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Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) is a very popular device and has sold a few million units, but when compared to Apple’s iPod, the PSP lacks storage space. Luckily, the PSP has a built in WiFi card to make up for this disadvantage. With a few simple steps, all of which are included in this tutorial, anyone can stream any non-copyright music from their iTunes library to their PSP. To get started, you will need to have the following:
- PSP With Firmware v2.60
- Networked XP Home/Pro Comp.
- WiFi (802.11b) Network Router
- Apple iTunes v6.0.4 Installed
- Songs in iTunes Music Library
- At Least 1 Playlist With Music
The 5-Step Setup Procedure:
1) Download iTunes-PSP-Server.exe and save it to your desktop.
2) Disable any firewalls and/or keep port 8080 open.
3) Launch iTunes and then click on the iTunes-PSP-Server after.
4) In IE/Firefox open the page “http://localhost:8080”
5) Setup is complete if an “iTunes RSS Server” page appeared.
If the iTunes RSS Server page didn’t appear make sure your firewall has authorized “iTunes-PSP-Server.exe” to access the internet completely. You may also want to add a rule into your firewall to keep port 8080 open. The “black box” is the server, DO NOT close it.
Before going any further make sure you know the IP address of the machine running iTunes and the iTunes-PSP-Server. To find you Local Area Network (LAN) IP go to Start -> Control Panel -> Network Connections -> Click on your Network Card -> Support Tab. Your local IP address should look something like this “192.168.1.xxx”. Another method is to go to Start -> Run… -> type “cmd” hit enter -> type “ipconfig” in the window. Your IP Address should be displayed there. Once the 5-Step Procedure is complete and you have found your Local IP Address, proceed to the next step.
The PSP Setup Procedure:
1) Turn on your PSP and go to Network -> Internet Browser.
2) Enter “http://IPADDRESS:8080” into the Address area.
3) When iTunes RSS Server appears add it to your bookmarks.
4) Now click on any orange RSS icon and “Add This Channel”.
5) Close Internet Browser and go to Network -> RSS Channel.
6) Select a playlist you added and YOUR’RE DONE!!!
This tutorial only demonstrated how to access your iTunes Library over a Local Area WiFi network. If you wish to access your iTunes Library music from any “HotSpot” or external location, you will need to forward port 8080 in your router to allow your Local IP to be accessible externally.
Other Notes: To close the iTunes-PSP-Server just select the black window and press CTRL+Shift+C and it should close. If you update your iTunes library once the server has already been started, selected “Reload Library” on the webpage in your PSP browser. The server can only stream non-copyright protected (DRM-Free) MP3 and AAC files. (no video support yet)
Downloads: iTunes-PSP-Server.exe | Apple iTunes
Links: iTunes RSS Server Development | Google Groups Support
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yes, once you forward your local ip in your router you should be able to access from your external IP address using the port you selected.
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the computer can be wired or wireless. it will work just fine as long as both the psp and computer are on networks that can see eachother.
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the psp can only currently handle viewing the first 100 items of any RSS feed. therefore to access more itunes content i suggest creating many smart playlists such as top music, most played, etc…
DUDE, I F**KING LOVE YOU! This is AWESOME! :):):)
I can’t get it to work from remote locations! could you please give us a Step by Step on configuring a Linksys router for this? Another question, could firefox use this RSS as well as to listen on browsers in remote locations?
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for most linksys routers do the following:
1) access your router settings (usually 192.168.1.1)
2) find port forwarding somewhere in the settings area
3) for your local IP ex: 192.168.1.105 forward both TCP and UDP ports from 8080 to 8080 or anything higher.
4) after doing so you should be able to access it externally.
P.S. this will also work just fine with Firefox, Thunderbird, etc…
that’s exactly what i did, i double checked but still no use. just to make sure, i have to put in the actual ip address of my modem, rite? cause the generic 192.168…. won’t work externaly
if there isn’t a solution, then thanks alot for your effort
Admin: externally meaning from outside your LAN to your DSL/Cable Modem IP.
Ill never upgrade from 1.5! NEVER!!! well mebay to 2.0 but not 2.6!
This works exactly as advertised for LAN play. Very cool. Now I can have music while washing dishes without having it blasting through the house or trailing a long headphone cable from my computer
Would this also work with the Nintendo DS?
do you know pspradio ? just set up an icecast server, no itunes. keep 1.5
‘would this also work with a nintendo ds?’
er…no, the nds currently does not support mp3 or any other audio playback let alone rss feeds.
Just installed it… and it’s GREAT! Really simple to set up and it works seamlessly. Finally I can listen to my iTunes library wherever I am… :-)
I have tried doing this externally but no page can be displayed over my ISP address. I have opened port 8080 on UDP and TCP but nothing works on router. What could possibly be wrong?
Nice resource. Thanks for sharing :) Keep up the great work
Thanks sahas! PSP’s rule!
When I run iTunes-PSP-Server.exe I get an error saying “did not return a true value at D:/cpanrun/build/5-8-0/lib/File/Temp.pm line 128.” My D drive is my DVD drive so I don’t understand why the program is looking there. Anybody know what I should do.
i got to work on my computer but i dont know how to acess it on my psp
it doesnt work. i tried everything but it gave me an error (80100D01) when i tried to add it to RSS channel. now my PSP cant even access the server. what do i do?!?!?!?
Hi:
I installed the server and went through the steps to add the RSS stream, however, when I go to review the RSS stream on the PSP, there are no songs listed. I did add the channel. Any ideas? Do I have a network link problem? Do I need a special playlist?
Signed:
Can’t quite get there from here….. Help would be appreciated……
FYI – just noticed that the Tivo Desktop server app has a listener on port 8080. You can’t run both at the same time, so disable your Tivo server (or any other apps listening on 8080) when trying to run this.
BTW, thanks for the app. Any chance you could add the ability to change the listening port as a feature?