psp question

Zan · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject:

Yes, but obviously the size of the memory stick determines how big your files can be.

Games are also called UMDs.

Ed · Net Agent Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 219

alright so lets say i have a 35 mb memory stick how many movie can i wath with that?

Zan · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

Have you even been reading the posts others have made?

You'll only be able to fit a small clip on a 32 MB stick. Maybe more.

Ed · Net Agent Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 219

so how much mb will i need for one movie not a movie i can download a psp movie you can buy at stores and does it matter how much mb you need to save a game?

Zan · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:58 pm Post subject:

Game saves shouldn't take up too much space, unless you have a huge collection.

UMD movies don't take up any memory stick space, because they're played off the disc.

Ed · Net Agent Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 219

so if i only have one game I can use 35 mb stic and i dont need a stick if i buy a movie did i get all of that

Zan · Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject:

Yeah, that should be right. Having only one game kind of defeats the purpose of buying a PSP though. You might as well get a portable DVD player.

Zabi · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:21 pm Post subject:

Shouldn't you be able to compress videos with no noticeable loss in quality by simply shrinking them to the size of the PSP's screen? I've messed with video editing and the video size effects file size A LOT! Heck, they'd actually look better shrunk since the pixels would be closer together.

Zan · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:28 pm Post subject:

No, because all videos are required to be a certain resolution anyway.

Zabi · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

Zan · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject:

368 x 208. Of course, you can stretch it to match the PSP's actual res, but it looks horrible.

I can read most subtitles fine on videos.

Zabi · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 7:33 pm Post subject:

DarkJC · Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 22

There are two basic aspect ratios for viewing video on the PSP:

4:3 (which is the standard letterbox TV style aspect)
16:9 (which is the widescreen format)

Videos can be encoded for viewing on the PSP in two different resolutions.

320x240 for 4:3 aspect video.
368x208 for 16:9 aspect video.

The actual resolution of the PSP screen is 480x272, but there are limitations which force you to use the lower 368x208 resolution.

Anyway, the reason you can't just "resize" the file is because it does not have support for any formats except a specific MPEG4 codec and H.264 codec. Therefore the video has to be transcoded into one of those formats. Transcoding usually results in some quality loss, depending on the bitrate you encode the new file at.

I hope this helps you to understand how it works, so get a program like PSP Video 9 and start transcoding those AVIs.
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Ed · Net Agent Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 219

hey its me again, sorry to change the subject but what is a really good game for psp i want tio buy another game but dont know which one?

Hardcore Hecxz · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:13 pm Post subject:

If your going to use your PSP to hold movies and stuff, I suggest either a 1GB or 2GB, they are top of the line expensive about $100-$150, but if you look in Sundays ad and check places like Office Depot or Staples and stuff, sometimes they got sales on them for like a 1GB card only being $50, i noticed that a few weeks ago, and I should of took up on that deal.

All I got is my 32MB card that my PSP came with and a 256MB card I got for Christmas one year, I just hold small videos on it, never like a full episode or movie
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Zabi · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:30 pm Post subject:

Ed · Net Agent Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 219

im not sure if this is true but i heard that if u save one of your friends game on amemory stick you can play the game without needing the umd is it true

Zan · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 2:28 pm Post subject:

Yes, I'm sure you've heard of the concept before. It's called "piracy."

You can also share UMDs, but it takes forever swapping the disc every time you need to load.

Ed · Net Agent Joined: 12 Nov 2005 Posts: 219

i want gonna steal me and my friend thought that instead of buying a game one of us has we can just save it and play it whenever sorta like trading

Sai-kun · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 3:25 pm Post subject:

If you like puzzle games, get Mercury. Very very addicting, and fun. :D Lumines is also good.
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