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.
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.
Installing PHP5
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.
Installing and Configuring The Web Server
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).
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.
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:
If you didn't put your MP3s into folders, your page will look different, but it's not a big deal.
Using It With Your PSP
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.
I'm sure there are step by step tutorials on how to install a webserver and or PHP.
you just have to see things appart from each other and as a confident PC user you will understand. and easier to google.
The RSS Feeder is nothing but a dynamic website to put on a webserver.
So first thing you need is get a webserver running with a complete version of PHP installed (gd libraries etc.)
If you run XP pro, you have IIS on the disc. You just need to install it through software>windows components and you have the easiest to configure webserver. (rightmouse click on your musicfolder and some settings will turn it into a webfolder). Then you'll need to install PHP on it.
can someone send me a working php.ini file? I'm pretty sure it's my php configuration... soooo if anyone got this RSS thing to work, plz send me the correct configuration?
unholymantis.... php.ini files are really not meant to be interchangeable... they are kind of specific to the webserver/operating system you are running. Most webservers provide a pre-configured PHP install for you to use with it. I am sure if you provide the webserver and operating system you are running we can help you get the right one for you.... Also if you have any info. on what the issue you are having we may be able to help with that too.
I cant help but to plug my site one more time sorry... link
abyss x1 and php5... same error as most ppl i guess, the 80431064. Before i changed my ini file, i got an error that said 'this script works great but still getting error notices' or something like that... i deleted like half the ini file and it seemed to work better in the sense atleast the page would come up.
I got it to work, without changing anything. Just follow the directions using abyss web server. if you use any other server, you're on your own.
download the 'preconfigured PHP 5 package for Windows' at link
First install abyss then the new php and then the php 5 package link i provided. then after all is install, follow the rest of the instructions making sure you put all your music in 'psp_rss' folder. if you still need help you can email me at tjlavababy AT NOSPAM yahoo.com i can take a pic of the rss feed in my psp to show, it doesn't show tags for the mp3s, it shows instead the time and date. But this RSS stream is not that useful for me since i got most of my files in wma format.
forgot to sat, it does show tags and album art, i used a album with no tags. only problem is, if you have alot of albums, you will have to click on all the add to rss 2.0 links to add everyone, it will be a long list if you have hundreds of albums. But really, i don't like this rss function with the psp when it comes to streaming to the psp. When you get to browse your hard drive wireless & stream, that will be something everyone will want to do. so for those who can't get it to work, you're not missing out on much!
I'm having trouble accessing the rss from my psp.
I have it all set up on my computer. I can access it when i type my ip address into my broswer, but not on my psp.
Al it says is that the connection timed out and that means that it could not connect.
Do I have to set up a domain, or something? if so, then how? a guide?
I have set everything up using Abyss, PHP5 and DCLXVI's Feeder and communication is fine between the PSP and the RSS list. I can browse all of my music on my PC and download the MP3's to my memory stick AND save the RSS feed data to my PSP for streaming.
However...... When I go to RSS Feeds to try and listen to the music.... Nothing. There are no tracks listed - in ANY feed. It connects ok but there is no content. Am I doing something really stupid?
Thanks in advance.
BTW... Well done all for the tutorial and the feeder app. Nice job! :-)
Sounds like you did not put the Index file in the Music Folder..... for this to work the feeder takes mp3 files in the same folder as the Index.php only
Just put the index.php in the music folder you have available to the server. and make sure your music is MP3. it will not work with WMA or anything else.
First of all, awesome tutorial. You guys running and handling the Q and A in this post are doing a great service of promoting this PSP-RSS streaming system and getting a noob like myself into the world of setting up a local webserver. I have a few questions though, the first of which I just need to get out of the way: is posting music for streaming on a personal, local webserver legal? Now that that's out of the way, I have a few more questions. 1) Will setting the Interpreter, under Scripting Parameters (on Abyss) to FastCGI as opposed to CGI-ISAPI, affect my ability to stream to my PSP? I got everything working smoothly under CGI-ISAPI, but read in the Abyss-PHP setup section that FastCGI is preferable and faster (Im working with a Windows XP Home PC). 2) What are some other ways I can put my local webserver to use? 3) Can anyone alse access the music I have included in my PHP RSS Feeder folder for streaming or is it strictly personal (I don't want to become a "music distributor" for all to use). Does having a local webserver set up on my PC make my computer prone to hacking? 4) Must my computer be on any time I wish to access my local webserver to stream to my PSP?
Thanks again and thank you in advance to anyone who would be so kind as to answer these questions.
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