I’ve been playing around a bit with a borrowed PSP (Playstation Portable) trying to get video recorded with MCE (Media Center Edition of Microsoft XP) to play on it. It took me a while to figure out that the key thing is the naming convention. And now I’m having a mental google-block and can’t find where I found it out. So I thought I’d stick this up here. Apologies if it’s a bit off-piste for this normally useless blog.
To get video onto a PSP (Playstation Portable):
1. The file has to be in MPEG-4 format or Sony’s AVC format
2. If it’s in MPEG-4, it has to be put on the memory stick in a directory named /MP_ROOT/100MNV01. The file itself has to be named M4V****.MP4, where * is any digit from 0-9. Note: there needs to be four digits.
3. If it’s in AVC format, it has to be put on the memory stick in a directory named /MP_ROOT/100ANV01. The file itself has to be named MAQ****.MP4, where * is any digit from 0-9. Note: there needs to be four digits.
4. Oh, and by the way, you’ll need a tool to convert your MCE (dvr-ms) files to MP4. Personally I use Nero which is a commercial product, but there are others.
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