Question Answers about PSP

Question Answers :

1.	Which PSP games are appropriate for an 8-year-old child? (1 Answer)
2.	If the PSP isn't yet capable of browsing the Web, how will initial models be upgraded? (4 Answers)
3.	Can the PSP play Playstation 1 and 2 games? (2 Answers)
4.	Can I put passwords on my PSP so only I can use it? If so, how? (1 Answer)
5.	Is there anything I need to buy to go with the PSP, like special cables, adapters? Can I use it straight out of the box? (1 Answer)
6.	Can you hook a PSP to a PS2, and if so what can you do with it? (1 Answer)
7.	How common are injuries (such as carpal tunnel syndrome) caused by playing too much PSP? (1 Answer)
8.	How do I delete stuff off my PSP memory stick? (1 Answer)
9.	What are the most popular PSP games? (1 Answer)
10.	Can I play PSP games from all regions with a Japanese PSP? (1 Answer)
11.	Is it possible to go on to the web with your PSP and download games from there? (1 Answer)
12.	What are all the functions of a PSP? (2 Answers)
13.	Does the PSP have a night light to play games in the dark? (2 Answers)
14.	How long does a PSP battery last? (2 Answers)
15.	Can the Sony PSP be attacked by viruses while online? (2 Answers)

How can I get shows from tivo onto my Sony PSP

Basically, you need to unlock your .tivo file and convert it from MPEG2 to MPEG4. To do this, download two free programs: 3GP Converter and AviSynth 2.55. Install AviSynth and then launch 3GP. The first time you run it, configure 3GP for English and set output to PSP, Direct, Renamed. You'll also need to edit the 3GP .ini file so that it recognizes TiVo files by adding this line in the [Avisynth] section: Ext3=TIVO:\cores\AVS_Skelton.avs. Once you've done that, launch 3GP, choose an output directory, drag your .tivo file in, and conversion should begin. You can play around with output settings, though 368x208/29.97fps/QB7 Stereo/96kbps seems to have a decent balance of quality, file size, and time to convert. Your output file (i.e.: M4V00007.MP4) needs to be located in \MP_ROOT\100MNV01\ on your memory stick for the PSP to find it.

4/13/05 Update The authors of PSP Video 9 have incorporated the above .tivo file recognition and AviSynth into their application. This means you can skip the above steps and manipulate TiVo files directly through the free PSP Video 9, which also includes PSP synchronization features.

If you experience bad audio/video sync or crashes with your configuration, unwrap .tivo files using GraphEdit or DirectShow Dump as described above, and then run your .mpeg through PSP Video 9.

FYI X Copy PSP rips DVD's to the appropriate resolution, file size, and file type with appropriate labeling onto your PSP memory stick

E-books on your PSP

Written by T

Saturday, 26 March 2005

Courtesy of GameFries Two days after the launch and I'm already looking around to try and squeeze extra functionality on my PSP. Well, I got to thinking, the high contrast screen would be great for e-books. Why not? Might as well start hacking this glorious new piece of electronics ASAP. So for today's lesson, we'll be using Davinci's Notebook, provided by the wonderful folks over at Project Gutenberg. And here are some steps, you know, for people that like that sort of thing:

Click here to download PaperlessPrinter. It's completely free for non-commercial use. If you want to check out the company, hit up this link. The software does nag you once in awhile to register, but there's definitely no spyware.
Install it. This adds a new printer called "PaperlessPrinter." This is what you want to use. Ch...ch...check it out:
Open the file that ebook you downloaded. Go file->print then click preferences after you have the PaperlessPrinter selected.
Make your shit look like this:
Now hit OK, and click Print. You'll see a dialog pop up asking you which file type you want. Hit jpeg, of course:
Click OK on that shit and you'll be brought to the meat of the program. Hit the quality tab to adjust the quality. This adds a bit of blur around the letters, but otherwise is unnoticable. I recommend laying it down around 30, and set the jpeg to greyscale just to keep things clean. I strongly recommend making a seperate folder, as this saves each page as a seperate jpeg.
Click OK and it'll start hacking away at the files. For a 478 page book, it only took about 4 minutes on my measly 1.2ghz Athlon. This is what you should see:
Awww yeah. After it crunches away, you'll be left with a whackload of jpegs to plop on your PSP. Here is a picture of the device viewing the book we just made:

On the editorial side, I apologize for being so picture-heavy, and also a little bit picture stupid. I enjoy visual aids, and am terrrrible with photoshop. In any case, there are a few notes to add to this method:

The virtual printer you installed can be used for *ANY* document. This includes websites, text files, word files, essentially anything that can be printed.
The text is small, but relatively high contrast. I can read it fine, but my vision is also good. Anybody with bad vision may not have much success with this method.
The files generated are HUGE without any encryption. DaVinci's notebook rang in at an astounding 150 mb. Lowering the quality will lower the file size significantly.
Please e-mail me if you have any suggestions at all for improving this method. I'll get right on it. It's a remedial sledgehammering way to get e-books on the PSP, and I'm sure there's a better method.

Look below to find out more about your PSP!

What is UMD?

UMD (Universal Media Disc) is a new, proprietary, high-capacity optical medium enabling game software, full-motion video and other forms of digital entertainment content such as movies and music, to be stored. The newly developed UMD is the next-generation compact storage media and at only 60mm in diameter, can store up to 1.8GB of digital data, making it perfect for a portable entertainment player like the PSP system. UMD stores a broad range of digital entertainment content including games, music, movies, and more. For example, a feature length film can fit on to a single UMD.

What format will the UMD Video be released in?

All films will be released in widescreen - compatible with the 16:9 screen on the PSP.

How do I download on to my PSP?

To view the tutorial, click here

Do I need special software to download to my PSP?

Yes, there is software available from Sony. To visit Sony's download site, click here.

There is also iPSP Movie Loader. iPSP Movie Loader works in two ways: by clicking a PSP Movie link on the web, or by double-clicking a downloaded PSP Movie Document. iPSP Movie Loader requires your PSP to be connected to your computer and mounted on the Desktop and an active connection to the internet. To download iPSP Movie Loader, click here

Can I connect my PSP system to my PC?

You'll need a USB cable that has a "Mini-B" connector (common for digital cameras) and a "Standard-A" connector (common for printers, etc). Plug the Mini-B side into the top of your PSP system and the Standard-A side into your PC. From the PSP system software, navigate to the top of the settings list and select "USB Connection." Your PC (Windows/Mac/Linux) should detect a new "Removable Disk Drive" that you can then access.

How do I use UMD with my PSP handheld?

Movies on UMD are inserted into the PSP player just like games. See the instructions that came with your device for more information.

Share a PSP Game

Load a level, then eject the disc. The PSP will ask if you want to quit. Click “No” and keep playing. Pass the disc to your buddy so he can start his own game.

Frag Like a Pro

f you get blown to giblets in the first 10 seconds of videogames like Unreal and Halo, maybe Tom “Tsquared” Taylor can help. A pro Halo player and the founder of Gaming-Lessons.com, taylor offers this advice for kicking a little n00b butt.

»Study the terrain. You may be lost, but your opponents aren’t. To avoid getting double-barreled in the back, learn the maps by playing alone. You’ll not only memorize layouts and weapon locales, but also find hidden shortcuts. Picture your enemy’s face when you snipe him through an open skylight.

»Work on strafing. Strafing – or sidestepping – is the best way to avoid getting a face full of metal in a close-quarters melee. But you need to vary your moves: Try two long side-to-side jumps followed by two short ones. The pattern is hard for opponents to figure out but easy for you to remember.

»Know your guns. Experiment with how different munitions work and how to use them effectively. Shooting a rocket into the ground near a foe will surely kill him, but you’ll need to know the blast radius. And be creative: Grenades, for example, are often more than lethal weapons – they’re sometimes used to flatten walls and move objects.

»Increase look speed. Set your controller to track faster – much faster. Initially, you’ll want to puke, but you’ll also be able to turn quicker than your foes. When someone attacks you, you’ll be able to whip around, splatter them across a wall, and continue on your way.

New things with PSP Firmware v2.0

Themes and Wallpaper—While the monthly background color change that was the only option with previous versions of the firmware remains as the “Original” theme, you can now select any of the 12 colors as your default theme as well. Also, you can navigate to Photo—>Memory Stick, choose any of your pictures and click X to display the picture. While it is displayed, hit the Triangle button and choose Set as Wallpaper from the control panel to make that image the background wallpaper image for your PSP’s main control interface.
Transfer pictures via WiFi—While you are viewing a picture, you can also hit the Triangle button and select send to attempt to send the picture to another PSP. While either having the Memory Stick selected under Photo or one of the folders in your Memory Stick selected, you can hit the Triangle button and choose Receive to receive images from other PSPs. This file transfer over WiFi feature unfortunately doesn’t seem to work with Videos or Music, but that’s to be expected. The good news is that it most likely won’t be too difficult to trick the PSP into thinking that your computer is another PSP; WiFi transferring of pictures between your computer and your PSP probably isn’t that far away.
New Security—Now there’s support for both WPA and WEP WiFi security (before, there had only been WEP). Also, there is a new Internet Browser Start Control Password to work with parental controls to block access to the new web browser.
Web Browser—Not only can you browse the web rather nicely and set up book marks. You can also edit webforms (I posted to this site earlier with it), You can also download pictures from websites you visit and then set the picture as your wallpaper. I haven’t tried it yet, but I would bet you can download video as well. I need to test to see if I can download attachments, like Word documents, etc. I may not be able to open them on the PSP, but if I can download them, that at least is something. The screen looks great for web browsing. Flash doesn’t work, but who cares? I wish the analog stick would let you scroll up and down and around the page. Right now, the analog stick lets you move around the contents of the current screen, panning and scanning from left to right, but to move up and down a page, you have to use the directional keypad to jump erratically between links.Update: Holding down the Square button allows for scrolling around the page with the analog stick. Also, the browser supports tabbed browsing. You can only have 3 tabs, by the looks of it, and ~~you cannot seem to launch a link into one of the tabs~~you can only launch links in tabs by bringing up the browser’s interface (Triangle) and selecting File then Open Link in Different Tab, but this could be useful for keeping webmail open in the background while you surf around. Or for surfing on one tab, while posting to your website in another. However, that’s the Achilles heel of the PSP web browser: text entry. Once there’s a nice little USB keyboard that works nicely with this, it is going to kill.

These are all my early first impressions. Check back for more later.

UPDATE: Downloading files—Here’s what I just did. On my PSP, I went to this page, which is where Rocketboom provides PSP and 3GPP ports of all their vlogs. Really cool. Now, I selected one of the formatted for the PSP videos with the mouse and hit the Triangle button, which brings up the browser interface. Select the control on the far left, called “File”, hit the X button, and the 3rd option down is “Save Link Target.” Choose this option, hit X, change the Destination field to /MP_ROOT/100MNV01, then click X to confirm that you want to save in that folder, then select Save and hit X again. The download will begin. Hit the Home button, go over to Video, select your Memory Stick and hit the X button. The file should be there. Click X and play. Who needs a computer? It looks like you can also save files to the Music folder, a Common area, and a few other spots. Pretty cool.

‘NOTHER UPDATE: Okay. It doesn’t look like it worked after all. The file was downloaded and the next time I connected my PSP to my computer it was sitting there, but the .mp4 at the end of the file wasn’t capitalized so it didn’t show up on the PSP. After capitalizing it myself it showed up as corrupted data. Hmmm. Rocketboom problem, or downloading problem?

NEXT DAY UPDATE: So I spent some (probably too much) time last night, lying in bed surfing around the net on my PSP. The web-browsing capabilities on this thing are sweet: Much faster than my Palm LifeDrive, my old PocketPC, or any of the various PDAs and little non-computers that I’ve tried surfing the web with in the past. As I mentioned before, there is tabbed browsing (with only 3 tabs) and you can open links in one of the available tabs. You can also download files to the PSP and, unlike my LifeDrive, the PSP will accept downloads of file types with which it isn’t familiar. Last night, I downloaded several pictures from my Flickr page (and I then made one of these pics the wallpaper for my PSP), I downloaded a few podcasts and MP3s (and then navigated over to Music and listened to them immediately), and I downloaded a few Word documents and a few PDFs to the Common folder of my Memory Stick. I couldn’t access these files via the PSP, but they are there and ready for viewing the next time I plug my PSP into my computer. UPDATE: Forgot to mention that it works with Bloglines too.

The only downsides I’ve seen with the web-browser is the lack of Flash-support and that some rather crowded sites give you a “Not enough memory” error when you navigate to them, but 9 times out of 10, the site still loads after you cancel out of the error. Also, if you are going to use the PSP as any sort of real web-capable device for long periods, you’re going to want to invest in a few backup battery packs. This thing devours battery life when surfing.

Things I haven’t tried yet, but which look promising:

Evidently the new firmware can play iTunes AAC files, (the non-DRMed type) as long as you change the .M4A to .MP4 (which you can do on the fly as you download the files).
There’s already some new homebrew projects for v2.0 emerging. It’s not emulators or games launching on the PSP itself, but it’s a pretty cool means of packaging your text documents for easy reading via the web browser. No more need to convert all your text documents to JPEG!
Use Gmail as 2GBs of remote PSP storage accessible via the browser. Nice.
There’s a new javascript offline homebrew portal that you can load up to your Memory Stick and navigate to using your PSP’s browser to play a bunch of games and chat. Nice.

Also, Dave’s iPaq has a video of how to grab podcasts with the PSP for those of you who are interested in the step-by-step. And, thanks to R.J. in the comments, I now know of a new place where I can get some nice backgrounds for my PSP.

How do I get photos and music onto my Sony PSP?

t's not too hard to transfer files from your Windows PC to your Sony PSP, but here's the trick: the "PSP Value Pack" doesn't have everything that you need. Not so good. In fact, you'll want to add a larger Memory Stick Duo, for example, because 32MB just isn't much space at all, when you come down to it.

The other missing piece in the Value Pack is the USB cable that lets you connect your Sony PSP to your Windows PC and, of course, vice versa. Fortunately, these are pretty easy to find - anywhere that carries Sony digital cameras should have the right USB cable, or you can try somewhere like Froogle to find a cable. I did a quick search and found this $7.95 cable from one store.

To get everything working, plug the Sony PSP into the Windows PC via USB cable, plug the PSP into the wall, then turn both units on. On the PSP, click the "USB Connection" button (on the Settings menu) and, hopefully, your PC will beep and tell you that it's found a new "removable disk": your PSP.

Using Windows Explorer, find the new PSP device and if there isn't already a folder called PHOTO on it, create one as you ordinarily would create a folder in Windows. Now just drop in any JPEG images you'd like to have viewable on your PSP while on the go.

Music-wise, you'll want to create a folder called MUSIC and drop in MP3 format music files (which means that you can't play music you get from the Apple iTunes Store, for example, because that's in a different format).

I hope that'll get you going with this process. It doesn't seem too hard!

Here are a couple of useful additional references:

Thanks to Tommy Martin for his help with this question

Additional useful reference articles:

• Download music from your PC to your Sony PSP • Watch DVD Movies on a Sony PSP • Getting Network Update to work on a Sony PSP • Sony PSP Firmware Update Instructions • iTunes music on a Sony PSP

PSP Homebrew: eLoader v0.9.7 "Bock" Released

Well it seems the supposed leave, was just a hoax by Fanjita and Ditlew. They have come out to announce their new eloader "Bock" (version 0.9.7), that includes some pretty neat features including seamless networked homebrew, both infrastructure and ad-hoc. Chris Swindle who worked on the networking on the latest release of the Quake homebrew helped them achieve this amazing new addition to the eloader. A minor addition to this release is that the default menu now caches the list of homebrew on your memory stick, so if it's less than an hour since the menu last scanned, then it will just load the cached data instead, incase you have alot of homebrew. Source: [Fanjita's Place] Download: [Windows Auto-Installer] [Regular Zip File]

Sony battles PSP hackers over hijacked games

New trick enables people to download certain games from pirate sites onto memory sticks, then run them on the gadget.

Sony cracks down on PSP hacks

By Joris Evers Staff Writer, CNET News.com --> Published: September 29, 2005, 6:06 PM PDT Sony is engaged in a tug-of-war with hackers who keep cracking its PlayStation Portable software to unlock the device and run their own applications on it. The company is preparing another update to the PSP firmware to fix a recently disclosed bug that lets hackers downgrade the PSP system software and run their own, so-called homebrew code on the device, a Sony representative said Thursday.

Sony PSP will ruin wireless LAN security in the home

Sony PSP will ruin wireless LAN security in the home Posted by George Ou @ 9:20 amDigg This! Just when we thought that we were beginning to make progress in the area of wireless LAN security with WPA and 802.11i ratification, Sony comes out with their new PSP (Play Station Portable) that will force homes to remain wide open to hackers. It's bad enough for a company to neglect patching older products, but it's absolutely inexcusable that the new 2005 Sony PSP will be unleashed upon the masses with defective Wi-Fi equipment. Since WEP was found to be completely broken five years ago, the Wi-Fi Alliance in 2003 mandated that all Wi-Fi products comply with the new WPA standard and use the new TKIP encryption algorithm yet Sony somehow feels exempt from this responsibility. Although Sony isn't the only company this year to release a new consumer product that only supports WEP encryption, they are going to be one of the biggest culprits because of the number of PSPs that will be sold. Because of their leadership status, they have a duty to build products that don't endanger their customers cyber safety. The Sony PSP will be an extremely popular device that will introduce the notebook-less masses to Wi-Fi networking and they're all going to want to use the PSP on their home wireless LAN. Unfortunately, PSP owners would have to lower their wireless security settings to support the PSP and endanger every computer connected to their home network. Sony needs to rectify the situation as soon as possible by retrofitting all new PSPs off the factory floor with WPA capability and offer a free upgrade to the PSPs that are already out in the wild. Until they do so, I'm going to keep pointing to Sony as one of the biggest impediments to good wireless LAN security. Any company that endangers their customers computers or home networks with such blatant neglect should either patch the problem immediately or be liable for any damages that their customers suffer.

Sony's PSP Wows, but Only if You Stick to the Games

By Rob Pegoraro Sunday, March 20, 2005; Page F07 Sony has often won big by thinking small. Portable gizmos such as the Walkman, the Discman and the Handicam helped make this company the consumer electronics power it is today. But until now, it hasn't tried to run that play with its most successful product of the past decade, the PlayStation line of video-game machines ......

Download Emulators and Software

Ok here is what i have found (so far) to be the best sites to download emulators and software for your Sony PSP. !! First I must note that this is all at your own risk. As with anything electronic, designed with one purpose in mind, as soon as you start making it do more stuff you rick messing it up!! www.pspbrew.com Website containing a large number of emulators for your PSP, games and utilities. Click on the pack generator link to access them. The forum side can link you with people who can or have already explained how to use most of the files you can download. www.psphacks.net A wonderful site with downloads and information all about your PSP. Awsome site for trailers and demos but you have to become a member. Its free!!! http://www.pspworld.com/ Another wonderful site with great links and game info. Up to date news and useful downloads section. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Canopus facilitates video conversion for PSP, iPOD, ... Canopus is the leading company in Japan when it comes to amateur or semi-pro video editing. With the arrival of the PSP, the iPOD Video and the W-ZERO3, the PDA running on WM5, and other products that offer video playback on the go, Canopus tries to make the life of the users easier and they offer software that converts videos in a number of formats that are compatible with your portable device(s). This is not their first product of this kind, but here are the latest ones from Canopus:MPEGCraft 3 DVD, a PCIe Mpeg2 video capture card that is designed to capture video in real time in DVD quality but also in HD (1080i/720p) and then transform this into DVD quality (not HD) or in 720x480. It can also produce videos that are PSP, PDA or iPOD Video compatible For those who want to keep it a bit more modest, Canopus offers softwares called Nandemo Taro and Nandemo Taro Zaurus that are video conversion softwares for the PSP, iPOD and PDA, but also for the Manga video (DA). It supports the traditional formats like MPEG-1/2/4, DivX, XviD, WMV or DV(AVI), but a special effort has been made for the Manga (DA). This software can also manage HD video as an input, but it does not offer it as an output (I don't really think the PSP will manage 1080i vids). Finally for the Zaurus only, we have a software called Kantan Taro. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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PSP GAMEPAD MOD

PSP GAMEPAD MOD PSP Gamepad is a cool mod done by Klesk in an effort to use previous gaming controlers with your Sony PSP. Alot of work went into this, so hats off to Klesk for this original and well documented Sony PSP hack. Here are a few quotes from their site and an image: The target of this project is creating a low-cost interface that allows multiple Gamepads to be connected to the PSP’s infrared port.As it is in a pretty early (but working) stage, the interface only works with 2 Master System Gamepads. Plans for the Future are: * Support for Sega Genesis Gamepads and C64 joysticks* Support for 4 Gamepads* Making it more portable

SURF THE WEB ON YOUR PSP!!!

SURF THE WEB ON YOUR PSP!!! Incase you haven't heard the news, you are able to surf the web with your PSP. Yes, you heard me right, you can surf the web with your PSP. Here is a quick tutorial on how to get the internet on your PSP. WHAT YOU WILL NEED -A U.S copy of the Sony PSP. Jap copies don't work. Also, I am not sure if it will work on versions: 1.51 and 1.52 on the PSP. Email me and let me know if it worked with you. -A copy of Wipeout Pure. -Finally, a wireless router. GIVE ME THE WEB, NOW!!! -First what you need to do is turn on your PSP then go to ''Network Settings''. -Then go to ''Infrastructure Mode''. -Now you should see a page that says: ''Select a connection to edit''. Just go to ''New Connection''. -Now a keyboard should come up and you type in the connection name you want the connection to be named . Here they named it engadget portal. You can store up to 10 different connection names. When you finished typing your name, click ''Enter''. -You should now see your connection name under the word ''New Connection''. Click your connection name and then hit the right arrow button. When you move to the right, a page just like the one below shoould appear. This is where you scan for a wireless router. Just click scan and let the PSP scan for a nearby router. -If you scan and it says: No access points were detected, that means there is no router in your house or wherever you are. All you have to do is find someone you know who has a router, or go scan around your neighborhood... Well anyway when you do scan and something like the page below appears, your in good shape. SSID is the routers name, so pick the router with the strongest connection. If you scanned and you got just one router, just pick that one. -Notice that both routers scanned have an Encryption that says None. This means the router has no security lock, so you wont need to type in a WEP Key. If you scan and you get a router and the Encryption is WEP, don't use that router. If the router is yours and the Encryption is WEP, then you should know the WEP Key. Now you go to the right again and set the ''Adress Settings'' to custom. -Hit the right arrow button again. Now you see the ''IP Address Settings''. Just leave that to automatic. Go to the right again and set the ''DNS Settings'' to manual. -Go to the right again. A page that has a bunch of zeros should appear. Just set the ''Primary DNS'' to these numbers: 67.171.70.72. Leave the ''Secondary DNS'' as it is. If you have seen any other numbers to set from any other site, don't use it. This is the best portal by fugimax. -Go to the right again and you should see a summary of all the things you did. Just hit X to confirm. Go to the right again and press X to save your settings. Now you will have the option to test the connection. Go ahead and test it. It is useful it you do. -If you clicked test connection and it was successful, the PSP will show a summary again. Now it has found by itself all the stuff you didn't fill in. Scroll down and check the ''Internet Connection''. Make sure it says succeeded. -Finally, you are almost done. Just click O to go back. Now fire up Wipeout Pure. -Go to the main menu and go down to ''Downloads''. It will say something, just click OK. Now you should see the connection that you made earlier. Click it and it should say ''Connecting''. If you have succeeded, the screen will go blank and at the top-left hand corner there will be and arrow going in circles. This means it is loading. -If you did all this right, you should see a green picture that says: PSP WEB PORTAL by Fugimax. It will say click X to continue. Go ahead click X. When you want to click things, the PSP highlights the link and you move with the directional pad. Just highlight the URL Bar and click on it. A keyboard will come up. Just type the site you want, hit enter, then highlight GO and click it. Congrats, you are now surfing the web with the PSP. Here are something's you should know: You can't watch flash animations. You can't watch videos. You can't hear music because the Wipeout Pure music is in the back round. What you can do is look at pictures and read things. Oh yeah and you can't play games.

If you want to play a game with a friend but only have one copy of the game

If you want to play a game with a friend but only have one copy of the game, just keep reading. Fire up the game you want and then do all the multiplayer settings. Then when the psp starts looking for other players, take out the UMD disk and put it in the other players PSP. On your PSP it will ask you if you want to quit the game. Just click no. Now set up the multiplayer settings on the other PSP. In no time, your PSP should say player found and you will be able to play 2 players.

Looking for some good PSP forums

Looking for some good PSP forums try : http://forums.net4psp.com/ Come to the gprime.net boards forums. Movies to PSP forum How Do I put movies on my psp forum . Here a good forum by playstation PSP 411 Forum NextPimp Forums How do I put movies onto my psp? forum

How do I put Videos on my PSP?

PSP Wallpaper

Looking for some cool wallpaper for your PSP try these great sites : PSP Wallpaper Gallery Free PSP Wallpaper @ http://www.pspwallpaper.co.uk Great site check it out. Also a PSP Forum at http://www.pspwallpaper.co.uk/forum/ Category: Downloads ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ T3's Got PSP Wallpapers The UK Gadget magazine T3 just posted some very nice PSP Wallpapers to their site. They feature extremely hot women posing with the latest gadgets. This is an interesting way to wear your blackberry. T3 girls are back in town T3 Girls Directory - the PSP Wallpapers at are the bottom of each girl's page.

MyTunesRSS and the PSP...

MyTunesRSS and the PSP... Enjoy all the songs in your iTunes music library on any device that has network access to your iTunes computer. The guys at Codeware Software have put together a nice little RSS server that you can use to stream your iTunes to your PSP. The server application uses Java 1.5 on the PC or Mac that is storing your iTunes library. Once you've launched the application, all you have to do is locate your iTunes Music Library.xml file and click the "Start Server" button. Once the server is running it will show you the http address you enter into the PSP web browser. Overall, the interface is very clean and easy to use. and the web page layout is nicely formatted. This application is offered, for free...but, if you find it useful I suggest you visit their "Donate thru PayPal" link. Nyko's Power Tuner for PSP is hitting stores this week! Listening to your PSP through the car stereo is a snap -- Nyko's Power Tuner serves double-duty both as a charger and an audio transmitter for the PSP, all for one great price of $19.99! Solving two issues in one device, the Power Tuner operates both as a charger and an audio transmitter for the PSP. Fans can listen to music in the car, or parents can entertain kids by playing movies or games through the car stereo with Nyko's peripheral. The new product is simple to operate; drivers must simply plug the device into an automobile's lighter or power port. The unit transmits audio though the car radio to the vehicle's speakers - no batteries are required. Nyko's car companion for the PSP also features three channel settings that provide easy frequency tuning options for clear audio reception.

Get the latest files for download to your PSP

Sony PSP Files Get the latest files for download to your PSP. [view all files, without descriptions] Sony PSP Homebrew - Homebrew applications, games and other useful files. Fanjita GTA Exploit Devkit Fanjita has created a package for all developers who wish to create applications and games for 2.01+ firmwares. The file contains the expanded source for the GTA Tetris binary, along with instructions and information on how to adapt it to other applications.Read more - Download GTA Pong for 2.01/2.5/2.6 Not long after the first homebrew game was released for PSP firmware 2.6, a new one has emerged - Pong. Thanks to Fanjita's new development kit, a forum member of PSP3d.com, Jurgen Chung (Percival), has made a 2.01/2.5/2.6 compatible version of pong, now the second homebrew game made using the GTA savegame exploit.Read more - Download Snakman for 2.01, 2.50, and 2.60 Wow! The floodgates appear to be opening. Homebrew game numero trois has just been released for PSP firmware versions 2.01, 2.50 and 2.60. Named Snakman, this is not a typo of a serpant humanoid, but something even better - a combination of popular arcade games Snake and Pacman. Read more - Download Game Saves - Place these in the folder "psp/savedata" - Click here to report a broken media Lumines Lumines save file, JPN version.22 skins unlocked, a few puzzles unlocked, several icons unlocked.Download this file Ridge Racer Ridge Racer save file, JPN version.All cars and tracks unlocked!Download this file Dead Pixel Checker Useful tool to check if your PSP screen contains any dead pixels.Download this file Sony PSP Manuals English, French and Spanish manual for PSP at the Official Sony PSP websiteFind a PSP Manual

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So, now that I've got my gripes and games out of the way…

GUT REACTION: I'm now a PSP owner, and I can say (without a doubt) that this is singlehandedly the best portable gaming experience I've ever… experienced. I'd even go as far as to say that the PSP runs circles around regular ol' consoles - but let me wait until the newness wears off. I haven't been this excited, intrigued by a handheld video game system since Sega's Game Gear was released in the early '90s. What do both of these have in common? Mighty impressive screens (for their respective years).

FOR STARTERS: I'm certainly not going to rush out and buy movies that'll only play on the PSP. I've got a few DVD players scattered throughout the house and on every computer, so if I really wanna take something with me, I'll use Xilisoft's DVD Ripper (with its blindingly simple process). For now, I'm just amazed with the small list titles that are currently on the PSP market. A few of 'em are to be avoided according to fans, but I've already snagged me a couple of gems (thanks to store credit for trade-ins): Mercury, Lumines, Ridge Racer, and Wipeout Pure.

ACCESSORIZING: Nobody around town has a high-capacity Memory Stick in stock, so I turned to the Web - Chumbo.com, to be exact; They've currently got a SanDisk 1GB MS listed for a little over $100! I couldn't stop there, though - I needed a few more PSP accessories that were only available through JavoEdge: an Ultra Clear surface protector (with 99% Visual Transparency), and a USB Charging Cable. I did pick up a lame PSP starter kit at the store for $10, not realizing that the Soft Case that came with the PSP was good enough. At least the UMD holders are decent (and I can carry the coiled headphones around in my backback as backup for my noise-canceling Sennheiser).

TWEAKING: There are plenty of hacks out there that'll let me do strange and wonderful things to my PSP, but I'm not likely to do anything that presents too much of a challenge. Converting video is easy enough, and copying photos & music from point A to point B is a given. I hear Mad Catz is releasing GameShark Media Manager for the PSP later this summer - but I don't think the manual route presents too much of a challenge for weathered clickers. Still, I'm going to keep an eye on what's happening out there…

I've only listed the sites that have valid feeds. Otherwise, I'd never remember to go back to each one of 'em… what, with being too busy mastering my new PSP games. :) Sony, for all our differences, I stand up and applaud you for the PlayStation Portable. This is a one-of-a-kind device that, despite its various shortcomings, sets the bar a mile higher.

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Can your video iPod do this?

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PSP Video 9 is a free PSP video conversion and management application. It can convert regular PC video files (avi, mpeg, etc) into PSP video files, as well as manage/copy these PSP video files between your PC and PSP

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If your looking for your favorite TV Shows and a few Music videos .

If your looking for your favorite TV Shows and a few Music videos on your PSP I found this great site. www.PSP-Maniacs.com Get FireANT and watch videoblogs

Reasons To Buy & Reasons Not to Downgrade

Reasons To Buy:

-Portable MP3, Videos, Game player. -While grounded, hide in the closet and play. -Play while taking a dump. -Play instead of taking a math test. -Web browsing without people seeing were you’ve been -Tell yours friends why the Playstation Portable makes you cooler than them

Reasons Not to Downgrade: -Downgrading may give you more abilities, but also less. -Avoid problems on your expensive equipment -Heres a video on what downgrading can do unless your POSITIVE you know what your doing http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid= -4364426190495243229&q=PSP+Brick

Ten Cool Things to do with your Sony PSP

I’ve been trying to figure out what else I could do with it besides playing expensive games or storing video, photos and music. So far no one’s been able to crack the PSP signature encryption which prevents running of homebrew applications, but in the mean time, there are several other things you can do with your PSP, particularly if you have a Mac.

Taking the cue from Kottke’s “50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod“, here’s my “10 Cool Things To Do With Your Sony PSP”:

Syncing Videos, Photos, Music
By far the best Mac application for this is PSPWare ($15). Not only does it sync your music, movies and photos, but it backs up your game saves too. It handles video particularly well as PSPWare supports every common movie format (MOV, MPG, AVI, WMV, VOB) so you can easily prepare your DVD library for watching on your PSP’s 16:9 wide aspect ratio screen. Highly recommended above other competing syncing and video encoding tools, including iPSP ($20).
Reading Text files PSPBook is an open source software program for Mac OS X that allows you to convert text documents into JPEG images so that it is readable on the Sony PSP handheld gaming system. So far I’ve used this to convert a GameFAQ walkthrough for Metal Gear Ac!d so I can check it anytime I get stuck in a level.
Reading Comics eigoManga.com features 60 pages of full-color original manga available for Sony PSP. Check out the stories featured in PSP PAK Issue 1! Seven Seas Entertainment has released free downloadable manga specifically converted for viewing on the PSP. Thing is, Seven Seas only released the first chapters for their four flagships titles: Amazing Agent Luna, Blade for Barter, Last Hope and No Man’s Land. Each preview consists of 30 to 40 pages of the story. PSPcmx.com is another great source for PSP-optimized comic books and manga by premier independent publishers. Finally, 8BitJoystick has a wonderful visual tutorial which explains “How to Read Web Comics on a PlayStation Portable” via a Mac or PC.
Reading Magazines How about a downloadable PSP magazine that you can read from your PSP’s screen? Check out PSPOMAG for a high quality widescreen publication on PSP gaming. Here is the direct download page for the first two issues. Another gaming magazine to check out is Gamers Heaven magazine which features original gaming articles across gaming consoles. For a more general selection of magazines, see pspmagazines.com where the author shares all kinds of PSP-formatted magazines for download, including sexy content from MAXIM, FHM, Stuff, IGN.com, Gamespot.com, Sports Illustrated plus some PSP formatted movie trailers.
Bringing Porn Anywhere The Babe’o'matic Portable Gallery features non-nude photos of popular models and movie stars just for your PSP. For a more traditional source of PSP porn, check out “Playboy Station Portable” by playboy.com. For the lazy ones, check here for a direct download without the need for registration.
Replacing your TV Forget your TV! Besides the Sony Connect site, you can now get PSP formatted videos from the following places: - AtomFilms has a section with downloadable PSP movies, but some require a memory stick larger than the standard 32meg one. Lengths range from 7 to 16 minutes. Three of the titles currently available are, In God We Trust, Football, and Rockfish. - Heavy made a decent library of hours of entertaining animation and live-action video shorts available for free download on the PSP. - Music network Fuse offers PSP owners downloadable content such as the countdown show “Daily Download” and music showcase “Steven’s Untitled Rock Show.” - 29PSP Video Guide offers a daily download of video media, including music videos and movie trailers. - GameSpot’s PSP Resource Center features gaming video reviews formatted for your PSP.
Ghetto Music Boombox Turn it into an MP3 boombox and let everyone know you own the hottest toy in the neighborhood. Just add this PSP Stereo Amplifier. It might not be the loudest speakers around, but it’s portable and looks pretty mean.
Playing Multiplayer Games via the Internet Can’t meet up with friends to play multiplayer PSP games with? How about playing games with other PSP owners via the Internet. XLink Kai is a global gaming network that brings together XBox, Playstation 2, Gamecube and PSP users, in one integrated community. It is software running on your PC, Macintosh or even your Linux router that allows you to play system-link enabled games online for free. Here’s a quick Mac to PSP Guide to setting it up. I finally had fun playing with real human players in Wipeout Pure!
Surf the Internet The PSP comes with built-in 802.11b wifi capability that lets you to play games with other PSP users nearby. It also connects to the Internet though you can’t do much since there’s no built-in e-mail program or Web browser. However, the game “Wipeout Pure” contains a basic Web browser. It’s only there to access a single page containing game updates. Here’s a trick to surf the Internet (more or less… you need to be close to a Wi-Fi hotspot for this to work:

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. On the PSP, go to Network Settings. 2. Select Infrastructure mode. Create a new connection and give it a name. 3. Enter the name, or SSID, of the Wi-Fi hotspot and the password if necessary. 4. Select the Custom address setting. You can usually leave IP Address Setting to Automatic. 5. For DNS Setting, select Manual. Enter the Primary DNS 67.171.70.72. This points to a computer set up by Jonathan Terleski, a student at Carnegie Mellon. It replaces the Sony page with a page that has links to Google, Yahoo and other useful sites. 6. Set it not to use a proxy. 7. Save the network settings. Make sure the Wi-Fi switch on the left side of the PSP is on. 8. Fire up “Wipeout Pure.” Go to the Downloads section and select the connection you just created. That should take you online, unless traffic is overwhelming the portal page. If it doesn’t work immediately, try a few hours later. Not all pages will work in the browser, but hey: you have a PSP and you’re online. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Scanning for WiFi networks Your Sony PSP can scan for wireless networks and provide you with a decent wireless report. From the PSP Home button, you can go into Network Settings, then select Infrastructure, make a New Connection, then go through the settings until you get to WLAN Settings. This is where you simply select Encryption None or WEP, depending on which kind of wireless you’d like to find, then hit Scan. You’ll get SSID, Encryption type, and Signal Strength. Pretty nifty stuff using your PSP as a portable WiFi scanner if you’re deciding if it’s worth taking your laptop out.
Explosive PSP Grenade (Okay here’s a stupid trick!) The PSP battery lasts about 4-5hrs, but under constant gameplay, you’d get about 2.5hrs or so. The Pelican Power Brick let you extend your playtime at half the cost of buying a second PSP battery. However, you can make yourself an explosive PSP if you use this Pelican Power Brick in an inappropriate manner, just as what happened to this guy on his birthday.