Can anyone offer me some vey simple help of how to put video on to my new mp3 player.

I have been told i need to get another programme to convert, but i really don't know what i'm looking for.

Your mp3 player will allow you to use quite a few different formats - but not all of them so the first thing to do is find out what format the video that you want to put on it is in.

If it isn't in a format currently supported by the mp3 player, you will need to search for some software that you can use to convert it to a format that you can use on the mp3 player.

For instance, YouTube clips are in FLV format, which are not supported by SONY mp3 players, so if you want to use one of those, you will first need to get yourself some FLV Converter software that will let you change the format to something like AVI, MPEG or WMV.

Just make sure you use a decent site, like CNET, to download the software. They have some here

this software is free and will convert AVI and mpegs to MP4 format to use on your walkman ( i use it for the NWZ-639f which will play the same video format as yours.)

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/XviD4PSP

the same website has a tutorial on how to use the software but the key points to remember are to change the resolution to 320 x 240 maximum and a bitrate of 768Kbps in order for to work on your walkman - it will be converted to a MP4 format

ok thanks guys. I am still baffeled by it al think it will take me a few months to get my head around it.

How do i put stuff from youtube? Most of my personal dvds are write protected. Can i reecord stuff of the tv and put it on the walkman?

any help would be great

thanks again

Happy new year

to put stuff from youtube

1) download the clip onto your computer as an FLV... (you can use various freeware or sites to do this, such as aTube Catcher)

2) convert the FLV to MP4 (there are various decent freeware out there to do this, i like using Any Video Converter - add the file, then, as mentioned, tweak the video settings to save it as Custom MP4 at 320x240, 768kbps... you can set the audio bitrate to something reasonable like 192 or higher, then press Encode and wait it for it to do its business)

3) when file's done, it will be saved to a folder on your hard drive, locate the MP4 and transfer to your walkman via USB

to record stuff off tv and put it on to your walkman... similar to above

1) rip the DVD that you have recorded stuff on... there are freeware out there you can use, which can even get round copy-protected DVDs, but i don't know if i am allowed to mention them (google is your friend)

2) edit as required and convert the VOB files to MP4 with a video editor/converter software, plenty out there, again google is your friend

ok done everything you guys had said but trying to transfer it is saying error.

have you successfully created a 320x240 mp4 file? what's the error?

I am so fed up with this everything i have tried just says error, when i try and put it on the walkman.

I need very simple basic guide to get me started.

Ok i have managed to get them on the player, but its not recognising them , no video or sound. I am getting there tho.