Recently my friend bought me a PSP 2000 with a Component AV cable (PSP-S180) from Japan. The USB cable in the picture is not the original, and this one is only a USB cable.
Note:
The new version PSP has so many features, such as game, picture, audio, video, and so on. This article only concerns Sony’s official PSP video format, while the unofficial video format, such as PMP, PMP_AVC, we will talk about later.
Here come several stages of my experience in researching the new version PSP, and hope this will do beginners a favor.
Data collection stage Read the related video explanation in the manual
Import:
Import movies/videos to a PC
Convert/copy:
Use compatible software to convert the video to the file format that can be played on the PSP. Then, create a folder named 'VIDEO' on the Memory Stick Duo media and save the video files to the folder.
Understand:
After viewing the explanation above, PSP video format files should be uploaded to the 'VIDEO' folder on the PSP. The operation between new version and old one are quite different.
Puzzled:
The only point that I still feel unclear is which video file formats and encoding formats the new version PSP can support, since there is no any explanation in the manual. Well, go to Sony's web site for a help.
Go to Sony's website for a help
The explanation for new version PSP video from Sony website:
Supported formats on the Memory Stick Duo
Sony Web site in the following video on Memory Stick format of the content support
• Video format
-MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC LC)
-H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC LC)
• MP4 File Format
• MPEG-4 Simple Profile (AAC LC)
• H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile - CABAC (AAC LC)
And Baseline Profile (AAC LC)
• AVI
- Motion JPEG (Linear PCM or ì-Lau)
Understand:
1. Supported video file formats are MP4 and AVI and video file extensions must be .mp4 or .avi.
2. Support encoding format for H.264/MPEG-4 AVC (AVC), MPEG-4, AVI (Linear PCM).
Puzzled:
What’s the limitation of the resolution, bit rate, and frame-rate? Let's go to those relevant professional forums to find the relevant information.
Go to PSP professional website for a help
After viewing some seniors’ posts in many professional forums, just summarized as following:
1. PSP built-in player has the following restrictions on the support of MPEG-4 encoding format:
* The product of width and height cannot exceed 76,800
* The height and the width of video must be 16 multiples
Thus the resolution of video file encoded with MPEG-4 format has the following restrictions:
* Aspect ratio 4:3 image, the maximum resolution cannot exceed 320 * 240.
* Aspect ratio 16:9 image, the maximum resolution cannot exceed 368 * 208.
2. PSP built-in player has the following restrictions on the support of h.264 encoding
* The height and the width of video must be 16 multiples
* Memory Stick Duo supports the maximum resolution of 720 * 480,720 * 576.
Requirements
1. Enjoy videos on PSP
Since the screen resolution of PSP 2000 is 480 * 272, the resolution of importing video greater than 480*272 would be meaningless. To get high-quality video screen should heighten the video bit rate. The frame-rate can be same as that of source video, coz higher than the source file is also meaningless, as well as increases the storage space; the other way around, lower the frame rate would decrease the video quality.
2. Enjoy videos on HDTV
Only when the video resolution is not under 480p (720 * 480 progressive scan), can the advantages of HDTV play. With the permitted condition in the storage space, the bit rate is naturally the higher the better, of course, it cannot be higher than that of the source video bit rate. As for the frame-rate same as source file will be okay.