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Sunday, July 6, 2008

PSP IPod Video Converter



Do you own both an iPod and PSP unit? Well, I believe most people do own both PSP and iPod just like I do and you have both gadgets and are wondering or wanting to know how you can watch your movies and videos. I will share with you how I have done it.

When I started looking into how to watch movies and videos on both devices, I begin searching for PSP and iPod video converters. Needless to say there are many PSP video converters and iPod video converters that anyone can find over the internet. And most video converters which I had encountered provide conversion of videos and movies to PSP or iPod and I ending up buying and downloading both video converters.

Free PSP and/or iPod video converters can also be found from the internet and there are thousands and thousands of websites offering PSP and iPod video converter. To gain your attention, most will look like offering free PSP and/or iPod video converter from the search engine results. These websites will offer anyone free PSP and/or iPod video and movie converter and it comes under a free trial period or limited video converting functions or poor video quality conversion. To truly enjoy and to have a decent video converter, you need to invest for a tool that gives you the convenience.

In investing on the video converter, it does not really cost much but in fact it is really quite affordable ranging somewhere below $30 for most video converters. And if you are willing to invest in a proper video converter, most can converts lots of video formats for both PSP and iPod. You don’t even need to have different video converter just because you having both PSP and iPod. For the range of under $30 you will be able to find video converters that will be able to perform conversion for most PC video format. Some can even have the function of ripping or converting videos or movies straight from your DVDs. Giving you the choice of watching your favorite movies and/or video on your PSP or iPod no matter which device you wish to carry along wherever you maybe.


The most useful trick when anyone is converting their video or movies is to convert their videos and/or movies when they are sleeping, wasting none of your precious waking moment. Ever consider batch conversion for all your favorite videos and movies, this function will allow anyone to convert multiple movies or videos files in series or one after another. Leaving your computer working through the night while you sleep and completing the conversion when you wakeup.

Personally I’m satisfied with using “WinAVI 3GP/MP4/PSP/iPod Video Converter” for all these functions that I had mention earlier. Most of my video files are DivX, XviD, MOV, rm, rmvb, MPEG, VOB, DVD, WMV, AVI. Does any of these video or movie file format looks familiar to you? Chances are if you are converting videos and/or movies files, it could likely one of above file formats and they are widely used for your personal computers. Spend sometime and look or search for your ideal PSP and iPod video converter as most of them offer quite similar functions with only a few would standout for their unique functions.

How to Play Downloadable Games on PSP

A lot of people out there have successfully downloaded the video games onto the psp But are stuck with how to play it. Sometimes, because of firmware differences, you might not be able to play the games instantly.

Do you know that you can play the games from other consoles and even directly from the memory stick. All these are possible with emulators and ISO’s. You need version 1.5 to execute the procedure. You can check the version that you have from the main menu and scroll to the system settings. It will show you the system software version.

An emulator is a system that can play the games which normally runs on a different system. For example, a PSP will be able to load and play games that are intended for gameboy. With an emulator, you will be able to access the games that normally do not run in PSP. The only challenge is that the PSP have to be able to run the emulation code. Sometimes, errors occur or it will run very slowly. That’s why the software version is important.

One of the most popular emulator pack is the KXSPLOIT pack. You can search for this on the Internet and there are free versions available. Once you have this emulator pack, you can proceed to connect your computer to the PSP and download a game that corresponds to the emulator pack. Copy the game to the emulator folder pack.

Here are the steps in details:

1) Unzip the KXSPOIT file into a directory and connect the both PSP and your computer by means of a USB.

2) Copy the 'PSP' folder to the root directory of the drive.

3) Download a game that corresponds to desired emulator such as Nintendo, genesis, Sega, etc. The list is mentioned at the bottom of this article for your reference.

4) Extract the game file and copy to the corresponding emulator folder on the PSP memory stick

5) Disconnect your PSP from the computer. Do this by removing the USB from your personal computer.

6) From your PSP, scroll down the Memory Stick option and press X button. You should be able to see the psp flash menu loading. Then select the file that you downloaded earlier and press the O button.

The following emulators are included in the latest KXSPLOIT pack:

a) PC Engine PSP Blender - Dowload PSP Games, Movies, Music

b) Sega Master

c) MSX

d) HUE

e) SNES

f) Nintendo

g) Genesis

With emulators you will be able to play a wide variety of games on your psp. So I guess by now if you don’t own one, you will be definitely encouraged to go and get one. This handheld device can do a lot of things. As you know, PSP’s are not only used for gaming but also for playing movies, music and music videos. There is a lot of software available to further enhance the use of your PSP. So what are you waiting for? Start to explore now and enjoy the many things that PSP can do.