Fuze+ General Information

I was confused because it said

Video formats: MPEG-4***, H.264, WMV and Flip Video™***

then

*** Requires Sansa Media Converter via Sansa Updater. See kb.sandisk.com

If we use a different converter (for exmaple, I’ve bought one) that converts it, then is it not required? 

Or will the SMC do the same job as any other video converter now? 

Or do we need to use the SMC for the MPEG-4 and Flip Video only? 

very confused here… please help…

Although this Fuze+ looks really great.