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:
- Connect the PSP to your PC with a USB cable. (about $10: buy a USB cable for your PSP)
- Press the “home” button on the PSP (it’s a tiny button to the lower left of the screen) then use the left-right directional buttons to find “Settings”, then the up-down buttons to find “USB Connection” on the PSP.
- Press the “X” button (you got it, the round button with the “X” on it) and your PSP should display “USB Connection”.
- In a moment or two your computer should tell you that a new USB device has been connected, then show you a new generic hard drive, usually E: or F:
- Click on the drive letter that corresponds to the PSP unit.
- Now create a new folder on that drive and name it “psp”.
- Within the new “psp” folder create another folder, and name it “music”.
- Copy your desired mp3 files into the new “music” folder.
- When you’re done copying your desired music tracks, press the “O” button on the PSP to get out of USB connect mode.
Now you’re ready to go! Use the left-right arrows to move to the music area, then the up-down arrows to find “Memory Stick”. Chose that folder by pressing the “X” button again, and you should be able to find all your favorite music!
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
• Update your PSP firmware via wifi network
• Update your PSP firmware without a wifi network
• How to get music to play on your PSP
how do you get itunes music on the psp
how do you put music if you don’t have an mp3
what should you put 4 the internet connection
how do u get on the internet from my psp it always says connection univalible
hey….you know how when you plug the usb with the psp on the other end in the computer?..and on the icon “my computer” its supposed to have a thing called removable diskdrive or disk or whatever?….yeah….well mine doesn’t have that….so what am i supposed to do now??
my computer doesnt read the USB cable and nothing comes up. i dont know wat to do!?!?!? Plz plz help me.
hi your commets about the psp was really good and it really worked
thank you
Hey i have a serious question. I get to the one point and well it says USB Mode not USB Connection. what does that mean and what sould i do?
Man some how i accidentally deleted a file in my psp and i dont know why the psp doesnt want to load music
hey thanks so much I’ve been trying forever to download songs turns out I forgot to plug in the USB
cord. Pretty funny
hey dave, i have a 2gb memory card with about 1.700 gb and on my computer it shows that the songs are in the file in mp3 format but when i go to my music and go down to memory stick it sais, there is no music!Plz dave,can you help me?!
Hi dave it Me again I followed your steps and it really worked thanks ..
HELP ..!!
Iam despret & Confused I goin to travel soon and I think I’m gonna get bored on the way ..
I think I need to listen to music ..
Please help dave or anyone the sooner the better
And I forgot to mention that there is a file already named PSP ..
And I followed your steps and it just wuoldn’t work .. !!!
Hi dave .. !!
I’ve been trying to put images, vidoes and music into my PSP but it just wouldn’t work please please please please please please please please
HELP ME .. !!!
AHH HI ITS ME AGAIN I HAD 8 GB NOW ITS NOW ITS 7. SUM FIN THAT MEENS THER NIS STUFF ON IT WTF WER IS IT AND I THINK MY FILE IS FILE (D:) HOW DO I CHANGE IT UN INSTALL IT? I DUNNO ALL I FUC@IN WANT IS MUSIC GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG IM 13 I JUS GOT A PSP I WENT AN BOUGHT A 8 GB MEMORY STICK FOR PSP AND I PAID LIKE 200 I BOUGHT THAT JUS FOR THE MUSIC AND VIDS BUT IT WONT FU@#IN WORK EXCUSE MY FRENCH!! BECAUSE WEN I PUT IT ON THER IT SHOWS IT ON THE FOLDER BUT NOT ON THE PSP VERY FRUSTRATING!!!!!! SO MUCH MONEY WASTED
hi dave i am only 12 and i just got my psp for x mas. but the thing is i just cant get the music on it. i tried to follow your instructions but they just didnt work and now i am FRUSTERATED!!!! please help me
ok i tried to get music on my psp but it shows the artists and everything but it keeps saying i have tracks when i put plenty of music on it
can i copy music from limewire to psp and if so how help please thanks
ok i hooked u my “usb”cord and entered it into the computer.but it did not say anything
i need some help getting the WMA files from napster to my PSP, can u help? it says the download was complete but it doesnt show up on the PSP
I NEE TO KNOW STEP BY STEP HOW TO DOWNLOAD MUSIC FROM INTERNET TO PSP
I did all the steps but it doesnt work the music is on the file but not on my psp also I have a k drive
I used to be able to download from the sony site with the memory stick plugged into a usb port on the pc.
Now it is using some stoopid downloader and i need a usb cable.
Come on Sony
where do u buy a psp cable from and how do u
plug it into the system and load the internet
????????????????? please help me dave
thank you
I bought my son a psp he got music on it and pics but how does he get videos on it? is all the itunes $ just lost or can they be converted to psp some how? please help.
hey man your advice actually worked thanks alot bro!
i dont know how to create a folder
im doing all the steps but when u say the thing about E and f it doesnt show up on my laptop
THE INFORMATION WAS SO DIRECTLY GOOD THAT I WAS SO HAPPY TO GET THE MUSIC FINALLY DOWNLOADED TO THE PSP
THANKSSSSS SOOOOOOOOO MUCH
that psp thing didnt work what so ever at step 4 it stop working
I have bought a psp and i dont know how to download music onto it i have put usb in and know what do i do?
I got the steps but thing is that when songs are on the psp and i try to play them it says there is no tracks
I’ve done everything these directions are teeling me to do but when I click o to get out it still says there are no track available. Then my harddrive shows K not E or F
Dave, could i get music from my limewire library onto my psp? if yes how? and how do i get music on my itunes library onto my psp?
I need major help with this psp music download stuff. I seem to do everything right but then when i follow the last instruction. press O to get out. and i check the music slot, there is nothing there 🙁 im about to give up, pls help
hi dave im trying to buy a laptop but i can’t decide between dell pc or mac pc. which one whould u recommend.thnks angie
I move my songs into my music file and it says there is no room left but I only get about 5 songs and my memory stick says i have 2272 kb left. I have no idea what to do
It depends on what type of windows media player you have
HI CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO DOWLOD MUSIC ON MY PSP PLZ TELL ME.
I found out how to put music on my psp by accident, see what you do is’ put your memory stick into your computer, and click on your windows media player and then at the top it will say sync. Click sync and refresh your device then it will say “drag items here” to create a list to “USB Ms Reader”. When you have dragged all of your songs to your sync list, go to start sync at the bottom of the page. When all of your songs have finished sychronizing your muisc to the psp, take out the memory stick and put it back in the psp. Then plug your USB cable into your computer and go to USB connection, when you have went to that on psp it will say USB mode.On your computer, go to start and then click to computer. Then click on the file for Memory Stick (J:) and you will see the music you have put on your sync list. Click on you music an put in the file that says music and you should have music on your psp. I Hope this will help you guys.
i really dont get this and it did not work on my psp but its kool that u tell us wat to do and we get music on psp
I formated my memory stick now how to put my music on th psp.
When i try to download the music on to my psp it just says there are no tracks please help me!
DAVE I REALLY NEED YOUR HELP! WHENEVER I SAVE A VIDEO FROM THE PSP’S WEB BROWSER, I GO BACK TO THE HOME PAGE OF THE PSP AND IT SHOWS THE VIDEO AS CORRUTED DATA. WHEN I TRY TO DOWNLOAD IT FROM MY COMPUTER TO THE PSP, IT COMES UP THE SAME WAY AS CORRUPTED DATA. PLEASE GIVE ME STEP-BY-STEP DIRECTIONS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.
On my PSP i follow the instructions to download music and it still says I have no tracks. What am I doing wrong?
wat do i do if i dont have a usb cable for the psp? how do i download music like that? i tried to download it that way but when i put the memory card in the psp and check the music, it only list the artist and there are no tracks in them… plus it takes up space in my memory card…
yes dave….i put 4 songs on my psp and it said i ran out of space on my memorie card….i have a 32mb memorie card…..do the songs have to come from a ceartin type of downloader or somethin
ps. i use limewire for my music downloader
THANK U 4 HELPING ME WITH DA PSPP DOWNLOADING MUSIC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant find my files on my computer and when i think did i turns out it is just the memory stick for my computer HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!