At the top of the Source list in iTunes, indicated by a gear icon, you can find what Apple (and everyone else) calls a smart playlist. iTunes comes with a few sample smart playlists, such as the My Top Rated playlist, and you can create your own. Smart playlists add songs to themselves based on prearranged criteria. For example, as you rate your songs, My Top Rated changes to reflect your new ratings. You don't have to set anything up — My Top Rated is already defined for you.
There are many programs that allow you to convert your video files for viewing on an MP3 player with video capabilities. However, the resulting image quality following compression varies from one program to another, including software that is included with MP3 players. For the purposes of this article we tested VirtualDub, which is freeware. VrirtualDub is very easy to use and features fast encoding, however the resulting video quality is somewhat inferior to that offered by the best solutions.