does this play videos??? confused on if it plays videos, it says video clips but dont see anything about an actual movie player so anyone who owns one can help me out???
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I'm not sure if it can play "podcasts". Since podcasts are only videos as far as I know, I would assume you could play them...but remember assuming makes and a- out of you and me. Even if it doesn't play podcasts, Creative has a site up where you can download "zencasts". Believe me, you will find several things you like on the site, yes there are that many videos.
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Your reference to the buy.com web site is excellent! It was great to see the Zen V Plus actually BEING USED! Thank you
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The screen of the Zen is actually quite a bit larger than a postage stamp. The screen is a little larger than Apple's new ipod Shuffle. I have not put the two side by side and compared them, but Theoron is wrong when saying the screen is literally the size of a postage stamp. Also if you want to watch whole movies you would do better with a hard drive player. Something like the Zune or even the new ipod video.
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Hi Darlene...sorry it's taken so long for someone to respond to your post! Anyway, I'm the proud owner of a Creative Zen V Plus, and I can honestly tell you that YES, the little bugger playes videos/movies. The player comes with a handful of Creative Zen commercials installed, including a really cute one with a panda! However...the size of the video displayed is REALLY small....literally the size of a postage stamp, maybe smaller than that. Do realize that a Zen V Plus is only slightly larger than Apple's iPod Shuffle, which is one of the smallest players around. If you want to rip DVD's to play on this thing, that I don't know about. I've been able to upload a "home movie" video that I made myself, and Creative has a ZenCast web site that has a bunch of FREE video downloads. If you are wanting to buy a player primarily to play videos, look elsewhere. The Microsoft Zune does a fantastic job with video for a pocket size player. Other than video display, the Zen V Plus is a great little device.
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Hmmm. Podcasts are not ONLY video files... This player can indeed play audio Podcasts.
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It does have flash and alot of sites use flash player but I did not try it to watch movies on. I was pretty disappointed with the display on it. Also the battery dies fast even though i turn anything off that drains the battery.I would suggest that you look into allwinner. I thought I found something better than the one I broke accidentally and was definitely wrong. At this price range I highy recommend allwinner products.
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This worked for me. Can you tell me what file types I should load if I want to play my own videos? Thanks!
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How do I even get the video onto a dvd? When I play it in Quicktime, it plays sound but no movie. When I use Windows Media Player, I get video but no sound. What am I doing wrong?
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It plays only DVD format (I think they call it VR mode), not any other video. It plays MP3 music and displays JPEG. That's it.
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Sorry I do not know if it plays mp4 video files as I have never tried doing that myself.
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Glad to know that purchased videos work on the X-Fi. They did *not* work on the X-Fi Style that I bought, so I returned that one. Has anyone tried hooking the X-Fi to an external video screen? Any comments on how best to do that? If it's easy and inexpensive enough, I might try the X-Fi.Thanks, - Ted
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Mine plays DVD movies but it doesn't play CDs or software CDs.. weird huh. I updated with the newest firmware but still doing the same. Anybody know what is going on? Please help. Thanks
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I am pretty sure that the WD player I have plays Avi files. WMV files didn't play though. Do a search for a program that converts mp4, mpeg, wmv, etc to avi or a file that you know the WD plays. The conversion programs are generally free. Good luck.
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Mine did play Netflix movies. You may need to unistall and reinstall the Netflix app. Make sure your flash player is working.
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I was looking for a player as well. I was not happy with the lack of options in quicktime. I actually use itunes to view the videos now. I understand both are made my apple but I find there are more features in itunes...including a better full screen mode. I hope this helps. By the way, do you have the sd940 and are you happy with it?
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I have never seen a movie that it will not playback. Hope this helps an by the way it will load and disconnect while connected to the computer
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you need to download the you tube app from google play store or Amazon. I watch movies on mine all the time.
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I never tried to put games on it just music and videos. Some videos it will play some it won't you will have to format the videos to the player. The formats are mp3,4,5. It all so plays movies with a micro SD card. I hope this helps.
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some websites is not gonna work fine at all, im always on youtube and it plays videos good but it didnt play videos on some other websites. so it depends on the web page that you are on ,,, so I advice to try different websites if you can find the same thing you need
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It doesn't play cd's and movie soundtrack cd's on the one I bought. I have it connected direct to my TV via HDMI cable. Course if it had a troubleshooting guide or users manual, that might help. Course I am over 55, so maybe a 5 year old could help. Plays movies ok.
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It doesn't "play" movies, it sends them to your device to play them. Your tablet or phone would need to be able to play m4v movies.