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Dec 24 2005
Streaming Music From Your PC To Your PSP
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With the added support for RSS feeds, it only makes sense to take advantage of this feature. The best way, in my opinion, is to make your music library on your computer available to your PSP. This can be accomplished in a short amount of time.
This is just one way to do it. There are other servers that you use. I've tried Apache and didn't like it very much. I've also been told to use Windows IIS, but I am using Windows XP Home Edition, so that option isn't available to me.
This is a walkthrough of one way to make your music library available to your PSP, wirelessly. It is in baby steps, so it makes it a bit easier for people who have had trouble with this kind of thing.
What You'll Need
• A wireless network
• Abyss Web Server
• PHP5
• PSP RSS Feeder
Once you download the PSP RSS Feeder, extract the contents to the folder with all of your music. The feeder will allow you to select which song to listen to. For organization purposes, I used MP3Organizer to put my music into folders based on "Artist". You don't have to do this, but I find it to be much easier to navigate and find what I want.
That is all you need to do with the PSP RSS Feeder.
After you download PHP5, run the installer. Once installation has complete, move onto setting up the server. Remember the install directory that you use because you'll need it later. By default, it is C:PHP.
Download the free version of Abyss (X1). During the installation of the server, you'll be promted to make a username and password for access to the console. Use something that you can easily remember. Go to the configuration page in your web browser (localhost:9999 by default).
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Click the "Configure" button next to "Default Host On Port 80" in the hosts table. Then select "General" and change the Documents Path to the folder with your music in it. Click OK.
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When you are back at the Edit page, click on Index Files. Add "index.php" to the list (leaving out the quotes). Click OK.
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Then click on "Scripting Parameters". Make sure that "Enable Script Execution" is checked. On the "Interpreters" table, click "Add". For the "Interpreter" field, click "Browse" and find the file "php-cgi.exe". It is in the folder that you installed PHP5 ("C:PHPphp-cgi.exe", by default). Change the "Type" drop down menu to "PHP Style". Make sure that "Use the associated extensions to automatically update the Script Paths" is checked. At the "Associated Extensions" table, add "php" to the list (again, leaving out the quotes).
On the same page is a table called "Custom Environmental Variables". Click Add and enter these values:
Name: REDIRECT_STATUS
Value: 200
Click OK to save the changes.
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You'll also have to click "Restart' so the server can restart and the changes will be enabled.
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To test it out, just enter "localhost" into a browser window. You should see a blue and purple page similar to the one shown below.
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If you didn't put your MP3s into folders, your page will look different, but it's not a big deal.
If you are in the same network as the computer that is running the server, all you need to do to access your RSS Feed is enter your local IP address into the PSP Web Browser. If you don't know your local IP address, do this:
Go to "Start > Run > CMD > ipconfig" and hit enter. It will say IP Address and then some numbers. In my case, it's 192.168.x.xx. It depends on what kind of router/access point you are using.
If you want to access your music library from outside of the network (over the internet), then you need to either use your IP that is provided by your ISP, or use a DNS service, such as no-ip.org, to bind a domain (yourdomain.no-ip.org) to your IP address. They have several subdomains to choose from, and the service is free.
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when i type in my own ip address i get this error
If you can see this, it means that the installation of the Apache web server software on this system was successful. You may now add content to this directory and replace this page.
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Seeing this instead of the website you expected?
This page is here because the site administrator has changed the configuration of this web server. Please contact the person responsible for maintaining this server with questions. The Apache Software Foundation, which wrote the web server software this site administrator is using, has nothing to do with maintaining this site and cannot help resolve configuration issues.
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The Apache documentation has been included with this distribution.
You are free to use the image below on an Apache-powered web server. Thanks for using Apache!
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that's good! that's not an error that means your server is working... read what it says "replace this page"
Find that page and put the psp_rss folder in the same folder (probably the htdocs folder)
then type in your ip address and add /psp_rss
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This is a wicked setup. BUT...when I get to the RSS feed on my PSP I get "communication with the server failed" - 80431100 - Ideas?
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I finally finished setting things up and then I see that it's not even what I wanted. I have to download the song to listen to it. I wanted it to just be like listening to songs on my psp just wirelessly.
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u can listen wirelessly the the whole point ot the rss feed
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bugmenot said: "I finally finished setting things up and then I see that it's not even what I wanted. I have to download the song to listen to it. I wanted it to just be like listening to songs on my psp just wirelessly."
you must be doing something wrong...
try using the 'rss' buttonsedited: Jul 30 2006
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Hey i've followed the guide the way it said, and i can access the music by typing in 'localhost' in the address bar, so i don't think it's a problem with my setup. What i'm having trouble with is that every time i download one of my rss feeds to my psp, and i try to listen to it, it says 'Communication with the server failed'. Any tips? P.S. - Northwst i tried signing up on your site, when i try to sign up it says 'This email does not exist' Plz help.
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Seems like alot of people are having trouble with this. I just say screw it
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xxwilxx said: "Hey i've followed the guide the way it said, and i can access the music by typing in 'localhost' in the address bar, so i don't think it's a problem with my setup. What i'm having trouble with is that every time i download one of my rss feeds to my psp, and i try to listen to it, it says 'Communication with the server failed'. Any tips? P.S. - Northwst i tried signing up on your site, when i try to sign up it says 'This email does not exist' Plz help.'"
Why do you think it's called localhost? If you call localhost from your psp you'll get nothing since there is no host locally. You'll have to type the ip address (numbers) of your pc.
justin11 said: "Seems like alot of people are having trouble with this. I just say screw it"
Yeah that's why I have over 100.000 downloads... I say screw you! Big time. I can't help people don't know how to set up a webserver or how to reach it! I provided this for free, and it works great for a lot of people, and although I have been tellin people from the beginning NOT to use abyss, I spent a lot of time makin it work for abyss and still work on 'real' servers as well. And still you noknows give me crap! F*CK YOU!edited: Aug 11 2006
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DCLXVI, sorry to give u trouble man. I know that i'm supposed to enter my ip into the address bar on my psp, thats what i do. i only typed in 'localhost' on my pc to test it out. It works fine on my pc, just when i save the rss to my psp, and then try and play the files, it gives me the message 'Communication with the server failed'.
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Yeah sorry about that, lost my patient there... getting sick of those people..
if you can view the xml code of a RSS feed in a browser (like firefox) on your pc, see if the paths are correct...
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Heres an example of one of my rss feeds. See anything that is the problem?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
- <rss version="2.0">
- <channel>
<title>BUSTA RHYMES</title>
<link>http://www.dclxvi.nl/php_rss/</link>
<description>PHP RSS Channel Feeder 1.0</description>
<language>en-us</language>
- <image>
<url>http://localhost/includes/images/default80.jpg</url>
<title>Busta Rhymes</title>
</image>
<copyright>© 2005 DCLXVI</copyright>
- <item>
<title>Touch It</title>
<link>http://localhost</link>
<description>Busta Rhymes - Touch It CDS</description>
<author>Busta Rhymes</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:07:34 -0700</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://localhost/Busta_Rhymes/busta_rhymes-_touch_it.mp3" type="audio/mp3" />
</item>
- <item>
<title>Touch It (Remix)</title>
<link>http://localhost</link>
<description>Busta Rhymes Ft Jay-Z & Nas - Busta Rhymes</description>
<author>Busta Rhymes Ft Jay-Z & Nas</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:07:34 -0700</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://localhost/Busta_Rhymes/busta_rhymes_ft_jay-z_and_nas_-_touch_it_remix.mp3" type="audio/mp3" />
</item>
- <item>
<title>Touch It (Remix)</title>
<link>http://localhost</link>
<description>Busta Rymes Ft. Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliot, Papoose, Lloyd Banks, & DMX - Busta Rhymes</description>
<author>Busta Rymes Ft. Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliot, Papoose, Lloyd Banks, & DMX</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:07:34 -0700</pubDate>
<enclosure url="http://localhost/Busta_Rhymes/busta_rymes_ft._mary_j._blige-_missy_elliot-_papoose-_lloyd_banks-_and_dmx_-_touch_it_(remix).mp3" type="audio/mp3" />
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
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All i said was screw it, i mean just listen to an ipod instead of having to download a bunch of stuff and figuring out things.. if you know how to do it without trouble go ahead and have fun
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justin11 said: "All i said was screw it, i mean just listen to an ipod instead of having to download a bunch of stuff and figuring out things.. if you know how to do it without trouble go ahead and have fun"
well why even post then? big help! get a life...
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xxwilxx, is index.php in the same folder as the 'Busta_Rhymes' folder?edited: Aug 12 2006
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