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
very helpfull you are a star.Thankyou very much.
can u tell me how to download music from the computer to the psp
wow. your instructions are very clear! thank you!
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my psp does not connect the pc with usb what to do
THANKS……..DUDEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU, DAVE!!! You are an absolute LIFESAVER and I was able to get this completed in 5 minutes (and I had a lot of music files to copy over). My son is VERY happy!!! Thanks again for the easy instructions!
i want to know what kind of videos play on sony psp
i keep on tryin to download music it says ive used up memmory but it says i dont have any music
Hey i have a question….i was putting a anime on my PSP so its in the right format MP4 and its in the right file 100MNV01 but i cant seem to get it to play….i know its on the PSP but it wont pop up!! is their any way to fix this?
I have three songs saved in Favorites…I am wanting to record those songs onto a cd. My husband, tried to do just that. The cd was blank. Please, can you help him on this, and please use language we both will understand what you are trying to tell us to do….I need these songs as a soundtrack….hope to hear from you on this.
hi
I have got a USB lead but it still is’t working do you think it is becaese i dot have a memory stik.
thank you
whenever i download somthin on my psp. (e.g. music) it does not work.
it says that download music on PC.
Hey ..
i have a PSP but it wont let me download any music or pictures on it . please tell me how , sometimes i get really confused
Dear PSPian
kindly help me for PSP downloading. Shall i require memory stick for downloading all music,vedio etc.
hi guys anyone can help me i cant dowloand videos from my pc to my psp someone can tell me the way plz? 10x
on limewire i downloaded a game when it finished downloading, i clicked on it twice to open it then it brough me to my computer’s desktop program listings and it showed the game then i clicked it twice again to play and it said sorry its already being uploaded. i really just want to play the game any help?
but it tells me pleas wait for hours why?
i downloaded all my songs from my ps3 to my psp go and all of my songs did not show up how do i fix that and all of my music are mp3
thankz 4 dha info
hey ,dave i want to install games on my SONY psp.so,would u like to give me some brief instructions about that or is there any software which convert any gaming format into the psp compatible format if there is tell me name of that one.
thank you!:DD
this helped me loads!
im going on holiday tomorrow and i dont currently have a phone so i decided to try and put music on my psp for the flight. im so glad i found this:)
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thankyou so much man im a 12 year old boy and i get every single thing you say you are so helpfull
thanks for telling how to download music from pc to psp…………
hi dave i’ve bought a new psp with a memory card..i upload all my stuffs in the memory card and insert it in my psp .. but is being displayed in my psp….. now please give me a suggestion to find a soluttion for this problem…
hi dave i just bought a psp and i followed all the instructions to store a song but when i have stored it the psp system tells that it is a corrupted file please help me
You are great at this whole thing, but I have been trying to find a way to get things on my brother’s and my used PSP systims and our computer will not let me put up the “PSP” and “Music Folder” on it.
HI DAVE
JUST WANTED 2 THANK U 4 THE GREAT INFORMATION ON DOWNLOADING MUSIC TO MY IPOD, U R SIMPLY GREEEEEEAT!!!!! THIS IS MY FIRST TIME VISITING UR PAGE N MY SOOOO GLAD I FOUND IT N 4 SURE I WILL NEVER LET U GO MAN U R GENIOUS!!!!!
THANK U SO MUCH DAVE, GOD BLESS U!!!!!
how can i download music from the internet to my computer then to my psp
i tried to get on the internet and it siad 100% and it still would’nt let me on.
I traded my Game Boy Advance SP & 100$ for a PSP 2000 in the last month I have been downloading lots of music to my 8G Memory Stick and I been downloading videos and other things I have some questions…..
Home-brew applications I go to these sights and none of them look decent is their any must have awesome home-brew applications I have missed?
Games I have 1 game its pretty lousy I hear God Of War is epic on it what are 3 must have games for the PSP?
PSPtube my friend said its a must have what is it and whats your opinion?
What is a good PSP web page built for the PSP professionally?
I have uploaded the newest version of the software, uhh that is all THANKS!
One more thing I find free sights to download music but when I cross over the mp3 to my PSP it says its a broken file any advice on that?
i cant find a way to download music on my psp
i do everything that is required but my computer never recognizes it when i plug it in. ive even got it on “usb connection” and its no readin it or anything. help me!!! email me asap
Dave good day to you I already have the Sony 290 GPS RECEIVER but how can I download the GPS NAVIGATION MAPS from gooles the easy simple ways hoping for your kind reply GOD BLESS US
dave when i plug it into my pc it says device not reconized and nothin comes up. what is the problem?
I cant get my computer to find my PSP so that i can download the music
well whats a pc well if its a kind of computer i dont have one so wat do u do instead, to download music on ur psp
when i transfer a MP3 document to my PSP file it says it is going to transfer and then it says it cannot locate the file and itt isz frustrating!!!! helpp meh!!!!!!
hey, i got the usb connector, but when i go to the usb connection in settings on my psp, it says “please wait…” and just stays like that, i connected the usb to my computer and im still waiting for it to connect, am i doing somthing wrong?
what happens if the psp says”there is no memory stick inserted.”
thanks a lot for u r help