Transferring dvds to sansa e280

You need to use the supplied Sansa Media Converter program to convert your videos (and photos) to a format the Sansa can handle. If you've misplaced the SMC, you can download it here.

You need to use the Sansa Media Converter to convert pictures to a format the Sansa can handle. They also need to go into the internal memory, as the e280 will not display pictures from a microSD card.

You need to use the supplied Sansa Media Converter program to convert and transfer photos and videos. If you don't have the SMC, you can download the Windows version from
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3IPZO6Q0

Sansa Video Converter is the first professional Sansa Media Converter software. It will help you to convert video and audio files to Sandisk Sansa compatible format, including MP4, MP3, WAV, etc. It accepts a wide range of video formats - 3GPP, 3GPP2, ASF, AVI, DAT (VCD), DivX, MOV, MP4, MPEG-1, WMV and Xvid, and output to Quicktime movie supported by Sansa.

Set the device to MSC mode (default is Auto) in the USB properties on the Sansa device. This worked for me with a Sansa Fuze on Windows XP running Sansa Media Converter 1.0. Hope this helps.

im not sure how to fix this problem, but anythingbutipod.com has a great forum that will help you fix your problem.

Use the Sansa Media Converter to convert all videos - it is available on Sandisk's website if you have lost your installation CD.

The Media Converter software will only recognize certain video types for conversion.
p.20 of manual:
Sansa Media Converter software lets you convert photos and videos as appropriate,
and then transfer them to your Sansa player. Sansa Media Converter offers
features such as cropping, rotating, and resizing before transferring them to your
player as well as the ability to transfer photo and video files to your microSD card.
Refer to the Sansa Media Converter software for file formats supported.
To transfer photos and videos to your Sansa player, follow these steps:
1. Connect the Sansa player to your computer.
2. Select Converter using Sansa Media Converter on initial connection.
3. Click Add Media to select photo or video files to be converted.
4. The Sansa Media Converter will store all converted files in My Album. Click
the Album Name box and type in the name you want.
5. Click to start the conversion process. A status box will appear
showing which file(s) are being converted.

you can copy from the my computer open the my computer - open ur device - copy ur images but i am not sure about the videos sorry !!!!

Rip the dvd's to your computer using a dvd-r drive, use the converter on the installation cd thats included and convert them to the right format, locate your file and drag it into your mp3's correct folder [My Computer]