How many songs can I put on my Sony PSP?Dave, I just wanted to know how many songs does a PSP 2G memory card hold? I want to buy a good one that holds a lot of music so I can listen to whatever I want on my Sony PSP when I'm out of the house. This is a common question here, though the exact form of it varies. Sometimes I see "how many CDs can I put on my Sony PSP" and sometimes it's even "how many photos can my PSP hold?" The first, and most obvious answer, is that it depends on the size of the Memory Stick Duo device you buy. The PSP ships with a ridiculously small 32MB memory device that is barely enough for game saves, but certainly doesn't let you play with much music, photos or any downloaded video at all. I have two 2GB Memory Sticks for my PSP, actually, and I can tell you that if I don't use it for anything other than game saves, I can download and store three feature-length movies using the method detailed in the article Copy DVDs onto your Sony PSP. Each is about 600MB. Further, it's important to know that the listed capacity is never really the actual capacity, because the formatting of the device eats up about 8-12% of the space. So a 512MB Memory Stick for the PSP is really going to give you about 480MB of space, and so on. Nothing you can do about it, it's the same reason that your 20GB disk on your computer only actually has 19.2GB or similar. Just the way it is. Now, let's talk about music. Just as a relatively random choice, I'll pull up the set of songs from Kate Bush's terrific album Aerial. I ripped the song with good, but not the very best possible audio encoding (since I have the master CD on my shelf anyway) and here's what I have as a result:
Add it all up and this is one CD, approximately 40 minutes of music, with a total combined file size of just over 51MB. Now do the math. If you have a 2GB Memory Stick and you're actually going to only get 1.8GB of useable space, you therefore have 1843MB of space. Divide by 50MB and that means I could put 36 copies of this particular CD on the device. Of course, if I wanted to leave just a wee bit of space for game saves, maybe 35 would be a better number. Now, imagine you have just bought a 512MB memory stick with visions of having it compete with your pal's shiny new Apple iPod nano. Ah, well, 512MB can only hold 10 CDs, so it'll be iPod: 1, PSP: 0 in that particular case. Hope all of this explanation helps you figure out how much space you will have on your new 2GB memory stick for your Sony PSP!
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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. dave, i cant get music on my psp becuase i cant get the folder when you first put your usb cable in, (it just says new hardware found and i cant click on it becuase it wont let me). Posted by: phil at May 21, 2006 12:49 PMI have a 1GB memory stick for my PSP and have so far copied a lot of music to it. I currently have around 120 songs on it total and with this amount the PSP has a problem with the traditional number system after 99. How can I fix it so that song #102 and others like it don't show up at #11 on my list, in other words, how do I get them to go to their respective slots in the playlist? Posted by: Chance at September 2, 2006 8:18 AMDave, i recently bought a psp which i'am starting to regret because trying to save music and videos to my 1 gb memory stick duo is a major hassel. i have one question what is a access point and where could i get one? Posted by: Christopher Cid at September 8, 2006 12:35 PMdo you think the new psp bundle{psp,atv off road fury blazin,a movie, 1gb meORY CARD}? hey dave jack here i was wondering how many songs/movies/hours of videos a 1gb memory stick duo can hold? Posted by: Jack Foltowski at November 20, 2006 8:05 PMWell, 512MB holds 10 CDs, so 1GB will hold about 20 CDs, plus or minus a few, and in terms of video, well, the average two hour DVD converted to an attractive PSP format is about 400-450MB. Some of 'em come in longer: Mission Impossible III was over 500MB when I converted it. Hope that's helpful Tip: Want to know how to convert DVDs into stunning PSP video that you can download onto your unit without having to buy a crazy UMD disk? Check this out: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_can_i_copy_dvd_movies_to_my_sony_psp.html Posted by: Dave Taylor at November 20, 2006 8:30 PMi have a 1gb memory stick and i put 1 cd with 18 songs onto it and it took up half of my memory. why is this? Posted by: Josh at January 1, 2007 1:29 PMI just bought a new PSP, due to my other one breaking, and i was just wondering if they will come out with a bigger memory stick other than just 8GB. Also will they make a San Disk one thats cheap because i was price comparing and Sony is doubling the price of San Disk. Posted by: jake at April 9, 2007 7:17 PMdo you have to have wipout to put internet on your psp Posted by: austin at July 18, 2007 9:20 AMHOW COME I ONLY CAN PUT 2 SONGS ON MY PSP I ONLY HAVE 2496 KB? HOW MANY SONGS CAN I PUT WITH 2496 KB? Well, when i transfer music to my psp i cant see all the music that i just put on. It will only hold a certin amount not the amount that i just transferd. I have a 4gb in the psp so i dont see why it wont hold a lot of music. what am i doing wrong? Posted by: sheakllr at February 4, 2008 11:14 AMdear sir ! i need the following information how many photoes can we put in 1GB MEMORY? ;HOW MANY SONGS CAN WE RECORD IN 1GB? ; how many pictures can we download in 1GB memory ? Posted by: narasimha at February 14, 2008 7:46 AMWhat happens if my memory card is only 32 mb but for my music,games,and pictures it says that the Free Space Is 1680 but how come i can't put anything else on it ? Posted by: Christina at May 18, 2008 7:24 AMI have a lot to say, but ...
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