Rivalled only by the new release of ffmpegx which now also supports encoding to the PSP's MP4 format, iPSP is the one and only tool that you will need for all your PSP's multimedia needs.
I've tested video encoding (which is currently limited to 10 minutes for trial version users) and iLife integration. Apparently, when you create an album/playlist named PSP in iPhoto or iTunes, it is automatically transfered and updated to your PSP the next time u hit the "sync all" option.
The only complaints I have for this utility is that I've had problems on sync'ing videos to PSP on my PowerBook. There's a strange bug that causes it to create all the right folders, but transfering zilich.
Also, benchmarking the encoding process of FFmpegx and iPSP, the latter lags behind abit in terms of speed. But recieves a plus for simplicity and ease-of-use.
I would recommended mac gurus to stick with ffmpegx and for those that want simple operation, to try out iPSP.
Ive had no luck with iPSP whatsoever. Ive created the playlists in iTunes and iPhoto, and another in my movies folder. When i boot up the iPSP application it looks like its synchronising, then it crashes and nothing appears to have worked. Ive never seen any of the screenshots that they display on the kaisakura website. Ive even written to the author of the software to try and resolve the issue - they replied and gave me very basic troubleshooting tips that didn't help. I'll keep waiting for product updates, but at the moment nothing seems to work for transferring from the mac.
what version of os x are you running? and what hardware are you running it on? all the sync features work on my powerbook except for the videos. Should be a bug fix in later versions. ;(
Locate the encoded file by clicking the icon.
Connect the PSP to your Mac using the USB connection, and choose the “USB connection� option on the PSP menu.
When the drive appears on your OSX desktop, create the following directories in the ROOT of the drive (i.e. NOT in the PSP directory):
MP_ROOT/100MNV01
Now copy the MP4 file created by ffmpegX to the MP_ROOT/100MNV01 directory. Dismount the PSP memory stick drive.
Go to the Movies menu on the PSP. You should now see the movie and be able to play it. Pressing the triangle button gives access to menu options. Among these you will find one for screen size. This allows letterboxed movies to use the whole screen. Scroll through the options using the circle button. When you’re happy with the format, press the triangle button again.
thanks for the tips, but iPSP is still not a go-go. running a powerbook 867, with plenty of ram and 10.3.8 all up to date. The USB doesnt even connect to my PC at work (does not recognise new hardware) so it could be a problem with my PSP. <crosses fingers for new kick-ass version of iPSP>
hiredgoon said: "Ive had no luck with iPSP whatsoever. Ive created the playlists in iTunes and iPhoto, and another in my movies folder. When i boot up the iPSP application it looks like its synchronising, then it crashes and nothing appears to have worked. Ive never seen any of the screenshots that they display on the kaisakura website. Ive even written to the author of the software to try and resolve the issue - they replied and gave me very basic troubleshooting tips that didn't help. I'll keep waiting for product updates, but at the moment nothing seems to work for transferring from the mac."
I may be of some small help. I have only done it once so far, and it took my a long time and several emails to the iPSP developer, but I did eventually figure out that I was doing a few things wrong.
First of all, the videos. When you use iPSP to convert a video to MPEG4 format, it creates a folder and renames the video inside the folder, giving them wierd names like "M4V02046.MP4". Do not touch this. Do not rename it. I assumed it would be OK to do so, but that prevented the video from being viewable on the PSP. iPSP still transferred the video onto my PSP, but I could not view it. So if you renamed the file, name it back the way it was, or re-convert it.
I also had a hard time getting the MP3's to transfer onto the PSP. After much experimentation, I figured out that this was because I had certain characters in the names of the songs. Basically you don't want any special characters at all, like & or # or ! or : or anything like that. Also, if you like to use dashes (heifens .. i.e... - ) go through and replace them with underscores ( _ ). And make sure there are no spaces anywhere. After I fixed these things, all my MP3's transferred onto the PSP.
The woman I was talking to also gave a few suggestions. If the MP3's are still not transferring, try naming the playlist "PSP NotWorking".
Also, watch their web site reguarly for new versions of the software and download the new one whenever they come out with updates. They are working on fixing bugs and making it better all the time.
The person who was helping me did take a lot of time and answer numerous questions, which I appreciated a lot. However, she also was a little sensitive to what she perceived as 'rude' tone in my first few emails, and threatened to not help me. I actually felt that my tone was fine and that she was being semi-rude to me, because she implied that I was an idiot or doing stupid, illogical things a few times. But just a heads up. If you're the one needing help and you are asking someone to assist you, try to be as extraordinarily polite as you can. Remember to use plenty of 'pleases' and 'thank you's'.
Being an uber mac nerd (note use of word uber) you PC kids get sony's first party image and video converter, which i'm sure will be just as good, ipsp will probably not be making its way the windows platform as small mac developers usually dont have the funds and in fact direct their software towards mac cultists, and if a version makes it to PC i'm sure the windows operating system will have trouble with it, as it does with everything, meaning that it will probably need to watered down or go through extensive beta testing. In regards to problems, making sure your software and everything is named correctly down to the case of the letters is imperative, and if it comes down to it use a different mp4 converter and hand load them, yeah ipsp is great but it does what anyone can do on their own with a little practise
If people are interested I have made up a more generic tool (along the lines of iPSP, but the window looks like a PSP :-) ) and its PC only. Also can change window gfx (so you can skin the app however you want, make it look like the GT4 one :-) ) link
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