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PC to Sony PSP: How do I download music?Dave, Help! How do I download music from my HP Windows computer to a Sony PSP computer? The system says it is downloaded but the PSP says that there are no tracks available? Hmmm... I'm trying to figure out whether researching this question would justify me buying a Sony PSP and claiming it as a tax deduction on next year's taxes (a curiously apropos question since today is April 15th, when we file income taxes here in the United States). :-) More seriously, here are the steps you'll need to go through to get your music to download successful from your Windows PC to your new Sony PSP unit:
Note that the PSP running older firmware (firmware is the "operating system" of the PSP) does not support any Windows Media formats i.e WMA & WMV, so any music you have in that format must be converted to MP3 before copying to your PSP. Fortunately, Sony's very own Image Converter 2.1 can convert all your music with a very simple GUi and will then also manage all the measuring and transfering for you too. If Image Converter doesn't seem up to snuff, then there are various other solutions for converting audio files, including the free Windows application Switch, written up here: How to convert WMA audio files into MP3 audio files. If you really want to play WMA format audio files, make sure you have the latest version of the firmware from Sony (see below for update instructions). That should get you up and rockin' in no time! Additional useful tutorials: • How to format your PSP memory stick Thanks to PSP owner Tommy Martin for his help
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Tagged: playstation portable, psp, sony psp Previous: Two copies of Microsoft Picture It? Next: How do I backup my Internet Explorer favorites in Windows? Reader Comments To Date: 695kyle said, on January 29, 2006 6:30 PM:
how do you download music onto your psp??? stephen szabo said, on January 29, 2006 6:37 PM:
when i connect my USB cable from my PSP to my PC the generic drive or E: never shows up. sam said, on January 30, 2006 3:31 AM:
my computer dont read my psp and im only 10 so im thick angelo said, on January 30, 2006 8:31 AM:
how do i put videos on the psp Dave Taylor said, on January 30, 2006 9:32 AM:
Let's see.... First off, when you hook your PSP up to your computer, make sure that you put the PSP into USB Connection mode. It should actually display "USB Connection" on the screen. Having said that, Windows XP is the only version of Windows that officially supports the PSP, though there are some workarounds if you're running earlier versions (see http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_win98.html for example) Finally, Angelo, I have lots of information on the site about PSP video. Please start here: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_video.html Good luck! Nico said, on January 31, 2006 12:10 PM:
Nico Gibson, on psp i can't play or download games on its internet. Nico said, on January 31, 2006 12:14 PM:
And most of time the internet dont work Error! said, on February 1, 2006 10:01 PM:
I really Dislike asking for help but, when i do i REALLY need it. Okey i did everything right (I hope) but when i sent the file to the PSP drive in the folder music an Error accured so it said. all i could understand was on/off switch and that there was a problem with it. Please, help me before i throw my PSP into my monitor. Oh, and now i cant download anything!. P.S S.O.S Dave Taylor said, on February 1, 2006 11:30 PM:
Nico, you're right. You can't use the Internet connection on the PSP to download games, at least not that I've seen. You also can't download music, photos, movies, etc, directly onto the PSP. Error, there's nothing wrong with asking for help! If you're having oodles of problems with your PSP transfers, please check out: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/i_cant_get_music_to_play_on_my_sony_psp.html Jake Bugler said, on February 3, 2006 6:51 PM:
please dave, i formatted my memory stick dragged songs into my psp floder in the E drive but it takes away memory but it has no songs listed. I clicked the x button under tracks but it dousn't show up. do i need a small disc to insert into my computer????????? tj said, on February 5, 2006 1:33 PM:
actually itunes music is .m4a simply rename the music file to "blank".mp4 psp is comatible with mp4s chris said, on February 9, 2006 1:45 PM:
Hey dave, im really down in the dumps today. it would be really nice if you told me how to get music from itunes on my psp. I tryed the way you said but i got lost. is there an easier way? chris said, on February 9, 2006 1:47 PM:
oh i forgot you said click the round button but i never saw a round button Dave Taylor said, on February 9, 2006 2:50 PM:
Hi Chris. Sorry you're having a hard time of things but perhaps figuring out some neat features of your PSP will help you out. First off, to get music out of iTunes, you probably need to convert it to MP3: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_itunes_mp3.html then you need to learn how to transfer MP3 files to your PSP, and I have a variety of articles on that topic here: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_music.html Finally, the "round button" is the button with the circle on it: it's one of the four buttons on the right controller area of the PSP. MARLAINA said, on February 12, 2006 12:19 PM:
DAVE PLEASE HELP ME I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE MUSIC TO A FOLDER SO THAT I CAN SEND THEM TO MY PSP. I'M LOST PLEASE HELP keith said, on February 12, 2006 1:24 PM:
hey im following the steps to your guide but when i go on usb mode it dosnt show the generic drive e so how can i make it appear matt thomas said, on February 12, 2006 4:53 PM:
you go to my computer before anything then plug it the usb cord to the computer a new drive should pop up usually :J click on it then it will say music game video pictures ext.... click and drag the downloaded music to the file with music its very simple Fatima said, on February 15, 2006 4:14 PM:
how do you get the switch program to put music in the psp? Dave Taylor said, on February 15, 2006 11:20 PM:
Download Switch from: A dude in need said, on February 22, 2006 7:54 PM:
dude what the hell every time I hook the usb into the pc it talks about my pictures or something like do you want to view your pictures but the whole psp ifolder is not workin Dave Taylor said, on February 23, 2006 12:51 AM:
Dude in need, sounds like you might well want to reformat your memory stick *with the PSP* not your PC. It'll delete you game saves (unfortunately) but it'll also build the correct filesystem and folders onto the device so you won't have to worry about them in the future. Please see: keith Jones said, on February 26, 2006 10:26 AM:
Dave, I have a psp with a 2gb memory stick, I followed your instructions for getting music on the stick and it worked great. Then when my little lad turned the psp on, the memory stick had dissapeared, the psp kept showing no memory stick inserted. We tried to reformat the stick but again the psp said there wasn't a stick inserted. Can you help? Dave Taylor said, on February 26, 2006 8:33 PM:
Sounds like you have a bad stick, I'm sorry to say, Keith. I'd make sure it's "seated" properly in the PSP (pull it out, push it in again, gently but firmly) and if you still can't get it to work, get it replaced. Debbie said, on March 2, 2006 8:52 AM:
Please Help! I've formatted the memory stick in the PSP and I've downloaded some free mp3 converter software (I think!). What do I do now to copy and convert some music files from my husbands itunes music library to my sons PSP. Once you download the converter software there are no instructions as to how to use it. I wish Santa had bought him something else!! Mia said, on March 2, 2006 9:16 PM:
can you plase tell me exactly how to download music in to a folder ?cause i don't get that thankx Mia Rene said, on March 13, 2006 7:53 PM:
Dave, i'm having the same problems that Andy from June, 18 2005 is having. i converted the files into mp3 files and downloaded them into my psp via usb cable but when i check the psp it says there are no music files in the memeory stick(or something like that) and the space in my memory stick is being used up by the apparently nonexistent file. am i doing everything right? Please e-mail me to fix whatever is wrong. Juan said, on March 16, 2006 12:59 PM:
hey I bought my PSP at a Pawn Shop and I would like to change the password on it but I never recieved the old one so how can I change the old password to mine. Damian said, on March 18, 2006 12:56 PM:
dave please help, i cannot play my music on my psp.. i have followed all of ur steps but im still having no luck.i have created a "Music" folder inside of the "PSP" folder, but when i go to put my mp3 music into the "Music" folder it creates a new "Music" folder completely seperate to the psp folder which makes to PSP unable to read the music... jerico said, on March 18, 2006 2:52 PM:
i need help on the psp i didnt understand your directions i didnt understand about the picture transfer or music pls help and can u make it a little bit more english u know like tell me the exact words that u did anisa said, on March 19, 2006 11:27 AM:
how do u download????also where can i download things that are free John Conneely said, on March 27, 2006 8:34 AM:
What I have learnt (via much frustration) is that the reason music is not recognised (or playable) on your PSP is that it has been transferred in the wrong format - it must be mp3 (not WMA). After reading this page,I corrected my mistake and converted some tracks to the correct format - one that PSP can see (even though wma files can be transferred, they remain 'invisible i.e. unplayable. Your memory gets used up and can't play music or see the tracks) I used 'limeware.com' (as recommended above). I have now listened to tracks on PSP for the first time since purchase 6 months ago - wow.... this information is so frustratingly hard to get and use.... ans said, on March 27, 2006 6:19 PM:
hi dave andy here how are you good i hope, i was wanting to ask you dave do you know a website to dowload totally free psp games onto my sons psp console if you could dave that would be fantastic dave cheers andy take care mate Brook said, on March 27, 2006 7:04 PM:
Dave- Nat said, on March 28, 2006 1:59 PM:
i tried your steps but i cant git step 4 to work my dell wount work plz Help im frustrated! Jason said, on March 29, 2006 4:34 PM:
i came across this site off google and i thought i would try this advise and it worked. Matthew said, on April 1, 2006 12:52 PM:
Dave- Thank you for the information dave but you had good instructions but they didn't work.It computer said that the music was downloaded on their but it wasn't and it took away my memory still erik said, on April 1, 2006 9:52 PM:
how do i put music in my music file. Trent said, on April 2, 2006 8:29 PM:
Hey can you download music videos to the psp because that would be preety awsome and if you can how would you do that Dave Taylor said, on April 2, 2006 9:15 PM:
Matthew and Erik, there's more information about working with MP3 music files and the PSP here: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_music.html Trent, you can indeed download video onto your PSP too. I have a number of tutorials on that subject here: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_video.html Hope those will help you both get further with your PSP devices. steven said, on April 3, 2006 1:41 PM:
Dave, can u dowmload music sites like limewire to listen to music on your PSP rory said, on April 10, 2006 9:14 AM:
on my psp on usb connection in the settings section it says usb mode then nothing else happens about E: or any thing like dat how do i get this to work?? Dakoda Heap said, on April 12, 2006 12:07 AM:
I still dont understand how you copy the music tracks onto the psp! Help me out!!! i have had my psp for almost a year now, and my psp is already into my computer! MONA said, on April 13, 2006 7:31 PM:
YOU REALLY HELPED ME OUT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! PSP 123 said, on April 16, 2006 10:56 AM:
I can't get music on my Psp. Iv'e tried everything. I reformatted my memory stick. After I tried loading music on again. And it still didn't work. So now everything is deleted off my memory stick for nothing. So I have to beat my games all over agaian. I AM SO MAD. killman said, on April 19, 2006 7:24 AM:
I downloaded a LOOOOOT of music on my psp and every time i try to play them it says no tracks! and i really dont want to waste the memory that i used.YOU GOTTA HELP ME! tfyuj said, on April 19, 2006 10:27 AM:
I got my video file and I don't know how to put it on my psp and I tried to use the root thing but it didn't even show that I had a video in my video thing. killman said, on April 19, 2006 1:11 PM:
soooo.... dave iv had my psp for over a year and i finally figured out how to download music and i did. but when i pressed on the memory stick icon it says no tracks. how do get it where you can play your downloaded music? i thpught i should give you a better discription than last time. killman said, on April 19, 2006 1:12 PM:
soooo.... dave iv had my psp for over a year and i finally figured out how to download music and i did. but when i pressed on the memory stick icon it says no tracks. how do get it where you can play your downloaded music? i thpught i should give you a better discription than last time. lynn said, on April 20, 2006 8:00 AM:
i have connected the usb cable to the psp and the pc. but i cannot put music or photos on it Dave Taylor said, on April 20, 2006 2:43 PM:
Please note that I have an extensive library of help files and tutorials for the Sony PSP, much more information than just this one article! You can find the other articles by clicking here: BaBz said, on April 23, 2006 12:31 PM:
i try to download my music and videos to my psp but they are never on it.i have the usb and my memoery card was in but it says that the divive is full ond there was an error everytime i tryed syncing it to my psp...........wat should i do!!!!!please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! killman said, on April 25, 2006 9:56 AM:
i looked at your instructions and they don't say how to get your music to play after you download it. Every time i go to the memory stick it says no tracks. I spent 22 mg on music and that's almost all my memory. help me out here. Dave Taylor said, on April 25, 2006 11:07 AM:
BaBz, sounds to me like you might just not have enough space on your Memory Stick for the files: audio takes up a few megabytes per song, and video, man, that can be pretty huge: a 90 minute video can easily be 400MB or larger. Killman, most often I find that you have the files on your PSP but rather than it just show you the tracks, it makes you select the Memory Stick once you're in the MUSIC area of the device. So go to MUSIC, look for Memory Stick, then select it by pressing the "X" button. Then, hopefully, the audio tracks will be visible! Srikar K said, on April 25, 2006 4:17 PM:
Hello i read this and i am wondering on how to copy the data! sylvio said, on April 26, 2006 4:34 PM:
Yo Dave can I put music in my psp from a ipod?? If yes how?? sylvio said, on April 26, 2006 4:47 PM:
DAVE i copy musics to my psp but when I go to music on my psp it says there are no tracks. I have coped every file of my ipod in to my psp memory stick like you sad on step (8)but still it does not work!!!please can you help me?? Dave Taylor said, on April 26, 2006 10:14 PM:
Sylvio, you can, but you'd need to copy the music off the iPod or out of iTunes, then copy it onto the PSP. Try this link: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_itunes_mp3.html And in terms of not finding the tracks, could it be in the wrong format? iPods often work with AAC format which isn't (yet) supported by the PSP device itself. killman said, on April 27, 2006 7:18 AM:
i download the stuff on my computer from cd's and the downloaded the songs on my psp and the dont work.same situation.it says no tracks. killman said, on April 27, 2006 7:22 AM:
and dave, is there any way i can download music from my xbox 360?i have almost 200 songs on it and it would really cool if i could. o said, on April 28, 2006 6:55 PM:
how do i get music videos on my psp Dave Taylor said, on April 29, 2006 2:51 PM:
Killman, I don't think you can get the music off your Xbox, but if you could, you could copy it to your PSP without much hassle. O, I have a variety of tutorials on working with the PSP and video here: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/about_psp_video.html Hope that helps joe said, on April 30, 2006 2:53 PM:
how do i get videos on to my psp and how do i play them wiki double said, on May 6, 2006 5:36 PM:
I have a psp and i'm trying to sync/copy music onto my psp i connect it up to usb mode an then Removable Disk (E:) pops up and i'm not to shore what to click on so i click on play using windows media player then i press automatic syncronize so it syncronizes my songs and then i quit out of usb mode an then i go to music and it says there are no tracks.But it takes up my pro memory stick duo steve tshibungu said, on May 9, 2006 5:32 PM:
dave look i have a psp all right now but when i go to sharing game it does it work the same for the something something free player i know that you know that okay please answer back thanx bye. Liam said, on May 18, 2006 7:38 AM:
I have followed your instructions trying to download music from itunes on my PC. My PSP music folder shows memory being used up but when I go to the folder to play the music it says no tracks. Am i missing something in the steps? Can you help me? Email me. Liam Allie said, on May 18, 2006 8:31 PM:
I have done all of that, and it is still not downloading the music into my PSP!!!!! HELP!! =( killman said, on May 19, 2006 7:58 AM:
hey dave i have an account on psp.com and i,ve downloaded videos and wallpapers.it says my memory is gone but same thing....no video,s or pics.oh and by the way i deleted the music i put on before. Jade said, on May 20, 2006 9:50 PM:
I know you guys are talking about music. But... Can someone tell me how to dl the movies to the psp. I lost my manuel and have no clue what I am doing. I do have the USB cable. Anyone that can help me, i would be so happy. :) mario said, on May 21, 2006 5:32 PM:
Hey Um Dave? When I take Songs From My Sisters Itunes To Put Onto My PSP the Only Song I could Get on was temperature.....If i can do it with 1 song why not another heisel said, on May 22, 2006 9:43 AM:
Dave, please help me! I have already downloaded the music to my psp, but it says that there are no tracks. What do I do,there are tracks ,but I don't know why it says that there are no tracks in my psp. PLEASE HELP ME!! Keyora said, on May 30, 2006 8:43 PM:
wut if u stopped the thing with the e,f file from coming by pressing dont show me this again? wut do i do? joanthony said, on June 1, 2006 7:22 PM:
how do i download pictures to my psp Jeff said, on June 2, 2006 7:38 PM:
Dave, it won't let me make a folder inside of the removable disk so I can't drag and drop the music files. But a few days ago there was a PSP folder in Removable Disk and I could drag and drop the music files and they did show up on my PSP but only a few seconds were recorded of each song then that music file would become corrrupt. Please help! edgar said, on June 6, 2006 4:18 PM:
hi my name is edgar and i want to know how conect to the internet with my psp for free ones in school a frien conected me to the internet but now i can't what can i do remember for free J Cell said, on June 13, 2006 12:29 PM:
dave it still wont let me download music. I already made all the folders but it wont let me transfer songs to te music file. austin hyde said, on June 16, 2006 9:51 AM:
i downloaded a song on to my psp but when i clicked on music it said there was no tracks on it and it did take space away from my memory card Kyle Morris said, on June 16, 2006 10:32 PM:
THANKS A LOT YOUR HELP WAS VERY GREAT AND BY THE WAY IM ONLY 12!!! LOL abrar said, on June 23, 2006 8:58 AM:
hey dave please help me dude i have a video in my pc in mp4 format the only thing is how to convert it to my psp please help me!!! jordan said, on June 26, 2006 3:35 PM:
i can not load music on to my psp. my computer dose not recoginze the usb connection. please help. Mr.T said, on July 1, 2006 3:41 PM:
Hey Dave how do I get Internet on my psp al said, on July 1, 2006 3:51 PM:
Dave I do your steps on how to get internet on the psp but every time I try it says no access point dected Jon said, on July 2, 2006 5:40 PM:
my PSP only comes up with the hardrive I and what drive letter do i click on michael said, on July 7, 2006 3:31 PM:
I need dummy instructions for downloading music to the PSP, how to convert regular music CD's to MP3 format and all other needed info? Sorry for being such a dummy dorian cephas said, on July 11, 2006 4:20 PM:
I HAVE THE FILES ON MY PSP BUT I JUST DONT KNOW kolby martin said, on July 12, 2006 11:25 AM:
Im writing this question on my PSP, and I dont understand something, do I have to go buy a mp3 so that can listen to music on my PSP, or do I just have to have the USB cable, the two folders named "psp" and "music" and the compter and all the other stuff. Please help me Im freakin out! -kolby SUSAN said, on July 15, 2006 8:51 AM:
Is there somewhere I can download USBNTMAP.SYS for free online w/o having to register or join??? I am still operating w/ ME. Thank you ~~ Susan craig said, on July 17, 2006 12:59 PM:
Hi there,i know how to convert video/dvd files to mp4 so that they will play on the psp.But can you please tell me how to shrink the dvd/video files down to a reasonable size so that i can get them onto the memory stick,thanks.. noe said, on July 22, 2006 1:24 AM:
i dont even no what a usb cable looks like first of all.and i lost my owners manual,and i dont have a usb cable I think,and if i dont i really probably dont have enough money to buy one. noe said, on July 22, 2006 1:40 AM:
p.s. i forgot 2 ask but i got the bounus pack so i dont know if i got a usb cable also alyssa said, on July 22, 2006 1:58 AM:
yeah how do you get on the internet because every time i try it says acsess point not detectded? Shon said, on July 23, 2006 5:42 PM:
I've had the same problem as alot of people i changed the music format to mp3's and i still can't get the music to play . I konw that its there because it takes up space but still no luck Ryan said, on July 23, 2006 8:00 PM:
ok i need music on my psp and it shows the little line going back and forth across the screen but i go to music and it says no tracks wtf do i do!!!! and the memory is lower than it was before so its downloading the stuff into it but it still says no tracks WTF!!!! james said, on July 25, 2006 2:38 PM:
Your steps taught me how to download music on to my PSP and I can finally kick back and listen to tunes. Thanks. Joshua said, on August 6, 2006 2:30 PM:
I think you guys are confused on where to disconnect.you need to go to the MUSIC page with all your songs and disconnect. kirstyn said, on August 13, 2006 6:50 PM:
I'm having the same exact problem as lots of other people because I got music from my dads laptop to go onto my PSP! Now, I can't figure out how to get movies on there without buying them. I know you can do it but don't know how. Please help! Joey said, on August 25, 2006 12:51 PM:
I did what you said by make a folder but after i drag the music to my PSP i check the music folder and it's not there. WHAT DO I DO? waterlad3000 said, on August 25, 2006 7:28 PM:
i did it once but, now it doesnt do anything any more Steph said, on September 12, 2006 1:33 AM:
thankyou so much!! Now i can listen to my favourite tracks and have my two puppies as my wallpaper. Thank you so much! spotless said, on September 19, 2006 9:39 AM:
hi, i just got this new mp4 player and i cant seem to be able to downloads songs or videos on it, can u help me out here cos i even tried copying from windows but it just wont work.
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wat up dave, i plugged the usb wire into the port of the psp and i wanted to know what is the round? i am stuck. help me out