I have a problem with transferring files to my samsung YP-U4 mp3

Hi,
Download the latest driver software from the Samsung website with the link below and install it on your PC. Click on downloads > Software.
If that doesn't fix the problem, try connecting it to other USB ports as the one you tried could be faulty or some USB ports do not provide enough power for the device to get connected.

http://www.samsung.com/my/support/detail/supportPrdDetail.do?menu=SP00&prd_ia_cd=&prd_mdl_cd=YP-U4AB/XME&prd_mdl_name=YP-U4AB&srchword=YP-U4

Samsung Player Is No Longer Detected By Windows XP, Vista, Emodio Or
Samsung Media Studio.
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When your computer doesn't recognize your Samsung MP3 player, programs
such as Samsung Media Studio (SMS), Emodio, Windows Media Player
(10 or 11) do not allow you to transfer files to your player.
In SMS and Emodio, the portable icon appears grayed out.
In Windows Media Player, you are prompted to connect a device.
Your PC may fail to recognize your player for a variety of reasons.
To begin troubleshooting, scroll down, and then click the operating
system your computer is currently running.
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General Operating System Information
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On Windows computers, Samsung MP3 players require at least Windows XP
Service Pack 2. If you have an older operating system such as Windows
2000 or Windows 98, your computer won't recognize your player until you
upgrade your PC to at least Windows XP Service Pack 2.
If your PC is running Linux or MAC, it will not recognize some MP3
players that support only MTP mode. However, it will recognize players
that support UMS mode and list them as mass storage devices.
The following Samsung MP3 players support UMS: YP-U1, YP-U2, YP-U3,
YP-U4, YP-U5, and YP-S2.
The following Samsung MP3 players support both MTP and UMS mode: YP-Z5
and YP-P3.
Windows Vista may fail to detect you device if the player is not
connected properly, Windows Media Player is not installed or has become
corrupted, Vista is unable to install the MTP drivers, or the MTP patch
is not installed.
You can check it out further by going to this website and entering the information about your player
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/#
Please rate me.

Hello,
For support, select your model number player from next list (left click your player):
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/search/supportSearchModelResult.do?menu=SP00&searchWord=yps3&searchInputBox=yp-s3

For Emodio (also on the support site) use next link:
http://www.samsung.com/global/products/mp3/fmgr/Emodio_Setup.exe
Right click
Save target as... (save the execute file to location on the computer)
After the download has finished, run(= left double click) the execute file to install Emodio.
How to transfer music using Emodio, see next page:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/howtoguide/supportHowToGuidePopup.do?howto_guide_seq=1987&prd_ia_cd=03040200&map_seq=3929&regDt=20090807082720&page_gb=D&model_name=YP-S3JABY&type_ia_cd=03040000&subtype_ia_cd=03040200&row_index=3

How to transfer music using Windows Media Player 11, video:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/howtoguide/supportHowToVideoPopup.do?howto_vdo_seq=26&map_seq=980&prd_ia_cd=03040200&model_name=YP-S3JABY

Hi There

I can understand your issue. When you sy unable to transfer the videos to your samsung MP3 player, then the native file format would be .SVI format. So please go through this link and download the SVI setup and convert the file then transfer into your mp3 player. The link is :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/svicoder/files/jSVIcoder/jSVIcoder-0.8/jSVIcoder-0.8.0-setup.exe/download

Please revert for further clarifications..

I keep getting an emodio error message when I plug in my YP-U4
mp3 player (and I'm connected to the internet), it won't allow me to go any further

my pc don,t recognize the mp3 samsung player-yp-u2j

well first u have to fomate ur mp3 and then check the settings and then try again.if it doesnt help feel free to contact me again.

http://www.samsung.com/sg/support/download/supportDown.do?group=mp3audiovideo&type=mp3player&subtype=archivedmp3&model_nm=YP-U3ZB&language=&cate_type=all&dType=D&mType=SW&vType=&prd_ia_cd=03040600&acc_ia_fl=&disp_nm=YP-U3&model_cd=&menu=download

I believe your player has a faulty battery. If you say it's new, bring it back to the store and get a replacement.

GOT IT!!!!!

let it convert and try to transfer.....after it reports failed to transfer, go to default folder for converted file(win7 is documents/video/emodio/videos) copy to s3/s3/video.

done