Using a PSP as an MP3 player

Joebob · 25 Jan 2006 at 17:35

Just got myself a 2Gb Memory Stick Duo for my PSP and I want to know if there is anything available to let me organise playlists etc to enhance my listening pleasure?

SoliD · 25 Jan 2006 at 19:55

not essentially a playlist maker but i would suggest using sonicstage to convert to atrac, i have got 46albums onto my 1gb stick using the lower bitrate(think 96) but with no loss of sound quality that i can hear, and it converts and sticks straight onto your psp.

Joebob · 27 Jan 2006 at 13:53

SoliD said:
not essentially a playlist maker but i would suggest using sonicstage to convert to atrac, i have got 46albums onto my 1gb stick using the lower bitrate(think 96) but with no loss of sound quality that i can hear, and it converts and sticks straight onto your psp.

Coolio - I will give it a try thanks.

Does your volume go as high as you would expect it to on an mp3 player? I turn mine up to the max when listening to MP3's and it's still only about as loud as you would expect a mid range setting to be on a walkman / iPod etc...!!!

FeFiDoh · 27 Jan 2006 at 14:24

is AVLS turned off??

JUMPURS · 27 Jan 2006 at 14:31

Yeah the volume on the PSP sucks!!

Joebob · 27 Jan 2006 at 15:28

R5Rich said:
is AVLS turned off??

Yes it was... turned it on to see what it does and now it's even quieter!!!

Surely they will be able to fix this in a future Firmare upgrade? I love the little black box of tricks but this really lets it down.

Joebob · 29 Jan 2006 at 14:50

Ok, solved it... it was the bleeding headphones which come with it. Plugged my Sennheiser in and it blasts quite loud.

Memphis · 29 Jan 2006 at 15:31

JUMPURS said:
Yeah the volume on the PSP sucks!!

Wrong.

The headphones supplied with it are volume limited, not the PSP.

Emlyn_Dewar · 29 Jan 2006 at 18:51

Yeah PSP headphones... Ugh! I could hardly hear the DVD's I stuck on it, figured the wuss headphones were to blame and was soon sorted out.

Energize · 30 Jan 2006 at 02:16

Joebob said:
Just got myself a 2Gb Memory Stick Duo for my PSP and I want to know if there is anything available to let me organise playlists etc to enhance my listening pleasure?

Theres some homebrew programs around.

Joebob · 30 Jan 2006 at 11:29

Energize said:
Theres some homebrew programs around.

Oooh - excellent... don't suppose you have a link do you?

PiKe · 30 Jan 2006 at 11:56

The PSP will read m3u files, just create the playlist in winamp and save it, then transfer to the PSP.

NokkonWud · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:04

Joebob said:
Oooh - excellent... don't suppose you have a link do you?

Can't be posted on here I'm afraid. Admins rules, they're very anal about anything like this.

Energize · 30 Jan 2006 at 15:54

Joebob said:
Oooh - excellent... don't suppose you have a link do you?

Cant post it here, you will need ver 1.5 firmware to use them though.

Joebob · 31 Jan 2006 at 13:02

Energize said:
Cant post it here, you will need ver 1.5 firmware to use them though.

Damn! I got v 2.6

It's ok though - I just discovered that the built in player has a shuffle option so that will do nicely for now.