If you have ever wanted to add YouTube videos to you Sansa, but could never figure out how, we have something that just might help you. The good people over at the Sansa Portable Media Players Blog have put together a tutorial showing you how to do this. Check it out:
It’s easy to add YouTube Videos to your Sansa MP3 player. In addition to your Sansa MP3 player, you will need a computer with broadband Internet access and two software programs – Sansa Media Converter and YouTube Dowloader. Both of these programs can be quickly downloaded – for free!
Step 1. Connect your Sansa MP3 Player to your computer through the USB connection.
Step 2. Download Sansa’s Media Converter at http://mp3support.sandisk.com/downloads/smc-4.236.exe.
Step 3. Download YouTube’s Down Loader at http://www.download.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html. This software allows you to download videos from a wide variety of sites including YouTube and then convert the digital file into the video format of your choice including Windows Media Player (that can be used for Sansa MP3 players), XVid and MP3.
Step 4. Go to YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/ and select the video clip you want to add to your Sansa MP3 player.
Step 5. Open the YouTube Downloader program and enter the selected video clip’s URL. Then select the first menu button “Download video from YouTube”.
Step 6. The YouTube video will be automatically downloaded on to your computer.
Step 7. After the video download is completed, you need to select the second menu button “Convert video previously downloaded” and find Windows Media Video (V. 7 WMV) in the “Convert to” menu screen. Make sure the URL is still in the top window.
Step 8. Before beginning the conversion, you will get a message screen asking you to select the quality level you want and if you want to cut the video or disable the audio.
Step 9. After the video clip has been converted to V.7 WMV, open the Sansa Media Converter program and click on the “Add Media” button. Select the file you just converted. As soon as you select the file, an image of it will appear in the window. Now select the “Convert” menu button at the far right hand corner of the screen and your YouTube video will be automatically added to your Sansa MP3 player. Sometimes converting multiple videos at the same time causes problems on the Sansa Fuze so if this happens, just convert each video file separately.
Now enjoy. Select the video icon on your Sansa Player, locate the YouTube video from your menu selection on the player – hit play and enjoy. It is that simple! And with the microSD™ expansion slot you can have an entire collection of YouTube videos, categorized any way you want – always available to entertain friends and family.
-Jameson
[Source: Sansa Portable Media Players Blog]
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13 Responses
well, i did this all, and when i tried it started to transfer to the device, and the top bar was at 100% but the bottom bar was at 49% and then it stopped loading and i waited a while an d it was still there. what is the deal
Posted on December 29th, 2008 at 11:39 am
when I pressed the convert button in the sansa media converter, it just stayed stuck on 0% on both progress bars and the file size is on 3MB in size
Posted on January 5th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
this is very hard
Posted on January 11th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
This is very helpful!!!
Posted on January 24th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
how do you download videos to sansa fuze
Posted on January 28th, 2009 at 5:45 am
This sucks, I have a sansa fuze and when I try to download certain youtube vids, sansa media converter gets stuck at 49%, ive tried downloading them to different formats but no luck, ive got 2 vids to work out of like 50. another problem i often have is that my sansa will show the vid but only play 1 second of the vid. help, sansa is a pain in the rear end, when it comes to videos, they need to make this more user friendly so people don’t abandon them to apple or zune.
Posted on February 18th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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Posted on March 10th, 2009 at 10:20 am
I did everything and when I convert a video on sansa media converter it stays at 0% it is so irritating
Posted on March 21st, 2009 at 6:53 pm
it went up to 100% then the other bar went to 49. what’s up with that?
Posted on April 9th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Sansa is the worst of all the mp3 players I have owned. Even the Philips is better. It is impossible to download almost anything. Also, on youtube there is a site which explains that the sansa media converter has a bug in it. Next time I will buy a zune. much easier to work with, and very user friendly.
Posted on June 13th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
thiz dosent work i tried to the converter and it jus stayed at 0..i hate it i hate it..i really thought thiz was gonna help me, but it didnt
Posted on June 16th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Why is it that when I try to convert the video into my sansa fuze, it reads 0%? Was there any steps that got mistold?
Posted on November 27th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Dude! I got all the downloading done, and I got a video on my fuze but when I checked my mp3 for it, I couldn’t find it anywhere! It’s taking up space and I can’t use it.
Posted on December 25th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
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