I can't get music to play on my Sony PSP?

Ok I am about ready to throw my Sony PSP out the window. i have done everything your directions have said and i cannot get music to play on it. i know it stores it to my memory card because it uses up the memory. i made the music folder and dragged the mp3 files into it but it refuses to play on my PSP. i do not know what else to do. please help me..

Dave's Answer:

This is a distressingly common question here at Ask Dave Taylor so I thought it would be useful to detail exactly how to get music onto your PSP and play it.

Step One: Make MP3 Format Audio Files!

First off, you need to have music in MP3 format (the PSP supports other music formats, but the majority of reports I get are that they either don't work or are quite difficult to set up). If you are ripping your own personal music CDs, you might well find that your music library is in a different audio format (Apple prefers AAC and Windows Media Player prefers WMA format, for example).

Here's how to tweak each of these programs to save your future rips in MP3 format:

• MP3 audio CD rips from Apple iTunes
• MP3 audio CD rips from Windows Media Player

If you find yourself with music files that are in the wrong format, then you need to use a format translator. Two applications that look like they'd do a good job in this department are Switch (for Windows) and Music Man (for Mac OS X). In fact, you can read a tutorial about Switch here: How to convert WMA audio files into MP3 audio files.

Once you have the files in the correct format, check that they work properly by double-clicking on one of them. Your preferred audio player should launch and, hopefully, you should hear music out of your computer speakers.

Step two: Connect!

Hook up your Sony PSP to your computer via a USB cable. Turn on the PSP and put it in "USB CONNECT" mode (it should display the words "USB CONNECT" on the PSP display during the entire time you're transferring files, and plug it in if you don't have a fully charged battery).

If your computer complains that you are connecting a high-speed USB device on a low-speed USB port, try unplugging it (which is to say, take your PSP out of "USB CONNECT" mode, then unplug the cable from the PSP) and plugging it into a different USB port. Somewhere on your computer you have a higher-speed port, which you should certainly use if you can. If not, or if you can't figure out which port is USB 2.0, then you should be able to safely ignore the warning message and proceed anyway. Once you rehook up your PSP, do make sure you remember to put it back into "USB CONNECT" mode).

Your PC or Mac should just magically show a new removable hard disk on the desktop (or, if needed, go to My Computer to find it). On a Mac it'll probably show up as a device called "Removable Drive", but on a PC it can show up as drive E:, F:, G: or whatever else is the next available drive name on your computer. If it doesn't show up and you're running Windows XP, then you might need to search for the proper driver, which is hopefully an option. If you're running an earlier version of Windows, you're kinda on your own because earlier versions don't support pluggable hard drives. There's an untested Windows98 driver you can download from Interia.pl, but I haven't heard from anyone whether it actually works or not.

Once your PSP shows up on your computer, you should be able to navigate the different directories to find a folder called MUSIC. That's where you want to drag and drop your MP3 files, so do so now, realizing that each music file typically takes up 2-3MB of space, so the default 32MB Memory Stick Duo that came with the Sony PSP is only going to be able to hold about one CD of music before it's full, and that's assuming you don't have any game saves on it. Instead, you might consider buying a bigger Memory Stick: I have a 512MB one that gives me plenty of space and it didn't cost much (Amazon.com, for example, sells this funky green 512MB PSP-compatible Memory Stick for less than $40, with free shipping).

(If you don't have a "MUSIC" folder on your PSP then you might need to have the PSP unit itself reformat the memory stick (rather than your PC) so that all of the folders are setup properly. You can learn how to do this here: reformat your Sony PSP memory stick)

Step Three: Listen!

Once you've copied your music files onto your Sony PSP device, you should be done. Take the PSP out of "USB CONNECT" mode, then unplug the cables, hook up headphones so you can hear the PSP audio, and then go to the MUSIC area on the PSP.

One of the items listed in "MUSIC" is something called Memory Stick. Your songs are in that folder. To get to them, move the highlight bar to "Memory Stick" and press the "X" button:

You can see the "X button on this photo: it's the lowest of the four buttons on the right side control area.

You should then move into the Memory Stick music area and see all of your MP3 files. Click on one to play it!

Hopefully these detailed instructions will help you avoid tossing your PSP out the window. If not, well, let me know when you'll be tossing it and maybe I can catch it and use it as another test device. :-)

Updated to explain what to do if you don't have a "MUSIC" folder, based on comments added to this article.

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Reader Comments To Date: 206

Ronnie said, on January 7, 2006 9:29 AM:

Hey i have done everything you have said reguarding the psp and putting music on it. But i ran into another problem i dont have the file named (Music) or anything like movie or a file like it.. All i have got is a couple of file under saved data and a couple under browser.. thats it!! so i was wondering if i need to add a new file or i need to put the music somewhere else??? So please let me know what i shoud do.. PS i have windows xp-pro

Dave Taylor said, on January 8, 2006 9:32 AM:

What you need to do is to have the PSP format your Memory Stick, Ronnie. Be aware that doing so will delete all game saves, photos, music, etc that's on the stick (though I expect you don't have any), but then you'll have all the folders you need to work with it later. Click on "home", then left arrow to the system configuration options, and under "System Settings" one of the options is "Format Memory Stick". That'll do it!

josslon said, on January 11, 2006 5:11 PM:

yo is there a way to put music on to your PSP with out a MP3 player. If there is plese tell me because i tryed. the computer will say that it transfered my music but when I check nothing is there. So plese answer.

riy-guy said, on January 15, 2006 5:02 PM:

Hey i have done all that you have said.I have draged the my favorite music into the psp music folder on my PC. And I finished it all, but when i go back on my psp on the music file it just shows the little box where the picture of the album is suposed to be, and underneath it says 0 traks. So i did everything you said but it still doesnt work. please help!

Ms.Jay said, on January 20, 2006 7:22 PM:

OMGOODNESS! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!! U r a Savior LoL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU helped me out to the maximum!!!!!! I appreciate it!

riy-guy said, on January 22, 2006 1:02 PM:

forget everything i said. Switch doesnt let me convert the music. It keeps saying file cannot be converted plz help me!!!

riy-guy said, on January 22, 2006 2:49 PM:

nevermind i figured it out

Lina C. said, on January 23, 2006 8:17 PM:

how do you get music onto the MUSIC file(which is under the PSP file)

AR said, on February 7, 2006 2:30 AM:

if you download the new verson 2.6 then you can go to system setting then go to enable WMA playback then you should be able to play WMA files on your PSP.

dILLON said, on February 11, 2006 6:03 PM:

hOW DO YOU PUT THE SONGS INTO MP3 FORMANT

Mike said, on February 12, 2006 5:30 AM:

Hi. I have formatted my memory stick, logged onto my PSP in the USB section. I can transfer songs to my PSP but when I go to play them, my PSP say file is corrupt!! Any suggestion? You're a life saver!!!

JKluger12 said, on March 4, 2006 11:12 PM:

There's a problem..absoutely nothing you said helps me.

pjpike said, on March 5, 2006 10:52 AM:

i have no USB cable yet and i tried putting some songs directly to the memory stick using a card reader, and it wont display songs avalable but it uses up space. oh and the mp4 file too. thanks in advance for the help!

Dave Taylor said, on March 6, 2006 12:10 AM:

Hi all. To convert music into MP3 format, please see:

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_convert_mp3.html

You can't use MP4 audio files on a PSP either, so you might need to convert them to MP3 format.

JKluger: if you don't give us any additional details, it's basically impossible to try and help you any further... :-)

Luis said, on March 7, 2006 10:27 PM:

i did evey think you told me and when i get out of USB connection i go to music and memory stick and when i click it,it says that there is no tracks please send me an answer quick

Lina C. said, on March 11, 2006 9:54 AM:

How do you put songs under music? i tried and it created a new folder. i have tried just about everything! Please help me!!! ;)

Marky755 said, on March 12, 2006 8:40 AM:

Hi I understand what everyone is saying and I put music on my PSP because it takes up space but when i look into music it sata there aren't any tracks. Please help if you have an answer send to marky755@msn.com

Guillermo O. said, on March 18, 2006 9:43 AM:

Dave, I just want to express my thanks.
And to everyone who loads the music onto the memory stick and then can't see it in the PSP, please READ the posts before yours. All the answers are there. You have to format the memory stick, so that the PSP sets up the directories. You can not set them up on your own. (Well, you can, but seeing as you already have problems, you more than likely won't do it right.)

me me said, on March 23, 2006 8:42 PM:

i tried everything, but won't play music. got to dump this junk on ebay and buy ipod. thanks a lot.

Dave Taylor said, on March 23, 2006 11:26 PM:

Well, me me, there are oodles of people who *have* gotten this to work, so perhaps you can tell us a bit more detail about how you've proceeded with the steps I outline in this article and where things failed to work for you?

Lee said, on April 4, 2006 5:30 AM:

Hey Dave!
Thanks for all the info available. On my PSP I was wondering if I can play music I have loaded onto my memory stick while I am playing a game. Some of the songs with the games are pretty bad.
Thanks!

Dave Taylor said, on April 4, 2006 7:39 AM:

Unfortunately, Lee, you cannot do that. The PSP can only do one thing at a time...

mark said, on April 4, 2006 2:44 PM:

i need to know how to get music on my psp even though i was a 32mb memory card for my psp

cinderella said, on April 7, 2006 4:01 PM:

omg thnku sooooo much lol i have spent ages trying to put music onto my brothers psp and i finally came accross this website which was a savior lol! thnku soo much!

timmy said, on April 21, 2006 10:27 AM:

I have done everything you said to do about putting music onto my psp, and I know it's on there because the free space on the memory stick goes down when I download, but when I go onto music and memory stick, it says 'there are no tracks'. What should I do?

Nick said, on May 2, 2006 8:20 PM:

I really need help. When I try to place music into my "MUSIC" folder in the "PSP" folder i get an error message that says: "Cannot copy file, specify name and path" or something like that. What does it mean?

Julian said, on May 9, 2006 8:34 PM:

Actually, Lee, you can. I'm a bit iffy on the details, but there is a program you can download that lets you listen to your own custom soundtrack in GTA: Liberty City Stories. There may be other games it works with, but I'm not so sure. LCS is an amazing game, and having your own songs as a sountrack would be an amazing help, since, well, the songs suck in the actual game. Look it up on Google, you may find something.

Braxton said, on May 13, 2006 11:51 PM:

I dont understand the usb connection download system you put up.

Corey said, on May 28, 2006 10:49 AM:

does anyone know if you can create folders under the music folder? because I put a couple of cd's worth of MP3's on my 1GB stick, and now they are now even organized to artist? ie x:\PSP|MUSIC\REM would that work????

Kenny said, on May 30, 2006 9:56 PM:

Out of the box the PSP 32mb stick isn't formated. You are "dead on" with formating the memory stick! I found just what I needed here to make this thing work!

Dave Pears said, on June 1, 2006 2:41 PM:

I've read the comments here and i'm still about ready to chuck this one day old PSP out of the office window.

So far:

- I've connected the USB cable fine.
- I've got a new e: drive
- I've saved two jpeg images in that e:drive under a folder i've called 'Photos'
- On the PSP display, under Photo/Memory stick I can see the amount of memory has gone down - so they're on there.
- however i'm told there are "0 images"

WTF?

Please someone save my sanity. I'm around all day on.

dave.pears@endemoluk.com

and evenings

dave@wingmanagement.co.uk

HELP!

erik said, on June 3, 2006 10:52 PM:

i downloaded a song and when i went to my music and clicked memory stick it said there are no tracks please help me out.

David said, on June 15, 2006 1:04 PM:

ok ok this is very simple you guys are making this like rocket sience or something. ok this is what "I" did to get music on my sony psp. i have "Lime wire" i don't know if any of you guys have it but its a great music sharing place. all the music is free. if you want it go to www.limewire.com and "download" and "get Basic", now install it. ok plug your psp in your PC through a USB cable. and on your psp go to "Settings" and click on "USB connection" your PC should pop up with the action you wanna do. click on the folder file. now, creat a file called "PSP". ok now go in that file, inside that file creat a file called "MUSIC" now go inside that file. ok i hope u have lime wire open and ready to go. download a song and when it's complete drag and drop it into the music file and there you go, you have music on your psp

Steve said, on June 15, 2006 11:42 PM:

I also have the same problem as Nick, I did everything basic

i am in usb mode
mem stick is formatted

Sometimes if i'm lucky i can get the stick to be recognized as a removeable drive, but when i transfer a file ( a picture file to PSP\PHOTO)
it either stops halfway thru, which gives me a corrupted file on PSP, or it says Path or Filename Does not exist. please give me some advanced help

sean said, on June 20, 2006 12:37 PM:

i have got my music on the psp---music file but i dont no wer to download the stuff plz help me!!!

derik said, on June 21, 2006 8:18 PM:

Hey i have done all that you have said.I have draged the my favorite music into the psp music folder on my PC. And I finished it all, but when i go back on my psp on the music file it just shows the little box where the picture of the album is suposed to be, and underneath it says 0 traks. So i did everything you said but it still doesnt work. please help!

Charlie said, on July 2, 2006 1:00 AM:

Hey Dave ty for the info. I figured out after u format the memory card u can get shared music and move it to the music section of the PSP. It worked and I made all of my files MP3s. Thank you tons dave!

sidd said, on July 7, 2006 11:19 PM:

dear dave youve helped me a lot with my psp just by looking on your web page but i have a question that i need to ask you, it says when i fifa world cup psp game in my psp i need to update my psp and i dont know how, when i bought mu psp the instruction manuel was in japenese so can you please tell me how i update my psp and what do i need to update it.

Falynn said, on July 11, 2006 9:01 AM:

i really dont have a comment because i have a question. can u download any songs on ur psp without it costing or without a usb plug?

Jeff said, on July 17, 2006 10:29 PM:

I can connect my PSP to my PC but I can not create a file "PSP". Unable to create the folder 'New Folder'is the error message. 0 bytes are listed for the capacity. Can you help? Thanks.

George said, on July 26, 2006 10:05 PM:

I read your instructions several times even got my wife to try the instructions...same results.

I dragged and dropped my .MP3 files into the Music folder, unplugged the cables and plugged in my headphones.

I went to the music area and pressed the X button. The PSP reads "The music cannot be played. There are no tracks available."

Of course there is nothing on the Sony troubleshooting site?

I am ready to personally fly to Sony and throw this PSP at them!

What do I do?

Is it broken? Do I return it to the store?

George said, on July 26, 2006 10:20 PM:

You are missing the following instructions

"create the Music directory under the PSP folder!

Ron said, on July 30, 2006 1:45 PM:

I had problems before and basically gave up, but then on a whim i tried to connect my psp to my comp to get some music and pics, and it worked. it was so frustrating before and then it worked. then two minites later i wanted to add another song, i plug my usb in, 'does not recognize usb device.' what the hell?

rayzor said, on August 7, 2006 6:28 PM:

i have down loaded songs on my psp but it only shows 1 song how do i find and play the others it shows my memory getting smaller so i know the songs are going somewhere

Andy said, on August 22, 2006 6:21 AM:

I have exactly the same problem as Nick and Steve. I have managed to copy music files before but now i keep on getting the message "Path or Filename Does not exist" I am copying the files to the right folder and i have formatted my memory stick many times to make sure i have all the right files. What is strange is that i have managed to copy files before and now i can't. PLEASE HELP DAVE!!!

Ty said, on September 12, 2006 10:33 PM:

Dear Dave,
I have but one simple question how do i get songs in the music folder!

navpreet said, on September 16, 2006 8:10 AM:

how do i put music on my psp i tred everything

key said, on September 16, 2006 5:13 PM:

I have trouble with the music and transfering stuff into my psp documents. Everytime to drag something into my music folder it load about half way and died. Which when I played the music on the psp it keep on giving my corrupted data. Help me fix this corrupted data.

TX

michael said, on October 1, 2006 2:51 PM:

OK DAVE SORRY BUT I NEED TO GET YOUR ATTENTION WITH CAPS!!! OK THIS IS WHAT I DID:1 ITUNES,2CHANGED TO AAC,3 MY CPMPUTER, 4 MY PSP HARD DRIVE, 5 PSP, 6 MUSIC,7 AND I DRAGGED MY SONGS TO MUSIC,8 I PRESS O , 9 I LOOKED AT MY MUSIC ON PSP AND IT SAYS NO TRACKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HELP ME PLEASE DAVE

Amber said, on October 2, 2006 6:53 PM:

i said all u said to do and it just says there r no tracks avalible?....wat do i do??

Michael said, on October 9, 2006 4:37 AM:

G'day Dave. I bought a PSP 2 days ago, and everytime I slide music, video, or picture files onto the formatted removable drive (into the correct folder), the file either becomes corrupt on the PSP, or an error message comes up and file paths. Please help. :-)

Michael said, on October 9, 2006 4:53 AM:

From my comment above, the error message the appears when sliding files across (that appears most of the time, if this message doesn't appear, the file becomes corrupted on my PSP). The error message is as follows:

"Cannot copy *insert file name here*. Cannot find the specified file.

Make sure you specify the correct path and file name."

I'm stumped!

Anonymous said, on October 22, 2006 11:33 AM:

I'm trying to download music onto my psp, but my computer doesn't recognize the USB cable. I have the right cable, my PSP is in USB mode, but it doesn't say removeable disk or anything. I got Get Connected USB cable that set-up MAX Media Manager on my computer. The manual with it said windows 98/98SE said that the USB cable will not be recognized so it told me to download a program to make it get recognized, but it didn't work. I am ver frustrated what do I do?

Brian said, on October 23, 2006 3:45 PM:

You are the best. I have been thru 2 computers(1 that was ancient) and now this one. Countless useless help searches and finally you were the one place that helped. I just downloaded my first song to my 9 year olds PSP. I will never search for help again anywhere but your site.

maggie said, on October 25, 2006 7:36 PM:

Hey, I was having trouble downloading music to my psp, then I figured it out that I hate windows media, so I used music match and I got all the music that I wanted, then I couldnt figure out why
I couldnt listen to the music while I played a game, then I went to www.psp.com and that was crap, and I came here and that saved allot of time, I would have spent allot of hours trying to figure out that PSP you can only do one thing at a time. Thank you so much, I wish I would have known about this site before I was troubleshooting how to transfer files
Thanks again

Drew said, on November 4, 2006 5:31 PM:

Mr. Dave, you say the psp can only do one thing at a time...(playing whilst listening to music etc etc...) then, why good sir, do two of my games ask me if i would like to search my psp for music files to add to the in-game playlist? If i have misunderstood something i am sincerely sorry for the waste of time. i have music on my psp to listen to but how can i integrate it into the game when prompted? I have tried folder after folder, but to no avail. so Mr. Guru, who is admittedly better at this than i am, what do i do?

Dave Taylor said, on November 4, 2006 7:50 PM:

What games are you talking about, Drew? I don't have any that do what you're asking, so there's no way for me to test things out, unfortunately. :-\

Setara said, on November 10, 2006 2:22 PM:

When I put certain mp3 files into the music folder on my psp it comes up as "corrupted data" on my psp. WHYYYYYYYYYY MEEEE?

Sameer said, on November 12, 2006 5:20 PM:

DAVVVVE! I need yor help! Will you please answer me? Is having a windows XP home edition the only way to connect your PSP to your PC, I have windows
ME, can I connect my PSP if I have Windows ME? PLease answer me dave I need a lot of help! I searched this whole site!!!! I even plugged in the USB cable and fallowed all your directions! I am in danger,Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Raven said, on November 19, 2006 8:16 PM:

Ah, thanks so much...I've had this for a year and have been trying to put music on here and it wouldn't show up lol...
I know it's sad but now it finaly works...
Lolz
xDD

Tyler said, on November 23, 2006 4:36 PM:

Hey, I downloaded music on my PSP, i know because it used up space on my memory stick, but when i go to listen to it, it says "there are no tracks."
Why wont my music play?

Jeff said, on November 26, 2006 9:28 PM:

Hi Dave,
I think my problem is that the music I purchased is from MSN music. The switch program can't convert it because it can't open the file. The PSP also seems unable to get past authorization for the file. I'd rather not have to purchase this music again from Sony (I already paid for it from Microsoft). I can get the music to play on my regular MP3 player but not on the PSP

nm said, on December 1, 2006 7:49 PM:

Can music be downloaded from the PSP's internet ? If not then why?

jimmy stahler said, on December 19, 2006 5:28 PM:

Can you tell me step by step please how to get free music downloads onto my psp.I got a window xp please and thank you.

Robert said, on December 27, 2006 4:24 PM:

From my comment above, the error message the appears when sliding files across (that appears most of the time, if this message doesn't appear, the file becomes corrupted on my PSP). The error message is as follows:

"Cannot copy *insert file name here*. Cannot find the specified file.

Make sure you specify the correct path and file name."

I'm stumped!(reposted from above)

I have this same problem. I was easily able to drag and drop files onto my PSP from a computer at work that ran SP1 (I run SP2 Home). So it isn't the cables, the memory stick format or bad files. But I cannot find any info on this, I'm Stumped also!?!

Richard said, on December 28, 2006 8:38 AM:

The latest system software version for psp supports AAC files ripped from CDs by itunes (not the protected AAC format that you buy from the itunes music store), so no need to reconfigure itunes to rip to mp3 format anymore.

psp drama said, on December 30, 2006 12:00 PM:

it has all the artists, but likw wen i click on it it says that there are no tracks.. ever time i try to "drag and drop", it says disk is full and what not...

DAVE, I REALLY REALLY NEED HELP.. I AM SO CLOSE TO JUST BREAKING THIS PSP AND GETTING AND IPOD NANO.

Chris said, on December 30, 2006 4:17 PM:

I see that a lot of people have the same problem as me- After putting music on PSP it says "no tracks" How do you fix this? Thanks

none said, on January 8, 2007 11:04 AM:

i keep trying to download videos through the internet to my psp and it says it downloads but when i chech videos theres nothing there..am i supposed to format the video files or something??

RB said, on January 14, 2007 8:38 PM:

My son has a PSP and we have put music on it. The music will be there - sometimes - but when it is, a song will never play all the way through. We have formated the memory stick - through the PSP and there is plenty of room on it. We are also using MP3 files. Any suggestions??

RB said, on January 17, 2007 3:54 PM:

Never mind - I got it working. All this time it was a bad cable. We were using the one that came new with starter kit - therefore I didn't think about it being the cable to start with. It was really flimsy and on a retractable device. I noticed we could sometimes get songs on and sometimes not. Also sometimes the PC would recognize the PSP and sometimes it would not. We found another cable in the house and tried it and the songs went on great.

Mauricio said, on January 19, 2007 3:35 PM:

download the new firmware version 2.6 or late then you can go to system setting then go to enable WMA playback this option willconnect to the internet to enable the wma playback then you should be able to play WMA files on your PSP. copy your mp3 files to psp/music folder. Solucionescompu@aol.com

Michele S. said, on January 21, 2007 1:08 PM:

Hi Dave,
I'm about to pull every hair on my head out. I bought my 11 year old a PSP for Christmas. He loves it, BUT now he wants to download mp3 tunes to it. He is relentless about getting his iTunes (I'm the computer guru, he says--so the pressure is on) transfered onto it. We purchased some songs from iTunes, and didn't know that they would come in anything other than mp3 format. I tried to drag them to the PSP Music folder, and while it looks like it's doing something, when we open up the music folder, it is empty. After reading your tips, I found that the songs are ALL in M4P format. I read your advice, and downloaded SWITCH, but it won't allow me to convert the files to MP3. It comes up with an error and says it can't convert.
I've spent hours trying to figure this out. There has got to be an easier way.
I'm not a computer guru, and I'd really appreciate any help you can give.
Thank you!
Michele in Montana

ace said, on February 7, 2007 7:56 PM:

Get yourself a 4 gig memorystick, then get the psp media manager software, it converts files for you...or get pspmaxmedia manager from datel- it's easier and free than media manager, and update your firmwire, or get devhook 3.03 firmwire even has visualizers :D, that matches color wit ur existing theme, or random colors :D and 4 or 5 styles :D

Branden H. said, on February 13, 2007 2:54 PM:

I have media player version 9 i think, so how do i do it on 9

victoria said, on February 13, 2007 4:45 PM:

i can not download anything onto my psp

lionel said, on February 21, 2007 6:38 PM:

dave i keep copying files onto my psp from my pc and they keep getting corrupted. they are in the correct file format mp3.unless there is a special mp3 format that i dont know about. not all of the files are corrupted though, only certain files. recopying doesnt help. please assist me. thanks

JUAN said, on February 27, 2007 8:42 PM:

Hey Dve, wen ever i drag anytyped of files onto the PSP. I get an error saying "Please correct path or file name" and it wont save onto the PSP. Ive called Sony and Microsoft and HP. But they dont know whats wrong with it. PLEASE HELP ME !!!!!!!

paul said, on March 1, 2007 4:08 PM:

hey i have my muic and photos on my psp they are there no problem but it is telling me to connect to a wireless network to enable wma playback any way around that ??? its bugging the hell out of me
cheers in advance

justin millhouse said, on March 2, 2007 10:23 AM:

hello im having a problem ith my psp how do i get the songs to come up it shows the name but underneath it says zero tracks?

Jack said, on March 3, 2007 2:22 PM:

yo dave i formated my memory stick but still when i check on removable disk no folders show up

David Parham said, on March 3, 2007 6:07 PM:

He wants free songs on his PSP thank you

Nadia said, on March 6, 2007 3:48 PM:

I have a problem with playing music on my PSP. All my songs on my computer are in mp3 format. But the problem is, my PSP will only play SOME of the songs a put on it. I'm at a loss as to why it's only playing some MP3's!!

I use Music Match to convert my CDs to MP3s.

All the albums my PSP won't play have a little box for the album cover, and when you click on it it says there arent any tracks. Even though I can play the tracks from my PSP memory stick. And they're all definitly MP3s!!

Can anyone help? It doesn't make any sense as to why it plays some of my MP3s!

Thanks,

Nadia.

Nadia said, on March 6, 2007 4:05 PM:

My problem is sorted :o)

Three days I've had this problem for and have just stumbled upon a website that had the solution... straight after I sent this post no doubt!

Anyway, the reason some of my albums didn't play was because the songs where within a folder of a folder!

This website shows a diagram of the problem, notice the cross on the folder within a folder of the Music folder.

Once I moved the folder with the actual mp3's in it up to the Music folder, my songs were playing... yay :o) My PSP is brilliant now... I can surf the net, play films, play games, play movies, and even read PDFs.

Nadia.

Oh... I forgot to post the webaddress of the site that helped me, its http://www.us.playstation.com/Support/PSP/Music/s_psp_mu_SA.html

valerie said, on March 10, 2007 2:04 PM:

i have two psps i have one memory card. one psp plays music and all! The other one doesnt want to play the songs or show the pictures. what do i do to make this psp work like the other one. I did a system restore! what now?

nigel said, on March 14, 2007 9:05 PM:

my music still wont play even though its in mp3 format. i save it to the memory card and it still says there are no tracks on the memory card but i see that it is taking up space. so its on there i just cant get to it can you help me out please

jAKE said, on March 18, 2007 9:43 AM:

ok i am really lost....my computer keeps saying that it is an unknown usb device and to unconnect it and if it does not work to replace the device...i'm really lost cuz i've boughten 3 usb cables

t-laid said, on March 22, 2007 4:37 PM:

I download the music and when i'm finished some of my memory is gone but when i try to play it i go to music and my folder is there but it says 0 tracks please help!!!!!!!

Thanks in advance !!!!!!

DD said, on March 25, 2007 12:59 AM:

When I go to WMA Playback it says select connection. I dont know what that is. But if I put MSN it goes through, but then it says the attempt to obtain the IP address timed out.What does that mean!

jonathan spurr said, on March 25, 2007 7:47 AM:

ok i no this topic is old but same old problem....i got a psp with software (im using xp btw) and i connect the usb to pc-psp and it comes up psp type a but i then have to install the driver and guess what for 2 weeks now i have searced relentlessly for something NOTHING sony microsoft and dell are no use...i know this is a big problem so any ideas wouldnt go a miss.
i know the usb lead works as its the ame connection to my phone and so i can transfer music from pc-phone using the psp lead and also i have put the lead in all 8 usb ports and i know all of them work lol.

Amos said, on March 25, 2007 6:11 PM:

I trie to download things to my psp but it just take up my memory with nothing playing or sounding on it. I checked put it still doesnt work

Jameey said, on March 26, 2007 12:45 PM:

well, i was gonna throw my PSP out when i could not load pics on it, but then a miracle happened i stumbled upon your site. but alas, i now can't put music in my PSP so back to square1.

aa said, on March 30, 2007 4:30 PM:

LOL give me your psp no need to throw it outside. my psp also makes corropted data. im throwing mine outside anyone need? lmao

tyler g je said, on April 10, 2007 6:29 PM:

i cant get music on my psp when i go to usb connection i click the x buttom and it just says usb mode.....

leon said, on April 11, 2007 11:44 PM:

i just braught a psp and when i conected it with the usb cable it shows up a removable disk that wont let me create folders it says "unable to create " "canot find the file specified"

ben murray said, on April 15, 2007 2:23 AM:

hey dave, i was wondering if there was anyway to download version 2.6 for the sony psp without connecting to the internet, because i want to be able to listen to my music while playing games, thanx

MALIK said, on April 17, 2007 7:43 PM:

I CANT GET IT 2 WORK I DID EVERY THING U TOLD ME 2 DO I WENT OUT AND BOUT A MP3 PLAYER BUT STIILL NO PROCCESS

Wesley said, on April 23, 2007 10:44 AM:

I did all the steps to play the music on my psp
but it still does'nt play.the music is on the psp
I know but I still can't play it.

Cody said, on May 7, 2007 2:53 PM:

Ive done everything you said but when i go to music it still says i have no tracks.

Natasha said, on May 12, 2007 10:51 AM:

Hello. I have no clue how to get the internet browser on my PSP. My PC has not got a wireless connection. so i only have a USB cable. Can you help me?

I do have a lot to say, and questions of my own for that matter, but first I'd like to say thank you, Dave, for all your helpful information by buying you a cup of coffee!

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