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is a sansa view 8GB the right choice?

by bhurx Mar 7, 2008 2:19AM PST

I'm back again. Thanks to everyone for all their suggestions. I've decided to stick with Sandisk and get the view. I know loading music is simple. My big question is video playback.
Is it easy to download a movie and watch it?
I know Sandisk has it's own convertor software. Other sources recommend 'DVD convetor' or 'anyconvertordvd'(I hope I got the names right).
Can anyone simplify the video playback for me? ( I have a VISTA and I use WMP 11)

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"Is it easy to download a movie and watch it?"
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 7, 2008 2:29AM PST

For who? Me? Yes. For most of us? No. Most owners will not have any patience in how long it takes to download or convert the video to the player.

Be sure you have the time or you may end up like most and just use it for the MP3s.

Bob

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Is it easy to download a movie and watch it
by bhurx Mar 7, 2008 6:21AM PST

How easy is it?
Is the Sansa View a good choice for video watching?

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For me, a non issue, easy as baking a pie.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 7, 2008 10:46PM PST

For me no. I'm older and want a bigger screen.

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the sansa view supports quite a few formats
by JonTitor Mar 9, 2008 12:46PM PDT

so unlike the e200 and connect you may or may not need to convert at all
and viewing isn't so bad, its only .1" smaller than that standard 2.5" screen
although for a videophile it's still small and the 16-bit color palette could be better
but for an affordable flash player its a good deal
there was a leaked pic of the "Sansa Fuze" recently, so keep on eye out for that too

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Sansa sandisk 8gb
by ramjet3 Mar 8, 2008 6:31AM PST

You can put movies on this MP3 player fairly easily, but it is time-consuming. I usually rip the movie from a DVD with DVD-Decrypter (a free program)to an IFO file. I then use avi.net (another free program) to convert the file to an avi file. I then use the sansdisk program, Sansa Media Converter, to load it to the player. This last step will convert the movie into several 15 or 20 minute programs (I think, I have set mine on 20 minutes. You do not have any ability to view the movie from a certain point. The 20 minute programs will let you watch the movie from the points they start at. Rename the files so you will know which movie it is. If you leave your mp3 player connected to the computer it will load the movie to the player. If it is not connected it will load to the default folder in My Documents\Sansa Media Converter.

These steps can take 1-3 hours, each, depending on the movie and your computer's speed. There are probably easier ways to do this, but I have had very good success using these steps.

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