How to Add Videos to Your Sony PSP

Can't get enough of your favorite TV show or movie while you are sitting in front of your computer? Why not take them with you on your Sony PSP? The internet is full of PSP encoded video files ready to be downloaded onto your Memory Stick . But you have to know where to put the files in order for the PSP to read the files properly. Here's a short tutorial that expalins how to add videos to your Sony PSP.

Any Sony PSP with firmware 1.0 or later
A Sony PSP compatible Memory Stick Pro Duo

HOW TO WATCH THIS VIDEO ON YOUR SONY PSP:

Get a Memory Stick for your PSP:
Before you can load any data onto your Sony PSP, you must have a memory stick to store the files onto. The PSP comes with a tiny 32MB card that is only big enough to store a relatively small amount of files. If you paln on watching video clips and installing lots of games on your PSP, you will need to purchase a larger Memory Stick Pro Duo card. These cards come in several different sizes. Exact sizes vary depending on compression rates and quality, but on average, you will need about 5MB for every 1 minute of video. Before you can use a brand new Memory Stick with your PSP, you need to reformat it. If you don't know how to do this, here's a quick tutorial on how to format a PSP Memory Stick.
Format your Memory Stick on your PSP:
Before you can use a brand new Memory Stick with your PSP, you need to reformat it. If you don't know how to do this, here's a quick tutorial on how to format a PSP Memory Stick.
Download this test video clip and thumbnail to your computer:
Right + Click (PC, Mac) or Option + Click (Mac) to save this ZIP file to your Desktop. The ZIP file contains a video clip and thmbnail file of "Ode to Hazel Mae" by comedian Adam Wade.

Ode to Hazel Mae (ZIP file, 2.6MB)

Connect the PSP to your computer:
If you haven't already, you need to connect the PSP to your computer with the USB cable that it came with and put the PSP into USB mode. Press the HOME button located on the bottom left of your PSP and then scroll left to the SETTINGS column. Scroll down to USB CONNECTION and press X. The Memory Stick inside your PSP will now mount on your computer.

Copy the video onto your PSP:
In order to playback video files on your PSP, you must copy them into the proper folder. The correct file path is MP_ROOT > 100MNV01. If you place video files anywhere else on the Memory Stick, they will not playback properly. If the MP_ROOT and 100MNV01 folders don't already exist on your PSP's Memory Stick, then you need to make two new folders and name them in ALL CAPS. Just a reminder, the 100MNV01 folder goes inside the MP_ROOT folder. The PSP requires video (M4V) and thumbnail (THM) files must be named starting with M4V and ending with five random numbers ie. M4V12345.

The following two diagrams should help explain where the video files need to go:

MEMSTICK.IND
MP-ROOT
MSTK_PRO.IND
PSP

100MNV01

(videos)

Watch the video on your PSP:
Once the video file has finished coping onto your Memory Stick , you can disconnect the PSP from your computer. Scroll over to the VIDEO column on your Sony PSP and you should now see the video file. Press X to watch it. Enjoy!