The best way to convert video, as always, is ffmpeg (sudo apt-get install ffmpeg ).

This works for Sony NWZ-S545 (and E453, and probably S544, etc): ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -b 567k -s 320x240 -vcodec mpeg4 -ab 220k -ar 44100 -ac 2 -a codec libfaac output.mp4 Fuente: http://askubuntu.com/questions/8179/how-to-put-videos-on-a-sony-walkmannwz-s545