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Having accumulated a few games consoles over the past couple of years, I've found I now rarely use my PSP for actually playing games (apart from the excellent Burnout, which is simply awesome). It's generally a better all-round experience to play games on the 360 or Wii on the tv. However, the little PSP device simply excels at something else - watching movies or piling through series boxsets.
Armed with a 4GB pro-duo memory stick (crikey, these things are tiny!), I can now watch movies/series while my other half monopolises the tv with endless documentaries or sessions on Super Mario Galaxy.
However, transferring your movie from DVD onto your PSP is not particularly straight-forward. So, I thought I'd write a quick little guide to (hopefully) ease the agony of it all.
You will need to download 2 items of software. They're both completely free though:
• DVDDecrypter
• PSP Video 9
DVDDecrypter
DVDDecrypter is simply phenomenal. Install, start, insert the DVD movie to be copied, and then select the IFO mode:
After changing the mode to IFO, you'll then need to click on the Stream Processing tab. DVDs consist of various streams, such as the video, English soundtrack, French soundtrack, etc. You need to select the 'Enable Stream Processing' checkbox, then tick the appropriate video AND audio stream. So, you'll basically just be ticking two of these checkboxes. There will be other stuff in there too like subtitles. You probably only want the video and audio streams!
Then you simply need to select File, Decrypt. It’ll take the .VOB files that are on your DVD disc, remove all that nasty copy protection, and dump a new VOB file on your hard drive.
This should only take about 10-15 mins. Once it's done, you’ll end up with (probably) a 7GB VOB file on your hard drive.
Okay, that was nice and easy...
PSP Video 9
Download Red Kawa's 'PSP Video 9'. Install and then start. The interface is, to be brutally honest, complete crap, but you'll just have to bear with it...
Click on Settings...the One-Click Settings stuff allows you to select from pre-configured profiles. Select the 'Fw2.80+ MP4 368x208...' setting for widescreen movies.
About Firmware Versions - ignore if technically-challenged...
Now, there are numerous versions of the PSP out there, all with different firmwares. As far as I can make out, different firmware versions allow different video capabilities with various advantages/disadvantages. However, I decided to ignore all that complicated crap - the aim here is to be able to transfer a movie onto the PSP, with a decent chance of it actually working without wasting endless hours of our lives. These different firmware versions simply complicate the hell out of all this.
You can select higher firmwares or the alternative AVC format, but I simply couldn't get any of that working with my PSP. Bear in mind it's going to take a couple of hours to convert your DVD movie into a PSP-compatible video, so it's entirely up to you how much time you want to waste experimenting with different settings.
Okay, click on Convert, ignore the Video Wizard stuff and click on the Current Conversion tab. Now click on 'One Click Convert' button.
Select the .VOB file that DVD Decrypter dumped to your hard drive. This conversion process takes absolutely bloody hours! It does run quietly in the background though (when minimized it drops into your system tray). If you have a dual-core processor you’re laughing. One thing to be aware of is that the progress bar is terribly misleading. It'll be done when it's done, not when the progress bar reaches 100%...
When you’re done, you’ll end up with a lovely shiny MP4 file all nicely converted (around 600-900MB). It also generates a THM (thumbnail file) as well.
You're not quite finished yet, though! Now copy the MP4 file directly to the \VIDEO folder on your PSP. I always just copy the MP4, not the THM.
You should now be able to play your movie through the Videos menu on your PSP.
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