How to convert video files to PSP format?

Posted on June 16, 2008 at 5:09 am

You have a new shiny slim PSP and you have a bunch of movies that you want to watch on it.  Now the question we need to solve is how are we going to play our video files with a PSP? With the freeware PSP Video Converter you can convert VOB, IFO, DAT, MOV, AVI, MPEG, MPEG4, 3GPP, 3GPP2, WMV, ASF video formats to PSP.

If you don’t have it yet, download it and install on your computer.

Open PSP Video Converter, click Add to choose the movie file you want to convert and click Open.

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You should see the file under the list of File Name area.  Then, choose which type of output format you want to create.  In this example just choose the default PSP Normal Quality which is a 480 by 272 pixel mp4 format file.

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One rule of thumb when choosing which format to use is that the higher the quality the higher the number of pixels and the higher the file size.  Put into consideration that a wide screen quality movie with 640 X 480 takes more disk space than a 480 X 272 movie.  If you want higher definition and you can afford the space, go for a wide screen format.

After that, click the Convert button to start converting your file:

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There are a couple of things worth looking at here.  First is the Output Directory which defaults to C:\Program Files\PSP Video Converter\Videos – this is where your converted video files will be saved after the conversion.

The Progress value indicates how much of the video is already converted.

After you are done, move the output mp4 file into your PSP memory stick.  Attach your PSP to your computer via the USB port or get the memory stick and plug it in your memory card reader.  Depending on your PSP version, you will put the file on the VIDEO folder of PSP/VIDEO folder.   To check what version your PSP has follow this simple steps:

1. Open your PSP and go to the setting tab

2. Move down until you get to the system settings

3. Hit X button, then move down to the system information (this should show the firmware version)

Now to play the video, just disconnect your PSP to your computer’s USB.  Power up your PSP, go to the video tab then all of your videos will appear.  Choose and enjoy the video and it should play without a problem.

As mentioned, you can convert your existing DVDs and VCDs to the PSP format.  Just be patient as it could take a long time to convert movies depending on the size of the movie and the spec of your computer.

Ben Carigtan is a new contributor writer.  A Software Engineer with more than 7 years of technical experience, he will be writing articles covering practical advices and tips for computer users.

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9 Responses to “How to convert video files to PSP format?”

  1. Angel ~ said on : August 31st, 2008 at 12:59 am

    Sorry for being rude of whatever, but! You may also go to media-convert.com/ to convert any video to whatever format. Instead of downloading a program. xD


  2. elina said on : November 9th, 2009 at 1:00 am

    here i know a psp video converter
    it can convert almost all popular video formats like AVI, MPEG, MKV, MPG,WMV, TS, FLV, MOV, etc. to MP4 format supported on PSP, such as converting AVI to PSP, FLV to PSP, etc.


  3. HappyChris said on : November 9th, 2009 at 6:12 am

    Thanks for the article. For converting Youtube videos directly to the PSP format I’m using this free online PSP video converter:
    http://video.online-convert.com/convert-video-for-psp


  4. Ashy said on : January 20th, 2010 at 1:56 am

    What’s the best way to convert MKV files to PSP format? Thanks.


  5. Janie said on : March 5th, 2010 at 1:28 am

    I use HandBrake to convert videos into PSP format, it’s a free tool for both Mac and Windows. Works great.


  6. Michele said on : March 13th, 2010 at 2:38 am

    So basically from what I can see above, if you want to play video files on your PSP, you need to convert them to MP4 format correct?


  7. Marwa said on : March 19th, 2010 at 4:57 am

    I’ve converted a video to PSP format, but it won’t play on my device. Did I do something wrong? It’s in the correct format for PSP.


  8. avinab paudel said on : June 21st, 2010 at 2:50 am

    What type of converter software is needed for converting the video files is there an tepycle type of software needed for it.


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