Playing movies on nano

Sorry if this question has been asked before,
I recently purchase an iPod Nano and would like to add some movies I had previously purchase on iTunes, how do I convert movies that I have bought before so that I can watch them on the nano?

Hello enjoyingipod,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
If these videos were purchased from the iTunes store, they should already be in an iPod compatible format. Just make sure the iPod is set up in iTunes to sync videos by following the steps outlined in this Apple support document.
[Syncing Videos to iPod|http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1333]
B-rock

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