I am referencing 2 files outside of the main rendering file. All the textures and the objects show up when I render, thats what perplexes me so much.,

No, it's not being rendered as a single frame AVI, it's not being rendered at all as an AVI... but it will render each frame individually, so yes, maybe something like Adobe Premier might be my only answer, although it would be nice if the program would do what it's supposed to do