I would start here

http://www.sansacommunity.com/article/10537/How-to-Nab-and-Convert-Videos-fro...

But there are others ways to do it too, depending on the videos you are looking for. If you find a site that has videos you want, let us know and I am sure we can help.

Tired of waiting for your device to do what you need it to?

Hi. Tried the software recommended in the link above (FreeFLVConverter) and it didn't work for me.  I could search UTube OK, but all actual conversion attempts failed.  I found another free alternative that did do a successful conversion ... SUPER. The GUI isn't as slick, it's slow, and expects some understanding of formats to use... but it worked and may even be better for the geek who wants more control of the output.

 -mike.h

How to add (youtube) videos to your sansa view:  You are going to need to install some programs. All of which are free, but I recommend having an anti-virus on your computer. When I installed the one program, it didn't do anything, and everyone who uses the program didn't get a virus. But it's always good to be safe. I figured this out by looking at the forums. See, Sandisk.com set up a forum for each of the mp3 players they make. There people talk about the mp3 players, ask each other for help, etc. If you ever get stuck, this is a great place to look. Here is the link: http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board?board.id=view&page_of_message_id=1882

As stated above you can use SMC (Sansa Media Converter) or Any-video-converter (free) (well both are free... but anywho) If you're wanting to download youtube or streaming vids in general, i recommend Real Player, it has a built in stream downloader that will put the vid into flv (anything u see playing on the screen video stream wise can be downloaded). I've used it for countless streams.
Then simply open up AVC and convert the vid to an Mp4 (specs below):

Output file type: Mp4
Resolution: 320x240
Video Bitrate: 384 (or close to that.. doing this by memory) or 512
Audio Bitrate: 128 or 192kbps
Audio Sample rate: 44100

yup, its got a feature for downloading streams, whenever you hover your mouse above the playing video (or paused it just has to start streaming at some point), you'll see Download Now in the upper right of the vid, click that and it'll start ripping the stream.

Its really true what Apix was saying about real player and the stream downloader because Ive been using it myself, but their are some vid's U cant download sometimes. I dont know why but it happened to me twice but yeah the steam downloader is good though and when u download with the real player stream, it downloads the vid that U may be downloading to a flv. I didn't know how to convert the vids to a format that my Sansa View would play but Im gonna try out the AVC and also the links. thanks 4 the tip msstefono

New here to the Sansa World.

I just purchased a View as a Christmas gift. As of right now, the only videos we will be wanting to put on it are shows recorded on Tivo...which when moved to PC are .tivo files. Is there an easier conversion process than what is shown here:

http://www.personalmicrocosms.com/Pages/blog.aspx?b=54

Thank you kindly,
Scott

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