stop Record hotkey. If your game crashes it can't finish the encoding process, leaving your file corrupted and broken. Media Encoder worked when VLC couldn't even play it..