Got it working! Thank you LOTR!! When I loaded up a movie on realplayer or on WMP i realized that the normal ffdshow would not show up on the in my task processes. So I decided to try and redownload ffdshow and Wa'lah! it worked! So thanks again LOTR, codec's it was!

*Since I am on a roll with getting correct answers, I think I will throw the dice down again and push my luck. I'm looking for a good .avi to dvd converter, one that is free, or if it is free-to-try it does not have the watermark on it. I have searched and there are so many of them. I would like to try Super DVD Creator. Does anyone know if the trial version leaves a watermark? I have dvdshrink which I plan to use after converting to get a better picture upon burning the DVD. Any ways, are there any other recommendations? Thanks again.