someone help, having video tranfer/convert problems

recently got the m6 sL ... tried 4 diff ways and programs to get video off my pc to my m6 . it will show up in the VIDEO folder on the player , but wont play it. i get the countdown rings but it goes back to video list. what the hell am i doing wrong , this is crazy. other mp3's ive just had to drag it to the mp3 folders , this method doesnt work. im about to toss it out the window

Welcome to the forums. You need to convert the video files into a format readable by the M6. You can use BatMan to do so:
BatMan - einfache Stapelverarbeitung für MEncoder

There are instructions on the page as to how to use it, there's even a video tutorial.

well, M6 is limited to play video and only supports avi format that is divx encoder. So, you need to convert the video to avi and use divx encoder.
You can try to use iskysoft video converter. If it still fails, try to trim the video into two parts.(maybe it's because the video is too long and M6 cant read it)

It actually uses XviD video, it's automatically configured in BatMan.

It takes both DiVX and XViD files in the AVI container, as long as the other configurations (dimensions, rotation & bitrate) are correct.

just for the record : it accepts every mpeg-4/asp compliant video codec in an avi container (as long as it meets some other criteria as well). This includes but is not limited to DivX, XviD and libavc (ffmpeg). BatMan uses libavc by default.

Originally Posted by wenling85

well, M6 is limited to play video and only supports avi format that is divx encoder.

Originally Posted by JkPwNsTeR

It actually uses XviD video.

Originally Posted by Err0r

It takes both DiVX and XViD files in the AVI container.

Originally Posted by BobbyQ

just for the record : it accepts every mpeg-4/asp compliant video codec in an avi container.

So...Who's right? I'm inclined to listen to BobbyQ, simply because he created BatMan, but out of personal experience, I have tried putting .avi files on, only to find they won't work, and have to re-encode with BatMan.

.avi can be extremely deceiving, it's only an extension, and can vary in codecs.