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[Odnetnin]

My psp won't read a video file when its name is



harrypottertrailer.mp4

but will only read

MV2100234.mp4


same file renamed.. and it'll work. Is this due to firmware and/or psp setting?

 

[EGM92]

I'm not sure, one of my Jap units is like that, one will play files no matter what the name, and it will display the file name in the PSP browser but the other unit, the files will have to be renamed for it to read properly and both are 1.0 units.

 

[TTP]

Is this due to firmware and/or psp setting?

It has always been like that, sadly. Gotta live with it.

 

[mrklaw]

its firmware. The fact you can play videos at all seems to be down to the Sony M1 digital still/camcorder. That records videos with the funny filenames.

 

[ThongyDonk]

is that the new trailer??

 

[Rhindle]

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[Odnetnin]

so its not me. I remember posting this awhile back and the only guy who responded said I was lying about this issue :lol First experienced it when I downloaded some PSP videos for E3. Couldn't watch them.

quite annoying to have to create individual folders for the various clips (each corresponding to what it is).

mine's a japanese unit with no firmware upgrade. so it'd be version 1? I think. How do you check?

Also, if you upgrade firmware... does that fix the video issue?

 

[Great King Bowser]

so its not me. I remember posting this awhile back and the only guy who responded said I was lying about this issue :lol First experienced it when I downloaded some PSP videos for E3. Couldn't watch them.

quite annoying to have to create individual folders for the various clips (each corresponding to what it is).

mine's a japanese unit with no firmware upgrade. so it'd be version 1? I think. How do you check?

Also, if you upgrade firmware... does that fix the video issue?

Don't upgrade your firmware if its still V1.0

At least if you want to run emulators.

 

[kaching]

quite annoying to have to create individual folders for the various clips (each corresponding to what it is).

You don't have to create individual folders for each clip on the US 1.5 PSP I have. Are you sure you really have to create a new folder for each clip?

 

[Mr Gump]

How come, we don't even talk no mo',
And you don't even call no mo',
We don't barely keep in touch at all,
And I don't even feel the same love when we hug no mo',
And I heard it through the grape vine we even beefin' now,
After all the years we've been down,
Ain't no way, no how,
This bullshit can't be true,
We family, aint a damn thing change unless it's you

 

[GamerzXtreme]

I find myself being a little on the concerned side when you see more movies than games on a gaming platform.

 

[Mr Gump]

Its COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT apparently.

 

[dark10x]

I find myself being a little on the concerned side when you see more movies than games on a gaming platform.

Why? It's easy to release movies that have already been made on another format. Games take time...

 

[Odnetnin]

You don't have to create individual folders for each clip on the US 1.5 PSP I have. Are you sure you really have to create a new folder for each clip?

nah. I meant on my PC. because I can't have them named:

thisisthisclip.mp4


I have to have a folder called that with the MV100124.MP4 inside. I have like 50+ folders.

 

[duckroll]

nah. I meant on my PC. because I can't have them named:

thisisthisclip.mp4


I have to have a folder called that with the MV100124.MP4 inside. I have like 50+ folders.

You know, you could just encode them properly with a proper title, then they'll display properly on your PSP regardless of filename.

 

[Odnetnin]

You know, you could just encode them properly with a proper title, then they'll display properly on your PSP regardless of filename.

?

maybe I'm not making myself clear... nevermind.

They show up with the right names on the PSP even with the mv1021032.mp4 name. They just won't work otherwise.

eg

mv10012031.mp4 on PC

=

harry potter GOF trailer on PSP


I just can't have the file named hpgof.mp4

 

[golduck342]

I hate how theres folders for Music, images, games, but the one for video is DCIM then some random number. Almost seems like they threw in video playback at the last minute.

 

[The Faceless Master]

?

maybe I'm not making myself clear... nevermind.

They show up with the right names on the PSP even with the mv1021032.mp4 name. They just won't work otherwise.

eg

mv10012031.mp4 on PC

=

harry potter GOF trailer on PSP


I just can't have the file named hpgof.mp4

i just leave them as whatever.mp4 on PC, then rename them when i transfer to psp

 

[mrklaw]

or use something like pspvideo 9 which shows you what the movie is really called on your PC before transferring them.


But for movies I've converted, I usually put them in a folder on my PC with the movie name. No biggy.

 

[CamHostage]

its firmware. The fact you can play videos at all seems to be down to the Sony M1 digital still/camcorder. That records videos with the funny filenames.

Technically, it's because the video format conforms to that of a Memory Stick standard (which was mined for PSP use by experimenting with that SonyCam.) But 1, who the heck records home movies to Memory Stick?, and 2, they added a PSP picture folder as well as support for Memory Stick digital camera naming conventions, so why not do the same for video?