I had no luck using the suggested mpeg encoders so I tried using the one I'm familiar with, Sony's Vegas Video.
The target player is a Sansa e200.... the problem is that I set the size of the render to the max 224 x 176 and Vegas does its thing. I end up with a mpeg 2 file as expected.
However, when I play it its tiny... the converted file is about the size of a postage stamp on the e200 screen. It play fine on my computer and its size is dead on 224 x 176...
So before I burn countless hours in trial and error searching for the right render options in Vegas.... does anyone know what the right parameters are for Vegas renders?