
How do I get photos and music onto my Sony PSP?How do I change my regular music to mp3 so that I can download it into my psp? I also can't get pictures into the psp? I have the regular usb cable It'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:
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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. hello how do you use the wireless bit on the psp ive tryed but nowt is happening ,and what do i need to convert movies to the thing and how to do it Posted by: andrew vincent at July 14, 2005 1:26 PMThank you so so so so much. I used your method to put ,mp3s on my psp and it totally worked. Big thanks!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: William at August 2, 2005 6:19 PMgo to i-hacked .com and it shows you how to open up your hidden web browser in your psp..its pretty awesome Posted by: Tyler at August 3, 2005 2:54 PMI could not find the windows explorer can u explain what to do if u cant Posted by: anonymous at August 20, 2005 4:40 AMJust go to "My Computer" and navigate your way to the appropriate folder. The program that shows you your computer information *is* My Computer. Make sense? Posted by: Dave Taylor at August 20, 2005 7:02 AMdave i tried your method on how to download music but it dident work 10mb of memory went how do i get it back. Posted by: james at September 1, 2005 10:10 PMIn general, if you delete a file or files but the space doesn't return, make sure that you're emptying your trashcan / recycle bin on your PC: It might be marked for deletion but still sitting on the Memory Stick. Posted by: Dave Taylor at September 1, 2005 11:02 PMhow do you transfer the file because i dont see the mp3 format thing Posted by: davon at September 11, 2005 11:21 PMFantastic - my kids asked me to load some photos and MP3s onto their PSP. After the initial panic subsided I spent about an hour failing to do so. 5 mins on your website and hey presto! Thanks - my kids think I'm a star. Posted by: Azadar at September 12, 2005 8:46 PMWhat i want to know is how you bring up the data folder. I tried going on my computer and nothing happened. We have 2 pcs and, the new one hasnt got much data on it but it brings up the folder so i want to use the old one which doesn't. It would be great if you could tell me thanks. Posted by: Duke at September 18, 2005 3:35 PMDuke, please note that without adding some special software the only Windows OS that I know is compatible with the Sony PSP is Windows XP. There is a driver you can download for Windows 98, however, but while I can point to it, I haven't actually tried it because I no longer have a Win98 system in my office. PSP Driver for Windows 98: http://win98.drivers.w.interia.pl/psp.html If you try this Win98 PSP driver, please email me so I can learn more about how it works out for you. Posted by: Dave Taylor at September 18, 2005 3:45 PMI got as far as making my folder called MUSIC but i am cluless on how to get the music ON to my psp. Please help! Posted by: veronica at September 21, 2005 12:34 AMI downloaded music on to my psp but it just says i have less megabytes, but still no music, what did i do wrong? Posted by: veronica at September 24, 2005 5:26 PMYou probably didn't do anything wrong, Veronica. The key is to realize that all of the music you've downloaded onto your Sony PSP is "hidden" in the "Memory Stick" entry. When you go to MUSIC you'll see "Memory Stick" as the only option. *CLICK ON IT* and you'll see all your music shown. Posted by: Tommy Martin at September 25, 2005 4:09 AMWe have windows XP on both pcs but is there any way of bringing up the folders manually? Posted by: Duke at September 27, 2005 9:05 PMtommy, i went to music and then clicked on the memory stick and it says it is empty and there is no music to play, do you have an explanation for that?p.s. i really want to figure this thing out so i can listen to my music! Posted by: veronica at September 28, 2005 1:46 AMi have my psp on and i have it plugged into my computer but it wont show up on anything i try please help ive been trying to do this forever Posted by: tyler at October 3, 2005 1:00 AMI have a problem importing data from the PC to the PSP - I have no probs finding the PSP or the files I create but if I try and import pic's or the 2.0 upgrade I get a error stating "incorrect path" Any ideas ? Regards, Posted by: The Hunter at October 3, 2005 12:16 PMI have a problem of copying my MP3 files into memory stick duo. Cathy Posted by: Cathy at October 8, 2005 8:10 AMMore problem: Cathy Posted by: cathy at October 8, 2005 8:26 AMCathy, if you double-click on the MP3 files on your PC, do they play? Posted by: Dave Taylor at October 9, 2005 4:37 AMTo Dave: Cathy Posted by: cathy at October 9, 2005 3:05 PMCathy, try just DRAGGING your music files into it, it worked for me. If it says corrupted data you might not have formatted your memory stick, if you do so, find somewhere to copy it to because it deletes all of your memory. Posted by: Duke at October 10, 2005 8:57 PMdave i am only a child but i have done alot of what you have said to do so all the music i want is on the folder you told me to put it on to but can you tell me what to do again anyway but my main quesion is when it is on the folder how do i get it on my sony psp Posted by: joseph at October 11, 2005 8:52 PMFirst, I want to thank Duke and Dave for the advices. Cathy have you formatted your memory stick? Posted by: duke at October 12, 2005 5:56 PMi put my usb into the computer an i hook it up to my psps but nuthing happens i have had my psp since the day it came out an i cant do anything with it plz help me out :) Posted by: kyle at October 12, 2005 9:24 PMTo Duke: Cathy Posted by: Cathy at October 12, 2005 11:26 PMTo Cathy: Also for Cathy, Thanks everyone for the help that you gave to me. Well, finally I can store the files in my PSP, I am happy about that. Thank you guys Cathy Posted by: Cathy at October 16, 2005 5:41 AMi have a solution to some peoples problems. this was done on psp V2.00 on a 128mb duo Posted by: Oliver at October 16, 2005 9:39 AMi still cant get music on my psp. i tried every and it still dont work. is there any other way i can get music on it? Posted by: chris at October 19, 2005 10:02 PMhi dave i have just purchased my psp from japan but its running ver 2.50 so unless i can downgrade it i cant run any of the games i purchased can you help Posted by: treva2 at October 21, 2005 5:26 PMI don't know that there's a backup capability from Sony. I find it curious that you'd be having the problem you have, though. Are games actually checking specific firmware versions? Posted by: Dave Taylor at October 21, 2005 6:31 PMI AM HAVING TROUBLE GETTING MOVIE FILES ONTO MY PSP ICAN GET MUSIC ON NO BOTHER BUT I KEEP GETTING THE MESSAGE NO FILE FOUND TRIED SOME OF THE IDEAS POSTED BUT WITH NO SUCCESS Posted by: CHARLIE at October 21, 2005 6:38 PMi use windows media player to put music on my psp. but when its done i go to look for the music on my psp but it says there arent any tracks on it. but the memory stick duo has less memory on it. Could ou email me and help me with this problem? glfgy778@aol.com Garrett, I believe that the default format the WMP uses is incompatible with the PSP. The PSP can only work with MP3 format music files at this point, as far as I know. I'm planning to write about how to get music from WMP to PSP soon, stay tuned! Posted by: Dave Taylor at October 21, 2005 10:24 PMive done everything you said to do but my files aren't showing up on my psp Posted by: joe somebody at October 29, 2005 2:36 AMI have a question. i just purchased a psp. I tried to follow the input here but cant get it figured out i have some music dragged in the psp music file but i cant download to psp or get psp to connect to computer i wish i could figure it out then also would do themes but i try network update and usb connection but cant figure how to connect so download can you send me email how to do all this i cant always get on site work long hours thank you i know that u cant get music from itunes onto your psp. if itunes is the only music source i have, can i not get music on my psp? Posted by: ben at November 10, 2005 12:52 AMYou should understand that there are lots of music formats in use including: (Note that the difference between proprietary and standards based is subtle. I have made the distinction between formats promoted and supported primarily by a single manufacturer, and those promoted and supported by standards bodies or communities of interest. Also note that commercial licence means you pay extra for using it in some way). The PSP will only (currently) support MP3 and ATRAC formats. MP3 is the important one. Apple's iTunes doesn't natively support MP3 (it uses AAC by default). Windows Media Player by default uses the highly proprietary WMA format. You have to tell it to use MP3 specifically. This is very important to do. WMA in particular should be avoided at all costs. If you use this format you will find it is incompatible with most digital music players and you may have to re-rip it. Conversion is possible but degrades the music files. Always use MP3 for compressed music and you won't go far wrong. Certainly that is what you need to support music on the PSP. Posted by: Keith at November 10, 2005 2:37 AMWHAT ARE THE FOLDERS I NEED TO HAVE ON MY MEMORY STICK AND WHAT ARE THE NAMES Posted by: ANTONIO PICHARDO at November 10, 2005 5:19 AMRather than create specific folders yourself, try letting the PSP format your Memory Stick and you'll find that the folders are automatically created as needed. Posted by: Dave Taylor at November 10, 2005 6:31 AMplease help ive just recently got a psp but i cant get music or pictures on it i do like you say but when i go to found them ive got less memory and no music Posted by: jane at November 11, 2005 2:55 PMi put my psp into the computer and plug it in and everything you said but it won't come up on my computer, it's like it's not even noticed. please help me with my problem. Posted by: john doe at November 12, 2005 9:03 PMThat WIN98SE Driver link looks suspiciuose the guy running that asks for your credit card # every time you click the link the money is SUSPOSEDLY going to the RED CROSS but it sounds pretty phony though. Does anyone have the Drivers or another link? -http://win98.drivers.w.interia.pl/psp.html- i finally figured out how to upload mp3s on my own, but it won't let me put more than 6 songs into my "music" folder. A messages pops up saying "drive disk is full. please insert new disk to continue." I just got my psp, so all I have are those 6 songs. no photos, games, videos, etc. And the 6 songs are not long (3-4 min). Why can't I put more songs?! ~Bobbi~ Posted by: bobbi at November 18, 2005 12:25 AMBecause, Bobbi, you're out of space. You need more space on your Memory Stick if you want to download more music. I have a 512MB card, for example, and it'll hold a half-dozen CDs... Posted by: Dave Taylor at November 18, 2005 7:05 AMbut how can i be out of space if i JUST got my psp? all i have on it are those 6 songs, and there's no way that memory card can only hold 6 songs. it even tells me that i still have space on the card. Posted by: Bobbi at November 18, 2005 9:58 PMThe average song takes up about 2-3MB of space on your Memory Card. If you have the default card, it's a 32MB which means it has an effective available space of maybe 27 or 28MB, and that's assuming that you don't have any saved games on it. That being the case, you can easily take 27 / 3 and find out that your rough song limit should be nine songs *if the card is empty*. Posted by: Dave Taylor at November 19, 2005 2:23 AMthey really rip you off with the default memory card. wow, thanks sony! but seriously, thanks for the help, Dave. Im trying to transfer pictures to my psp, i have a usb cable but when i hooked it up it told me it didnt have a proper connection and i also was told one of the problems was that i didnt have xp i have windows 98 is there any site or anywhere i can download a connection for the psp? email me with any ideas montesson22@aol.com Posted by: MR SS at November 21, 2005 1:21 AMI cant seem to change my albums into mp3s on my pc, is this possible to do? if so how? if not how do i get mp3s on to my pc? Posted by: John at November 21, 2005 4:47 PMI made a file music,but i didn`t see any Mp3 files.Where are the Mp3 files?Help! Posted by: Billy at November 24, 2005 2:12 AMMy copied MP3 files are shown as "corrupted data" on PSP. ive tried everything can you help me please Posted by: Jamie p at November 24, 2005 4:29 PMYO this is annoying i got wmp and when putting songs on my psp it says i already have songs on it but when i check my memory card 4 music ther is nothing there. Help Me please. O yea i have a regular USBWire Posted by: Quinten at November 27, 2005 4:50 AMjamie,delete the corrupted data" and then go to your music click on it and go to save as ,then my computer,then removable disk,then psp,then music ,then click save and the music will be on your psp. Posted by: jared at November 27, 2005 6:07 PMHi, How can I copy images from PC to Cybershot S90 Memory Stick PRO? I have taken a thousands of pictures using my Sony Cybershot DSC-S90. Everyday I copy/transfer these pictures from my memory stick to my PC (i.e. keep backups) and erase all data in my memory stick (sometimes formatting it). Now, I would like to select some special pictures in my local PC (the pictures that were taken using this DSC S90 camera) and copy these into my memory stick so that I can carry my camera and view/share these selective pictures with my relatives (i.e. by connecting the Camera to their TV). So, how can I copy some selective images from my PC to my external memory stick? Is there any special software I can use for this purpose? My OS is Windows XP. I tried with Picture Package, ImageMixer tools that came with the CD but these did not fullfill my purpose. I just tried with simple copy-pasted from windows explorer, but when I try to view this from my camera, it says "No files in this Folder". Whats to do? Please, give me some suggestion. With Thanks, how do i put videos on my PSP? Posted by: Joe Johson at December 9, 2005 4:38 AMDo you need internet to put music on your psp Posted by: Kris at December 11, 2005 2:59 AMhow do i put fotos on my psp? i have them saved on my computer and i copied them into the Photo folder that i created in the psp area but they arent going on my psp, help please Posted by: Taylor at December 12, 2005 6:24 PMHere's the fix: You need to provide both power and a USB connection. If you are getting an USB error, and you're running XP, it's because you're not getting enough power through the single USB cable. Get a second dedicated USB cable, like one for a camera and then use the PSP cable to provide the power. Combine the two and it works perfectly! Posted by: Steve at December 18, 2005 4:42 AMI have a 1 GB memory card for my PSP, it is compatible with my PSP and I have listened to a track of music on it and used GTA gamesaves, but when i save a game on burnout legends, and try to load it, it says load failed, the data is corrupted, what does this mean? Posted by: Nicholas Chaplin at December 19, 2005 5:03 PMNicholas, I'm wondering if your Memory Card isn't completely compatible with your PSP after all. But a first step: let the PSP reformat the card and see what happens. Good luck! Posted by: Dave Taylor at December 19, 2005 5:08 PMwould the PSP folder be within the F: folder? Posted by: JT at December 20, 2005 9:46 PMonce i go to the E drive and locate my PSP and after i made the "MUSIC" folder i tried to drag tracks into. ONce i let it go into the folder nothing happened and the folder stayed empty I dont know how to put the music in the psp because i dont know how to put a new window. Posted by: Earvin at December 23, 2005 1:03 PMFOR ALL YOU HAVING "CORRUPTED DATA" PROBLEMS: how many songs can a psp hold? Well, "Boop", it depends on how big a Memory Stick you put into the PSP. The default 32MB card is barely enough for a single CD (each song is usually 2-3MB) but I have a 512MB Stick that's plenty big enough for 20-30 of my favorite albums, if I were so inclined. Posted by: Dave Taylor at December 23, 2005 8:53 PMI have tried all the things that you have suggested but my PSP still says data corrupted. I dont know if i have to buy a new USB cable or what? Sorry for the trouble... why does my psp say there are no tracks but ive lost memory ive done evrything youve said Posted by: chris at December 25, 2005 8:41 PMMitchel, if you're seeing corrupted data, first test it on your computer: if you double click no the file, does it work properly? Then you might try plugging your PSP into a different USB port on your computer to see if that works better and, yes, I have heard stories of people who have bad USB cables and fixed corrupt data problems by simply buying another one. Chris, most likely you either have the music "hidden" in your "Memory Stick" folder under MUSIC: find it, and click on the "X" button to see what's inside. If that's still empty too, then either you have files in the wrong place or are sending over the wrong format files. Note that files in AAC and WMA format generally don't work (theoretically the latest firmware update allows you to play Windows Media Player Audio (WMA) files, but I haven't heard from anyone who has gotten that to work...) Posted by: Dave Taylor at December 25, 2005 10:51 PM
connect to PSP from computer Is this something to do with the USB cable ? Or other suggestions ? Thanks for any help here. Andy. Posted by: Andy at December 26, 2005 11:47 AMDave I have Windows Media Player and I just got a PSP and have a large memory stick but i cant get music on it? I Sync the music into my PSP from WMP and it picks it up on my PSP because my memory is lower but it says their are no tracks? what do i do? Posted by: Seneca at December 26, 2005 12:21 PMdave, where can i download movies on my psp Posted by: lou at December 26, 2005 3:07 PMSeneca, don't use the WMP "sync" capability. Make sure that you have WMP set to create MP3s and copy them manually onto the PSP device and it should work fine. See: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/produce_mp3_files_from_a_cd_with_windows_media_player.html Lou, I don't offer help for movie downloads at this time. Posted by: Dave Taylor at December 26, 2005 6:58 PMI cant seem to download music off the internet to my new psp. I think i have everything...because i knnow i have a usb cable. I just cant find a sight to download music off of. That of course is free. can anyone help me? Posted by: Mark Lewis at December 26, 2005 7:37 PMThank you for the advice! All the files work right on my computer when i click them... Mitchel Posted by: Mitchel at December 26, 2005 8:09 PMI've followed your instructions (and Sony's) for moving mp3 files to my PSP. The files initially show up in the MUSIC folder, but nothing plays on the PSP. When I go back to view the MUSIC folder, the files are gone. However, the available space on the memory stick is still reduced. I have W2000 on my PC, but I wouldn't think that would matter for moving files between the systems. Any suggestions? Posted by: Mike J at December 26, 2005 9:44 PMHi my name is Charlie I have my psp hooked up and ready to go. plugged the usb in and turned usb mode on. My problem is my computer recognizes the psp but it will not download the driver from the xp site. If you could find that driver for me so I could install it that would be awesome. Thank you. signed, Charlie Posted by: charlie at December 26, 2005 10:38 PMHOW DO I GET MORE THAN 6 SONGS ONTO MY PSP, I KNOW I SHOULD FORMAT IT BUT IM WORRIED I MIGHT LOSE MY SAVED GAME FILES IF U KNOW WAT I SHOULD DO (WHICH I DOUBT I DO)GIMME A BUZZ Andrew, if you reformat your Memory Stick you *will* lose your saved games, yes. Also, to get more than six songs onto your PSP you'll need to buy a bigger Memory Stick: the default is pretty tiny if you're going to use it for anything real... Posted by: Dave Taylor at December 27, 2005 7:03 AMhey your stuff about putting music tutally worked . thx sooo much!!. But i have a question,how do i get vidieos on my psp?!?!?!? Posted by: dan at December 27, 2005 11:24 AMOk, I understand what your saying about the PSP, but at SONY's website, it says that the psp only supports ATRAC 3 and WMA, so I got a whole bunch of wma files and transferred them to my psp via usb cable, but it doesnt recognize any of the music. I'm thinking I need to format my memorystick, but Im apprehensive, because it says Ill lose all of my saved data. (lotta game saves) help! Posted by: Josh at December 29, 2005 6:35 PMDO U NEED A SOFWARE DISK TO DOWNLOAD MUSIC ONTO YOUR PSP Posted by: james dickson at December 30, 2005 5:23 AMWhen I put music on there from media player 10 it I can't listen to it from my PSP. How do I get songs 2 put on there from CDs and listen 2 them from PSP. Posted by: DJ at December 30, 2005 5:22 PMAll you have to do is download PSP video 9 at http://www.pspvideo9.com/ thats for movies but im having a problem that closes everytime i try to put music on my psp it 'cannot find the specified file'...its really weird Posted by: Helper at December 31, 2005 4:11 PMalso.....1)no software disk is needed to transfer music One last thing....ITS NOT ALWAYS DRIVE E: !!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: Helper at December 31, 2005 4:24 PMDJ and all, please see my latest article on exactly how to download music onto your PSP, in far more detail than what I have in this entry: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/i_cant_get_music_to_play_on_my_sony_psp.html Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 1, 2006 11:16 AMI couldn't find the windows explorer, what do i do? Posted by: Bruce Leitner at January 1, 2006 12:40 PMSure you can, Bruce. It's what you run when you click on "My Computer". You just don't know that's what it's called. :-) Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 1, 2006 12:41 PMThanks so much, i've been up all night trying 2 figure it out, i use itunes for everything so i had to convert the files to MP3s using xilisoft. Thanks Again! Posted by: Alex at January 1, 2006 6:49 PMI followed your tutorial for the mp3 download and when I tried to open the tracks on my PSP it said it was corrupted data? Posted by: JT at January 2, 2006 8:34 PMJT, if you're seeing corrupted data, you might well have a bad USB cable. I have heard from more than one person that can be a problem. Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 2, 2006 9:19 PMThanks for the help Dave, just needed direction as to what the exact folder names were. Also, I had more luck getting the photos to recognize after cycling the PSP power after disconnecting the USB cable. Dunno why, as it should have just read them real time. Thanks again. Posted by: Ryan at January 3, 2006 12:30 PMWell I'm pretty sure it's not that, because I use it to the photos and it works fine, just the mp3s that don't work Posted by: JT at January 3, 2006 4:38 PMwhat folder do i click on to put videos on my psp? Posted by: zach at January 5, 2006 2:23 PMZach, please see: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_video.html Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 5, 2006 2:31 PMTo all that are having the problem with music showing up as "Corrupt Data", here is the reason: Although the PSP manual says that the MUSIC folder is not case sensitive, it actually is. The folder must be named in ALL CAPS. If it is not, the PSP does not recognize it and shows it as "Corrupt Data". If your PC is not allowing you to name the folder in all caps, open an Explorer window (or MY Computer).....go to View then Folder Options......Click the View tap, and at the top of the Advanced Settings window, under Files and Folders, make sure "Allow all uppercase names" is checked. This should solve the problem. Posted by: Randy at January 5, 2006 4:29 PMFor PSP owners that are using Windows 98, you can connect the PSP to your PC. Here is a link to a site where you can download a driver for a Vivitar V3615 digital camera.....believe it or not, it will work for the PSP because it is a mass storage device driver. I downloaded it and it worked for my PSP and my Creative Zen Nano MP3 Player. Posted by: Randy at January 5, 2006 4:47 PMOOPS....forgot the link: I did as you said but the pictures and music aren't on my PSP but they're on my memory stick? Posted by: bry at January 5, 2006 5:46 PMBry, please read this article for a solution to your problem: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/i_cant_get_music_to_play_on_my_sony_psp.html Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 5, 2006 11:13 PMDOES PUTTING MUSIC TO THE PSP WORK IF I HAVE wINDOWS ME? PLEASE ANSWER BACK I'M PLANNING TO BUY A PSP OR AN I-POD NANO IN 2 WEEKS ANSWER BACK ASAP! Posted by: Antonio at January 6, 2006 8:06 AMI am trying to put photos, music and video onto my psp, but everytime i turn it on, I get the hour glass but nothing comes up. I don't have windows xp, only windows ME. How do I get my stuff to upload onto the psp through it? Also, i will be purchasing a 4 GB hard drive for my psp at Best Buy within the week so I will be able to put more on my psp when I learn what to do. Thanks Posted by: Brandon at January 7, 2006 11:50 PMI'm sorry to report to both of you, Antonio and Brandon, that I don't know of any way you can get Windows ME to work with the Sony PSP device. Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 8, 2006 11:59 AMIt says I don't have the driver of the device, can I download a driver or do I have to buy it? Also, if I do have to download it, where do I download it from? Posted by: chicken at January 8, 2006 6:57 PMIf I already have the USB cable and everything is plugged in and the thing is under unknown device what do I do? What if it isn't connecting? Also, since these things are true, how do I get the driver installed? Posted by: chicken at January 8, 2006 7:01 PMI have tried dragging the songlist to the music folder from Limewire but nothing happens. I try to copy and paste and nothing happens. Help please Kathy Posted by: kathy at January 12, 2006 8:00 PMhow do you put videos on your psp I can't put any video's on my PSP, i put a new folder on my psp, and it didn't work. I even put it in capital letters, and still didnt work. Can you help me out. Posted by: Liana at January 15, 2006 4:07 PMI still can't get videos on my psp, I did all the stuff above, downloaded all the software and named the weird folders and stuff. The psp still says no files found! arrrrg Posted by: King ICBM at January 17, 2006 7:19 PMI have a PSP, but and I do know how to do all of the features, but I dont know which sites 2 go to to get good music videos that are compatible with the psp unlike iTunes. Please help. THANX! Posted by: KC at January 18, 2006 4:28 PMok dude the pic thing dint work i got a jpeg pic i draged it on to the photo thing that poped up when u pluged in my psp and nuthin a hapind can u tell me what went rong thanks but i have apple itunes so then what do to get music if that doesn't work Posted by: weeman at January 21, 2006 1:25 AMi tried to get videos on my psp from my computer but when i put the on my psp the dont show the videos. It just says that more megabites were taken. PLEASE HELP ME!! Posted by: Bobby at January 21, 2006 3:16 PMBobby, please check out: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_can_i_watch_dvd_movies_on_a_sony_psp.html Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 21, 2006 3:19 PMI am having the same problem that I have read about here, but still don't know how to fix it.I have less memory on my memory stick, but can't find the music. where did it go? Posted by: Stacy at January 21, 2006 9:22 PMOne more thing, I have tried the method with the usb, my computer recognized the hardware, moved the music to the psp-music file-lost the space on my memory stick and cannot find the song.Please help.Thanks dave Posted by: Stacy at January 21, 2006 9:24 PMStacy, please see: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/i_cant_get_music_to_play_on_my_sony_psp.html Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 22, 2006 10:09 AMI synchronise music on my psp using windows media player and it takes up space on my memory card and when i go to music on my psp it isn't there. on my computer it says it is in something called mp_root. please help! Posted by: matt at January 22, 2006 6:32 PMMatt, you're putting it in the wrong place. The music files should be put in PSP \ MUSIC not in the MP_ROOT folder. Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 22, 2006 11:36 PMI am having troubles getting MP4 video onto my psp. I can do it through PSP video 9 software when I need to convert it, but when I move a file with the name M4V10014.MP4 thats already in MP4 format to the 100MNV01 folder on my PSP, it says it is an unsupported format under the video tab on my psp. Any thoughts... Posted by: Derek.. at January 25, 2006 5:21 PMi connected the psp to the pc but what next Posted by: mark at January 27, 2006 8:31 PMI tried putting music on my psp but when i transfer the songs it says they have been transfered, but when i go back to the Music icon it and click on the memory stick it says there is no music saves but it has taken up space. What do i do to get that space back. Also, i did not format my memory stick when i got the psp, is that the reason it is doing this? Posted by: Chris at January 28, 2006 8:37 PMI have two 32mb memory sticks and I was gonna use the second one for music, videos, and images but I can only get the images, I formatted my memorystick, I've got a new USB cable twice and for my music it still says it's corrupt data. What should I do? Posted by: JT at January 29, 2006 11:44 AMdave i want to put on pics from the computer but i don't get it what is a jpeg? Posted by: sacullucas at January 29, 2006 4:53 PMA good additional article to read if you're having problems with transferring music onto your PSP is this: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/i_cant_get_music_to_play_on_my_sony_psp.html Photos are quite similar, and JPEG is a particular format for a graphics file that's photo-friendly. It stands for "Joint Photographic Experts Group", though I'm sure you don't care about that. Just about any graphics program should be able to produce JPEG format files (denoted by .JPG or .JPEG) that'll work fine on the PSP. Posted by: Dave Taylor at January 30, 2006 9:36 AMcan the psp play winamp media files or do you have to convert them to mp3s too? Posted by: Matthew Benjamin at February 1, 2006 10:43 AMHow do i convert MPE4G music files in itunes to MP3s so i can put it on my psp. When i tried to put MPE4G on it won appear under the music file of the memory stick file in the music file. Help me please Posted by: jt2 at February 4, 2006 8:20 PMDo u need a usb reader/writer to get songs??? itunes music to psp compatible music. all u do edit the music file from "blank".m4a to "blank".mp4 psp is compatible with mp4 and mp3 but itunes has software that causes itunes .mp3 data to be corrupted so mp4 is the way to go plus the music quality is better Posted by: tj at February 5, 2006 1:54 PMhow do i do edit it though Posted by: jt2 at February 6, 2006 4:02 PMmpe4g wont appear in th emusic folder on my psp and on itunes it says its protected how do i take the protection off so i can find it in my music folder on my psp Posted by: jt2 at February 6, 2006 4:10 PMProtected files are protected, jt2, because they're under the control of a Digital Rights Management system like iTunes. As far as I know, there's no easy way to "pry them loose" so you can copy them onto other devices. Posted by: Dave Taylor at February 6, 2006 7:02 PMYes, my PSP is working fine but does a windows 2000 work for putting music onto the PSP Posted by: Nate Overland at February 8, 2006 6:24 PMUnfortunately, I don't believe that Windows 2000 supports the Sony PSP as far as I know. I haven't heard of anyone getting that combination to work successfully... Posted by: Dave Taylor at February 8, 2006 6:25 PMWell thank you for helping me anyways Dave. Posted by: Nate Overland at February 8, 2006 6:34 PMCan u still download music to ur PSP if u have a windows 2000 Posted by: Nate at February 8, 2006 6:45 PMwhen ever i connect my psp to my comp it says "unknown device" help! Posted by: buuten at February 10, 2006 7:11 AMaight here whats up i have windows 98 and it seems that i dont have the needed driver to insert files into my psp .. i've tried to locate these files but failed..and also i have a usb reader/writer and i dont have the driver for that also..i dont know what to do..help me if u can ..on this or send me a e-mail this really blows.. Posted by: FatKid702.. at February 11, 2006 3:39 AMI figured it out PPL. You have to create the MUSIC folder in the PSP folder. After I did that the music showed up and played. The same should be done with Pictures, create the folder PHOTOS in the PSP folder. Hope this helps all. Posted by: Thaistick at February 14, 2006 12:39 PMGUYS TO GET MUSIC FOR FREE ONTO UR PSP GO ON THE INTERNET ON UR PSP. THEN GO TO "www.dogpile.com" THEN CLICK ON "audio" SEARCH THE SONG U WANT 2 GET. LOOK AT THE RESULTS CLICK ON THE FILE NAME TO DOWN LOAD [MAKE SURE THE FORMAT IS MP3]. GO TO MUSIC ON UR PSP AND HEY PRESTO IT SHOULD WORK! Westlake Posted by: sam at February 14, 2006 5:00 PMWestlake, that's all well and good, but a lot of the material you'd find is likely to be illegal and unauthorized. You might well download that on your computer, but do you really think that these musicians will continue to produce new CDs if no-one buys 'em? Posted by: Dave Taylor at February 14, 2006 6:15 PMYou guys can not just copy or move files without consent of the software company or the Artist-Producer......even if you do change it the digital signature will be able to checked against a data base.....and I am still researching the data.....but keep it simple....if you wanna use it just ask.....Im sure you can get the rights you need......Trust me on this.....I was the king of file transfer and copyright infringement....and could explain how what I was doing was wrong.....YOU DONT KNOW MORE THAN THEN THE DEVELOPERS.....BUT THEY NEED TO SEE THE RETARD IN EVERY INTELLIGENT PERSON....L@@k...When the unthinkable begins in your head.....then the reality will soon follow....dont think of all the ways out of the box.....is it not eaiser to just not think about going in there....Right?.....does that make cents? Posted by: Chris Camilli at February 16, 2006 1:01 AMI really don't believe that's true, Chris. If I can put a CD in my car player or home stereo then what's the problem with putting it onto my Playstation Portable device so I can enjoy it on an airplane? That's "fair use". Posted by: Dave Taylor at February 16, 2006 1:08 PMif i have itunes and that's the only music source i have, how do i put my music on to my psp? David Posted by: Les at February 16, 2006 10:33 PMi got a psp, and when i tried to connected it by usb , it saids that usb device not recongnized,and it also said no drivers installed for this device Posted by: jose at February 20, 2006 12:40 PMdave i done what you said i made a file called music and put it into my removable disk folder and then put mp3 tracks into that folder then i went to my musi on my psp it said there are no tracks what do i do? David, you'll need to export your music from iTunes and make sure it's in MP3 format. I cover that here: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_itunes_mp3.html Jose, you might be running a version of Windows that doesn't support the PSP, unfortunately. It's really designed for Windows XP, sorry to say. Louie, I'd counsel that you actually reformat your PSP's memory stick with the PSP itself (rather than your PC) then try copying the music into the new MUSIC folder. Beware, though, that you'll lose all your game saves by reformatting, unfortunately. See: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_memory_reformat.html Posted by: Dave Taylor at February 23, 2006 4:42 PMYou must make the MUSIC folder on youre psp within the psp folder already there and transfer the mp3's thru to that inner Music folder. hi, ive made my music into mp3 format and put them in my music folder, but when i go off usb mode and onto music it says i have no tracks and that i have less memory Posted by: luke at February 25, 2006 7:12 AMHow do i transfer Music Videos in windwos media player to my psp? i tried everything but it wont work. Posted by: Eddie at February 26, 2006 12:13 PMEddie, I don't think you can do that, just as you can't transfer iPod videos from the iTunes store to your PSP. The programs just don't export the video in a usable format. Sorry Posted by: Dave Taylor at February 26, 2006 8:35 PMI would like to put camera pictures and audio presentations with pictures.Please could you explain how it is done. regards So does that mean i can't put any music videos in my psp including my own CD's. Posted by: Eddie at February 27, 2006 8:46 PMMick, I have. Repeatedly. :-) http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_photos.html Eddie, you are reading too much into my comment. I said that you can't copy the music videos from the Apple iTunes Music Store onto your PSP because of the digital rights management, but if you have your own CDs / DVDs with music videos on them, you can theoretically copy them onto your PSP, though it's not easy. Please see: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_video.html Posted by: Dave Taylor at February 28, 2006 2:34 PMK thanks for the info Posted by: Eddie at February 28, 2006 8:27 PMHow much free space do you nedd for a song on a psp? Posted by: Sumeet at March 4, 2006 5:27 PMok i got the music in the folder, but i dont know where to go from there it is very confusing and i dont kno how to download it please help me!!! Posted by: kevin at March 6, 2006 1:23 PMI ready your we**ite and did what you said, but I'm still having trouble. I don't need music on my PSP, just videos and photos. I'll find something out and get somewhere, but then I'll end up at another dead end! Can you help? Posted by: jeremy at March 11, 2006 6:06 PMi want to save music not download i said it can save stuff from the UMB disc sampler Posted by: tanner at March 13, 2006 5:03 PMI downloaded mp3 files off my pc and it took memory from my memory stick duo but when i went to music then memory stick then it says there are no tracks, whats wrong? Posted by: dwayne at March 16, 2006 4:40 PMDwayne, please see: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/i_cant_get_music_to_play_on_my_sony_psp.html I think that'll help you get things going... Posted by: Dave Taylor at March 16, 2006 10:13 PMI BOUGHT A 256MB MEMORY STICK DUO FOR MY PSP AND IT DOES NOT HAVE A MUSIC FILE I WANT TO KNOW HOW TO CREATE ONE SO I COULD PUT MUSIC ON TO MY PSP. Posted by: SANDRA at March 18, 2006 1:03 PMSandra, you need to format the PSP memory stick for all the necessary folders to be created. Be warned that it will delete any game saves you may have, but it'll get your Music folder in the right place! :-) Posted by: Dave Taylor at March 18, 2006 11:38 PMWell i think u are doin a good job but i did everything u said and it still wont work.Please help me out Posted by: Quintez at March 23, 2006 2:48 PMLouie, it's possible you have a bad USB cable. Try using a different one if you can. I have heard from some folk that switching cables instantly fixes "corrupt transfer" problems. Posted by: Dave Taylor at March 25, 2006 4:45 PMhow do i take a music video on a disc and download it onto my computer so i can then download it onto my PSP through Gameshark Media Manager? Posted by: Mickey Mouse at March 27, 2006 7:39 PMwhen i try to transfer videos on my psp,i put it in the MProot but when i go to videos on my psp the memory is taken but there are no videos!!!!! Posted by: navidra at March 29, 2006 3:35 PMhey dave i have heard two people say my usb cable looks weak i will try a new one and see what happens, thanks Posted by: lUIS FIGUEROA at April 1, 2006 12:57 PMLet me try to make this clear and concise. I bought a 2GB high speed memory stick for the psp. It works fine up to 1 GB with music, movies, photos, and saved games. It definitely saves up to 2 GB, but anything that gets saved over the remaining 1 GB becomes corrupted data on the psp, but works fine on the computer. Any solutions or tips? Posted by: BPT at April 12, 2006 7:04 AMi put my pictures in the photo folder that u described in th instructions but it wont go to my psp can u help me? Posted by: will at April 14, 2006 6:42 PMDave. i have videos, images, games, and music saved onto a folder. i just cant get them onto my psp. please help if u can. hey i need a fast free way to change m3u music to mp3 do u have ne ideas Posted by: lucas hay at April 17, 2006 8:12 AMhow can i get a new folder and how can i download music to the psportble Posted by: alexandra at April 22, 2006 7:37 PMI've tried dropping mp3 music files in my MUSIC folder but it's not working. Now what?? Posted by: Rommie at April 30, 2006 3:34 PMlook i got my psp like in febuary i also got the usb cable but i can't put any pictures or music in it i made a folder but it won't work i also tried going to some website there and i didn't get anything. can someone please help me and if u do explain 2 me in a easy way or i won't get thanks.. Posted by: priscilla at May 9, 2006 7:32 PMHi everyone, I have been pulling my hair out trying to put movies on my psp. I followed all the steps provided by severel different websites and they all were the same. I created a "MP_ROOT" folder on the root menu and a "100MNV01" folder inside that one. I used "PSP Max Media Manager" to convert the files into "MPEG-4" format and even got the "THM" file. I renamed them both. "M4V00001.MP4" and "M4V00001.THM" and unplugged the PSP from my PC and I went to the video menu and it said that there are no videos. The files are definatly on the memory stick because it is taking up space. I am using a 1GB San Disk version. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! Posted by: $a$an at May 22, 2006 6:06 PMDave: how do I put photos, songs, and movies on my psp hi, i'm running psp firmware 2.50 and i recently tried to backup my save files for my games so that i could reformat my memory stick, but when i try and copy the files back to the psp, it pops up with that "error copying files" error and then my psp disappears from my comp until i disconnect and reconnect it. HELP PLEASE! Posted by: Alex at June 10, 2006 1:23 AMHow do u down load muic to the psp i down loaded the songs from lime wire and im going to copy them to the psp using Windows media player. Posted by: James at June 15, 2006 3:22 PMhow do I get the picture to transfer to the PSP for the each music folder? I have about 100 songs and it only took about 3 of the album covers with it on the transfer. I use Windows media player 10 to transfer. I created the photo folder, dragged a couple of jpegs to the folder, but it still says unsupported file type. I double checked on properties to make sure they were jpegs, and the PSP recognizes the same number of files I dragged to the photo folder. Stumped. Posted by: kman at June 18, 2006 6:09 PMIf you want to move photos to your psp you can try Photo to PSP www.phototopsp.com). It moves and (optionally) resizes/crops photos to fit the psp screen, allowing you to store more photos on you memory stick. Its free to try and $15 to buy. i don't understand how to download the music on my psp. i have the 32mb memory card, and i am buying the 512 mb one tomorrow, because i know that 32 is not enuff to download it says. i was wondering where to go to download the songs, i have them saved on my windows media player. can i download them from there? Posted by: Chad D. at July 8, 2006 1:10 PMuh..i got the music on and for some reason it took up a lot more space than it should have, but that's not why i'm here. I tried to upload photos to my psp. it says that they're on there, but they're not, i clicked on the photo thing and did all that, but there are no photos, i just want this cool photo to go on my background, please help. Posted by: chad D. at July 9, 2006 5:04 PMi no iTunes is mp4 but when it is of a cd it is mp3 wickh goes onto a psp but i cant find out how to do it ... please help if u can Posted by: turner at July 10, 2006 7:37 PMhow do i download pictures onto my mp4 player? Posted by: james at July 22, 2006 8:25 PMplease i need help puting music on my psp i did what you said but it dident work um... if i have my music on i tunes can i still do it please e-mail me cause i cant get on this and look alot please e-mail me um....and is there a thing i got to push or some thing to start the download it to the psp or what im not good with this stuff ill need step bye step help please e-mail me at ochocone@aol.com please Posted by: dan at August 8, 2006 5:17 PMI couldn't get my music from my media player into my psp. Can you help me? Posted by: Miguel at August 30, 2006 5:15 PMhey big thanks for helping me getting started. just 1 question though. is the black ultra pro duo really better than the normal pro duo? plz email me the answer if possible Posted by: Massawar at October 25, 2006 6:27 PMi need help anyone i was reading cathey thing but i still need help i just purchused my psp and i got the usb wire in the expantion pack i tried to put music and videos on it but it says that disk is full i have a 1gb meorey card the music only plays for 30 sec do i need a new wire or do i need a new meoery card i would rely need some help rite away and plus the videos say currpeted data i would rely be happy if somone helped me i need help anyone i was reading cathey thing but i still need help i just purchused my psp and i got the usb wire in the expantion pack i tried to put music and videos on it but it says that disk is full i have a 1gb meorey card the music only plays for 30 sec do i need a new wire or do i need a new meoery card i would rely need some help rite away and plus the videos say currpeted data i would rely be happy if somone helped me Yo, Everytime I connect my psp to my computer, on my psp it says usb connection, but for some reason the computer isnt picking it up. I have windows 95 I think. But I don't think thats the reason its not working, because its saying removable disc but nuthins commin up. And it won't create a folder for my psp. Posted by: Tre at November 25, 2006 9:02 AMOk, so I have PSP Max Media Manager. I download my music from Limewire then transfer it to RealPlayer. Can you tell me how to get the music from RealPlayer or Limewire on my PSP? Posted by: Bobby at November 30, 2006 5:56 PMHEY i have a mac adn i tunes hwo would i be able to but my itunes songs on my psp i am only planing on putting on about 10 From sorry but i tryed the methid but it didn't work Posted by: bryce at December 8, 2006 10:44 PM TO: Dave Dave my psp isn't pick much signal for the internet.20% is all I ever got.I'm I doing anything wrong.PLEASE HELP!! Posted by: Edna at December 25, 2006 12:09 PMi just got my psp for christmas how do i download photos and music on my psp? Posted by: Bob at December 28, 2006 1:16 AMhow do i hook my psp on to the wall Posted by: jeffery at December 28, 2006 10:36 AMwhat format should movies that i have downloaded be in Posted by: joey at December 30, 2006 9:06 PMHow do I get the downloaded materials from my computer onto my PSP? Posted by: Ariel at January 1, 2007 1:33 PMI do this but when i check my psp the music is copywright protected and will not play the music. How do i solve this? Posted by: a la snaz at January 3, 2007 1:05 AMhey Dave when I downloaded music to my psp I don't get the music but when I look at my 918MB I notice that I had 935MB. I don't even know how to get photos on my psp. Please help me how to do it step by step. Like what should appear when I do this or when I do that. Please help!!! Posted by: Richard at January 4, 2007 10:03 PMhey dave I have the music I want on my psp but it says that it can't play it because copyright protection please help me!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: Richard at January 5, 2007 4:59 PMHow can i get music and photos from my psp since it has a internet Posted by: JMar Smith at January 5, 2007 10:42 PMhow do you get the copyright protection off. The music files wont play due to a copryright protect.. what should i do.? Posted by: Joe at January 8, 2007 1:51 PMHow do i get pictures from my computer to my psp? I have the usb cord or whatever. I have music but no pictures like off of google and stuff. I got my music on my psp but it says it is not able to be copyrighted. What do i do? Posted by: david at January 18, 2007 2:22 PMHi dave, I followed your instruction to load music and photos and it worked! except for the photos. The images are all jpeg files but it does not appear in Photo folder on my PSP as does it should in Music. How can I get it to appear? Posted by: Thiren at February 18, 2007 6:35 AMdear dave, Excuse me Dave, I need help, you see i have Window's XP and when i plug in USB cable all i get is unknown device. How do i get pictures to PSP, without unknon device stuff? Posted by: Jeremy at February 26, 2007 5:13 PMmy pictures were on. my psp when i went to download more pictures all my pictures went onto the computer and now i cant get them back on my psp:( what shoul i do? Posted by: mike davis at March 3, 2007 5:37 PMCan you use mp3 on a psp..? Posted by: ivan at March 10, 2007 12:43 PMI made the folders but they will not show the music in the music icone on the Psp its self. What do I do?? Posted by: Andrew at March 10, 2007 7:05 PMHey daveim having a problem with the network update it seems to not work ive tried over and over again i use DLINK wireless for my comp but ive tried scanning it on my psp it comes up with DLINK non wireless i trie it out it never works and ive seen a wireless one which my friend told me to use but it never works cause its 3COM and ive seen DLINK with no security and i cant use it as my acess point what do i do???? Posted by: jared at March 11, 2007 8:00 PMhey, im trying to convert games from my pc to my psp, but every time i do it it sais my files are corrupted. Any idea how to fix it? Posted by: prince at March 16, 2007 9:36 PMi use windows media player to put music on my psp. but when its done i go to look for the music on my psp but it says there arent any tracks on it. but the memory stick duo has less memory on it. Could ou email me and help me with this problem? reggie_nnz@yahoo.com Posted by: reggie at March 18, 2007 11:29 AMDave, i got my PSP a while ago and have been triing to get music on it ever since the only problem... what does it mean to format your memory stick due and how do you do it ? Posted by: sergey at March 23, 2007 1:41 PMWhat is a IP address? Posted by: kk at March 25, 2007 1:53 AMWhat if your psp says un souported data on it? Posted by: Josh at March 27, 2007 1:26 PMhow do you make ur photos into JPEG mode??? thats my only problem!!!! =[[ Posted by: SOFTBALL BABE at April 2, 2007 9:28 PMwhen i am trying to drag photos from the file to the removable disk, i says the system cannot find the file specified. i dont know what to do. please respond soon. thanks. Posted by: zach at April 3, 2007 10:17 PMi don't understand how to download the music on my psp. i have the 32mb memory card, and i am buying the 512 mb one tomorrow, because i know that 32 is not enuff to download it says. i was wondering where to go to download the songs, i have them saved on my windows media player. can i download them from there? Posted by: Danny at April 8, 2007 11:12 PMif i format the memory stick, and backup game data on computer into a temporary file, then put the game data back in the file, will the save game files still load from the game?? Posted by: nathan at April 9, 2007 11:00 PMWhen i try to load my game on my psp it says load failed data is curropted. But if i let my brother do it on his psp with his memory stick it works perfectly. If i get his game and load it with my memory stick it works. So, how can i load my game? Posted by: Rebecca at April 10, 2007 6:56 PMhey dave THIS DONT MAKE SENSE HOW DO YOU PUT PHOTOS ON THERE? Posted by: CALLUM at April 13, 2007 11:15 AMThanks i have everything i need on my psp i dont know what i would have done without u thanks Posted by: lene at April 14, 2007 2:27 PMis it possible to download music files to my psp from the wireless internet connection on my psp without using my pc? Posted by: man at April 19, 2007 9:10 PMhow do you delete a movie that isn't there. i got a psp and i dont know how to charge it and i dont know what i need for it so how i charge it and i wana put music and videos on it so plese tell me how email me at jdcostello@hotmail.com Posted by: josh at April 25, 2007 2:53 AMhow do i get pictures on my psp i have a ubs cord but then what do i do? Posted by: clayton at April 25, 2007 1:52 PMi use windows media player to put music on my psp. but when its done i go to look for the music on my psp but it says there arent any tracks on it. but the memory stick duo has less memory on it. pls help me Posted by: robyn at April 25, 2007 4:42 PMOk, to cut my last message alot shorter, I've figured out what I was doing wrong as regards the PHOTO folder on my PSP, I changed it to PICTURE and now all my photos are there.. Hooray! :D Hi, I tried to put music I downloaded from limeware onto my son's PSP. I could see it on the pc ok when I created a folder in PSP called Music and I transfered it over to that folder from my ocmoputer, but when I come out of USB mode and into music folder (memory stick) it says no tracks. I am using Windows Vista, would this have anything to do with it? Many thanks. Hey Theresa did you use block capitals for your 'Music' folder? It should be MUSIC and not Music. when i connect up the psp with the usb cable and the computer....the psp does not appear in my computer???? Posted by: Sinead at May 4, 2007 9:29 AMWell you'll need to install the device driver for the PSP to be recognised by your PC. i did it finally! all you have to do is format your memory stick,then go to my computer and drag and click its that simple Posted by: sohan at May 6, 2007 8:46 AMWhenever i try to download a game on my psp it comes up as "corroupt data" how do i fix it? Posted by: Jeff at May 6, 2007 12:50 PMThis will sound weird, Jeff, but the problem might well be your USB cord itself. Try another one and see if you get things to work better. Posted by: Dave Taylor at May 6, 2007 8:39 PMyour info is useful but no music is showing up i will click on memory stick under music and it says no tracks...could u email me step by step Posted by: Corey at May 11, 2007 6:21 PMhow would you put downloaded games on? How to put image on psp and internet Posted by: Lil P at May 15, 2007 5:28 PMi have put the power and the usb cable in at the same time but it still ont work. i have also put a certain amount of music into a folder called "music" can you help me Posted by: George at May 20, 2007 9:38 AMI can't get my photos to work i dont have a psp,but i tried on my cousins and it worked perfect ,but the problem was that he has a 32 mb and it only put half of a song so thanks!! Posted by: r063r at June 3, 2007 7:07 PMHello Dave,See I have been having this problem everytime I add mp4 files to my psp it says corrupted or unsupported data can you PLEASE tell me how to solve this? Kathy, Posted by: Kathy at June 7, 2007 9:17 AMhey.. i need a little help..i hook my psp up to my computer and it notice's it as a memory stick.. so i went to my computer and every time i click on it it says, please insert disc.. im just trying to get music on it and this is frustraring.. can anyone help.. Posted by: Adam at June 26, 2007 5:19 PMmy computer doesn't beep when i hook up my psp and i can't find it?... Posted by: Sarah at June 29, 2007 7:18 PMI have a similar problem to Theresa's, I'm using Vista and tried adding some songs onto the psp, some would immediately say corrupted file or unsupported data, and some would only play for about 30 sec... Also I tried to put some pics on and they came out distorted, I've done everything "right", formatting the disc, dropping in the right folder, etc.... Posted by: Dom at July 1, 2007 12:23 PMIve had my psp for about two years and i cant get any music on it...im just fed up with it can you help me?????... Posted by: Aaron Andrews at July 1, 2007 10:17 PMmy psp has a problem i dropped it and it wont turn n what do i do Posted by: kyle burton at July 2, 2007 5:11 PMOk, so I have my PSP sitting here plugged in w/my usb, but every time I try to copy anything, (Game saves, Pictures, Music) I get and error saying that the file doesn't exist, or that there was in I/O error. any suggestions? I can copy FROM my MS/PSP, I just copy to it. Posted by: Mike R at July 3, 2007 9:39 AMI tried to get music on my psp from limewire but after I got out of usb mode it says there are no tracks Posted by: D at July 19, 2007 10:53 PMI dont know how to get the mp3 downloaded to my pc can anyone help? Posted by: josh at July 24, 2007 7:55 AMI dont know how to download the mp3 player to my pc can anyone help me? Posted by: Josh branson at July 24, 2007 7:58 AMI cant get my pictures &stuff like that can you help, Austin Posted by: Austin at July 28, 2007 11:45 AMHELP ME! Dave, thanks, I used my usb cord to put my pics on my psp after it was safe to take out the usb cord i wanted to see my pics.The pics were not on a camera the were already stored ta the computer.And wen i took out the usb cord my psp was freakin out and it would show me my pics of course i am going ta sue the computer company. And i am gonna make them buy me a new psp. Posted by: Danielle at August 10, 2007 9:38 AMhow do i get videos or photos? i got music but do i need a special format disc to get videos/ i tried what u said, but still no photos or videos. my friend sayes i need a format disc.. do i? plz help. I can't find my PSP on my computer PLEASE HELP im real deperate to put em on! Posted by: Rory at August 25, 2007 5:28 AMhey dave, In the PSP 3.60 version the "PHOTO" folder has to be put inside the SYSTEM folder and not in the ROOT like the "MUSIC" and "VIDEO" folders. This is due to the latest version having compatability with Digital Cameras.To find the PSP on your computer first make a connection with USB cable and the computer then open "My Computer" and look under Devices with Removable Storage (E:) or (F:). Hope this helps others. Posted by: CRYPTSAVER at September 24, 2007 1:55 PMit really helped thanks Posted by: krysten at September 24, 2007 6:17 PMhiw do i get music and videos on my psp becouse when i try to do it doesnt Posted by: josh at October 21, 2007 11:15 AMDave If you've seen this before apologies but I thought I'd pass it on...... I tried to download some photos onto my nephew's new style PSP at the weekend. I followed the instructions in the PSP manual to make a folder called "PICTURE" for all the photos. When I dragged and dropped the photos the PSP could not see them. It seemed odd that the PSP screen said "PHOTO" yet the manual wanted a different name for the folder so I changed it to "PHOTO" and needless to say it worked....this is a clearly a typo and may be causing confusion. Perhaps you might want to put it in the advice above. Cheers dp Posted by: Dave at October 24, 2007 4:55 AMThanks very much, this was taking me weeks to figure out, and now its dead easy Posted by: Conor at November 1, 2007 10:53 AMThank you soooo much. I was getting so frustrated, because I just got a silver psp and of course it didn't come with the usb cable, so I got one and still couldn't figure it out. thanks for the help :D Posted by: Erica at November 1, 2007 4:07 PMEverytime i click on the removabledist thing it says PLEASE INSERT A DISK INTO DRIVE E wat do i do???????? plz help Posted by: yee boiii at November 3, 2007 9:46 PMhey sry for the re-post but my 1st one didnt work anyway im on a new psp running update 3.7 and i followed your steps but it didnt work any advice? thanks. Posted by: david at November 5, 2007 5:28 PMHi Dave Im trying to put music on my pictures and put it on a cd Im trying Windows movie maker which does the job but I cant play it on my dvd player but if I leave the music off it works can you help me please Posted by: Olive at November 7, 2007 2:25 PMI put the music on my PSP,but when I go to music on the PSP itself there isnt anything there.When I connect the PSP and play it in Windows Media it plays away but I just can't find it on the PSP. hey thanx johno ur a good man. so ive been looking at questions from other people trying to get my psp to load files... but in the E: and F: in my computer it says that theres nothing there even though my psp is pluged in to the cp by USB. it says there is a device found but it dosent show it anywhere in my computer. how do i go about finding the psp in my computer and/ or do you need the memory stick in to find it in the computer im not sure Posted by: ross at November 26, 2007 7:37 PMI have been having a problem when downloading music to the SW edition of the PSP. every time i downlod the msic, it sayd its on the Mem Stick and that the artists are there but that there are Zero Tracks. How do i fix this? Posted by: Patrick at December 2, 2007 2:06 PMWhat if it does'nt happen when i try to load pictures it does'nt gets there can you help me Posted by: asad at December 7, 2007 3:41 PMmy pc isnt beeping :( what do i do Posted by: darian at December 13, 2007 9:34 PMHI DAVE THANX FOR UR SUGGESTION THANKS U UR SOO HELPFUL... Posted by: alvin at December 22, 2007 1:55 PMI am having the same problem as someone else was having. I downloaded music from limewire and I could see it on the pc ok when I created a folder in PSP called MUSIC and I transfered it over to that folder from my computer, but when I come out of USB mode and into music folder (memory stick) it says no tracks. PLEASE HELP! Posted by: AJ at December 22, 2007 5:37 PMi need help, i connected my PSP tp the USB port, turned off the USB charge setting, and put it in Usb mode but it still does not rggnize my psp is connected to my computer. i hava a program i got with a package with Pelican that helps me organize and transport my music, photos, and videos to and from my PSP. it says at the top"No PSP/Memory Sticks are found". its the new PSP slim, black. PLZZZZZZ HELP!!!!!!!!!!, i did everyting you said and it is coming up (there ane no images) Posted by: code at December 26, 2007 3:02 PMhey dave, i just got my psp and i am having trouble putting photos and music on it. i go excactly what the instuctions and yourself say to so do i create the fp;der that says either music or picture put the file on but it comes up "there are no images/tracks" please help asap Posted by: Coollll Dude at December 26, 2007 7:37 PMhi dave this is jen. i just got my psp and i don't know how to create a folder for my music. i tried to drag a drop but when i try to open up the music from my memory stick, it states "there are no tracks" please help. thanks Posted by: Jen at December 26, 2007 8:02 PMi can not open my psp after i i connect it and plug it in how do u open it. Posted by: Brielle at December 27, 2007 1:24 PMplease help me i must have tried everything im tryig to get a wallpaer on my psp i got a picture and drag and dropped it onto the psp file and when i check it on the regular psp its not on there Posted by: joey dupuis at December 27, 2007 5:55 PMif you've tried dragging the song onto your psp and that didn't work, try copying, it worked for me (: Posted by: haley at December 28, 2007 11:43 PMhow do i get images off my computer and put them on mi psp Posted by: pie at December 31, 2007 9:13 PMI need help getting movies to play on the PSP. I put the video files on the memory stick as .mp4 and it seems no matter what I do I cant get them to play. The PSP keeps saying that it has no video files when I know for sure they are there. I have firmeware 3.80 if that makes any difference. I have tried many ways that people have talked about on many websites and nothing has worked. Posted by: Jay at January 2, 2008 9:10 AMI followed your instructions on how to put pics on the psp and it did not work. There was a file I created called "PHOTO". The pics are all JPEG. that stufe didnt help you got to put a usb card in the computer then go to my computer under start and then it going to say somthing that end whith j and then its goin to say music psp video and photo and go to music and then u gone see stuf and if u have limewire slide it from there to the empty place Posted by: alonzo harris at January 10, 2008 6:07 PMGuys, just want to thank you all for your help. eescobar Posted by: eescobar at January 12, 2008 11:12 AMthank u so much guy this should be on all psp sites Posted by: billyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy at January 12, 2008 1:49 PMumm how do i put musci on my psp ,,wwhen i downlaod them its says no tracks on my psp wtf Posted by: kyler at January 21, 2008 9:08 PMit worked thanx Posted by: bill at January 30, 2008 8:05 PMnow come on... putin pics,music,videos on psp aint hard at all! lol Posted by: Julio at February 1, 2008 10:58 AMwhat website can u get the music Posted by: brian at February 4, 2008 6:21 PMhow do i get a wall paper on my psp im trying to get a naruto one but I DONT KNOW HOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: amos buyno at March 2, 2008 11:13 AMi have a psp and i have no clue how to downloud any thind onto it i tried to follow ur intructions and my computer shut dowm i need help hey dave how come everytime i copy a picture on to my pictures file on my psp it says corrupted file? Posted by: jhovani at March 10, 2008 7:56 PMnone of your stuff answered any of me effin questions it still wont put pictures on my psp and ive been doin this for 3 1/2 hours now Posted by: charles stephenson at March 24, 2008 11:59 AMmy PC just says that it has recognized an uknown device when i connect the PSP with my USB. does anybody know why and how to fix this problem? Posted by: jhfgfgf at April 2, 2008 6:45 AMThanks for the post, but I still can not download pictures or music onto my PSP. I followed the directions and even downloaded a PSP video converter but nothing is showing up when I go to access the files on my PSP. Posted by: Stephanie at April 2, 2008 11:29 AMi sent photos to my psp and i don't know were to find them please help me????? Posted by: wataquan at April 6, 2008 7:08 AMhi can you help please i have a ps3 but when i put a pen drive or my mp3 into the usb port it recognises it but it says there is no files on it when i know there is what am i doing wrong hope you can help Posted by: roy at April 7, 2008 12:29 AMhow do i put put music on my ipod my email is boysatwendy@hotmail.com Posted by: daniel at April 8, 2008 1:56 PMomg!!! i am sooo stressed out!! i dont have a clue! even though you told me what to do i still havent a clue............sorry, i am hopeless at this stuff. i know about having to plug in the usb cable n'everything but when i go into files than psp my pictures and music are everywhere and i dont know how to sync the stuff afterwards!!!please send me an email telling me how to do it!.....i have been at the computer for 3 hours now trying to figure it out.....thanks! rubixcube Posted by: rubixcube at April 14, 2008 7:56 AMit easy i dont know why you are finding it too hard i have got alot of songs on my psp Posted by: sam at April 14, 2008 9:26 AMyeah but i dont have a clue! i went on youtube aswell to see if they any video to show how to download photos... but i still dont know what to do. when i copy it on to the psp i think that it had worked and i eject it useing the computer not by hand and still nothing comes up.........when i press the triangle button on photo on my psp it says something like receive, but when i press that it does nothing and it just says 'connecting please wait'....and when i wait it goes on for hours and hours and hours........i think that i will just give up all together. but if you know what i should do than could you please email me? well it doesnt work fr me. u know when u put the usb cable in the pc and the opsp and click on usb connection well i did dat and i clicked on view my files then i went to psp and ther wasnt a file dat said photo so i made one and i still cant put pictures on my psp Posted by: nikola at April 28, 2008 7:46 PMHi fellas. How the hell do i copy music onto my PSP. When i do copy music from windows media player and safly remove it and check memory stick it says there is nothing there!!!Help,what the hell do i do Posted by: roger at May 18, 2008 8:56 PMI Just Got A PSP! Hi there, I'm trying to put photos + music on my little brother's PSP... if I format the memory stick will he lose all of his saved games??? Posted by: Jess at June 8, 2008 8:09 PMhey dave how do u get songs and other stuff like pictures on ur sony psp. Posted by: garret at June 16, 2008 5:05 PMI deleted the program to open pictures and videos on my psp! How do i fix? Posted by: luis at July 1, 2008 8:37 PMyou suck it deleted all of my stuff Posted by: bill at July 7, 2008 7:27 PMwhen ever i download a game and try to put it on my psp it always show corrupted data what am i doing wrong plzz help meh Posted by: sunny at July 13, 2008 4:23 PMhow do u get on da internet on da psp? Posted by: Aaron frames at July 23, 2008 8:35 PMhello dave ,i dont no how to get music onto my psp and i drag my music and it dont do nothing.i opend my computer and it dont mension music or anything.i clicked on psp and it come up as common files,saved data and system and i dont no what to do.i clicked on each file and nothing about music or photos.im confused .please help!! thanks Posted by: becky at July 27, 2008 10:53 AMi can put pics on but not music plz help me Posted by: ryan cairns at August 2, 2008 7:14 AMi any hope puting music on a psp Posted by: beatriz at August 5, 2008 4:50 PMi uploaded music from my iTunes onto my psp and it plays just fine.. in fact it even uploads the album artwork for me and everything. im just having problems with photos. i drag the pictures into the psp folder and it shows the pictures in the "pictures" category on my psp when i have it plugged in the computer to explore the files, but once i unplug the psp and turn it on, the pictures aren't there.. Posted by: josh at August 14, 2008 10:35 PMur advice that u gave me really works thxs Posted by: chris at August 26, 2008 3:13 PMthank u Posted by: william at September 1, 2008 11:11 AMi created the photos and droped them in but it wont work!!! Posted by: DUDE200 at September 13, 2008 8:43 AMi made the photo folder and put the right type of photos but i doesn't work Posted by: andrew at September 13, 2008 3:16 PMsoo i had the music thing down for awhile and i found this while trying to learn how to view pictures on my PSP i have pictures on there but i cant view em... so i made a folder called "PHOTO" and put the images in there... and to no avail still detect 0 images, and yes they are in JPEG i made my own images via Adobe to make 100% sure... Posted by: Chris at October 13, 2008 5:35 PMhow can i get the songs and photo on my psp plz help me guyz!!!!!! Posted by: cutie pie at October 24, 2008 7:44 PMdave, i used windows media player to down load songs .it toook away most of my memory .when i go to music on my psp it says there are no tracks.help me! Posted by: bob at November 14, 2008 5:23 AMthe psp is good How do i put music and pictures on to my psp? I've plugged my usb in to the computer and my PSP but my PSP says "connect a USB cable". What do i do.? x . Posted by: Marie at December 16, 2008 10:03 AMi followed the photo steps... and there are no photos on my psp yet... what happened man? Posted by: can't say at December 16, 2008 11:37 PMdon't worry, i got it, u can delete my posts, thx man Posted by: can't tell at December 16, 2008 11:40 PMi made a PHOTO folder and put 10 pictures in it but still my psp says get them from a ps3 or psp.
how do i put iternet on my psp! Posted by: yazmin at December 25, 2008 10:01 AMHow do you put music on your psp if it doent beep. Posted by: Adam at December 26, 2008 12:05 AMbut when i do this it tells me it has the album of the artist on my psp, and i am sure i added tracks, but it says i have zero tracks. if you have an answer for this email me at- zackmac45@yahoo.com Thanx! Posted by: zack at December 28, 2008 9:15 AMi dont get it Posted by: moe at December 28, 2008 5:00 PMi use the windows media player and when i download teh mu8sic from tehre to my psp it says its on my psp but there are no tracks Posted by: adam at December 28, 2008 5:57 PMthere are no tracks but it shows the artist on my psp so i really just downloaded the artists name but it wont let me download the songs I've been able to put music on my psp but I'm having trouble with puting photos on my psp. I've draged jpegs into the psp/photo file and see that memory has been used. However, when I go to check photo's on the psp it says there are no images. It shows the photos in the psp/photo file and I've been succesfull in adding music so what's the problem? I've read through most of the q/a and I'm still lost. Very frustrating please help... Posted by: Mike at December 29, 2008 7:22 PMI can't get music on my psp. When I try to get it on there it only shows the band names and says there are no tracks. How do I get the tracks on there? Posted by: Sean at December 29, 2008 7:34 PMwell my pictures are jpeg format but on my psp it says no digital photos are found help? Posted by: ashley at January 3, 2009 4:18 PMi tryed all that stuff 2 get photos on my PSP but it didnt work, y? Posted by: sean at January 4, 2009 11:25 PMhow do i download music to my PSP Posted by: nc at January 6, 2009 3:56 PMthanx alot Posted by: doyahn risby at January 14, 2009 2:54 PMit still says i have no tracks help! Posted by: harvey at January 22, 2009 11:35 AMi am trying to put music on my sony slim psp and its not working. how do you put music on a slim psp? Posted by: Imani at January 23, 2009 5:26 PMi did all you said put it did not do any thing but the same thing, nothing. Posted by: Imani at January 23, 2009 5:30 PMi did everything you told me but it did not work Posted by: bgbsininlg at February 11, 2009 1:58 PMhow do you upload songs from an apple mac? Posted by: anthony chen at February 14, 2009 12:59 PMI tried but the pictures wont show up. they will play on my computer but my psp says there are no pictures. Posted by: Cactus at February 22, 2009 8:20 AMi ant good at this computer stuff my one problem is i cant figger out how to creat a file so i can put pic off my pc and onto my psp it said to go to my computer and creat a file but i cant find aprogram called my computer if you have answer to this questions e-mail me at lucasclanton@rocketmail.com Posted by: lucas clanton at February 23, 2009 10:24 PMyou stink HI Dave this is darlin I don't know how to put pictures on my psp and put it as a wallpaper. Posted by: Darlin at March 22, 2009 7:21 PMyou website tells me nothing im never ever coming to this website Posted by: jazmine at March 28, 2009 3:23 PMi loaded a game on my 2GB memory card from my PC,but i can not acess it on my psp. Posted by: ola at April 16, 2009 3:41 AMOk use tubezilla Posted by: matty at April 24, 2009 7:36 AMMy PSP is version 4.01 I copied my music files into the MUSIC folder in my PSP folder but when i go to view them it says There are no tracks. You can import content from a PS3tm system or a PC. For details refer to instructions for the PSPtm system. Posted by: some guy at May 1, 2009 12:54 AMi need help putting music and picture on my psp can you help me Posted by: lontae at May 8, 2009 5:22 PMhow do you take music off im trying to free up space so i want to delete some music how do you do it? Posted by: chris at May 9, 2009 9:51 PMwhat do i do when i connect my psp to the computer and when i am passing the music files to my psp it disconnects and then on my psp it says please wait and then when i access my music and play it it sayes on my psp corupt data Posted by: miguel at May 18, 2009 7:32 PMhow do i put games on my psp Posted by: jesus013190 at May 19, 2009 9:11 AMwhen i go to USB Connection and click on it, my PC beeps but the "removable disk" doesn't show up. Can U Help me?? Posted by: Gucci at May 30, 2009 11:29 PMIM STILL CONFUSED Posted by: Cynthia at June 8, 2009 6:33 AMi did the picture thing it worked thanks a mil Posted by: simon at June 26, 2009 9:11 AMi put the mp3 music files on my psp but when i go to listen to it the system says Queen 0 tracks how do i get to listen to the music Posted by: bob at July 9, 2009 7:59 AMi tried your method to load pic on the mac. all the folders and screens on the computer look like its downloaded but nothing transfered to the psp? why? Posted by: frankie at October 29, 2009 8:53 PMI have a lot to say, but ...
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