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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
Just to clarify for dumb ppl like me – when he says go to http://IPaddress:8080 he means insert your IP address into the url not just type IPaddress as i did lol it works if u use the URL http://:8080
Wow! This is a great piece of software! One quick question though. I would like to know if you will be adding two byte character support for file names that are not in English. Thanks!
I can’t get http://localhost:8080/ to open on my main computer. I went into Windows Firewall config and allowed Port 8080, but with iTunes and the server running, still nothings happening when I go to http://localhost:8080/ on my PC. What’s up?
I can see the RSS Feed and I have songs in the playlist except when i try to click on the rss feed, it says “The content cannot be displayed.” I am at the last step and I am so close. Please someone help with the very last part.
Here are some answers to the questions I have seen:
> Why isn’t it working on Windows Media Center 2005?
It is a XP-based OS and therefore should work, check your built-in XP Firewall once again. If it still doesn’t work, I don’t know whats wrong.
> My PSP browser says http://IPAddress:8080 is an error…
Make sure you are entering the right IP address of you machine, not your PSP’s IP. If it is working on your machine thats good news, now find your LOCAL IP using one of the methods mentioned above and try entering it into your PSP. If that also doesn’t work, I can’t help you much other than tell you to check your firewall settings.
> Why are my songs skippy and buffer a lot?
This may occur for multiple reasons:
PC may be running slow because of too many processes.
Your WiFi router may be slow or too far from your PSP.
The song’s kbps might be too much. (320kbps tested)
> Do I have to leave the computer on to access music?
yes, because if your computer is off then the iTunes RSS Server is also off meaning your PSP is not really connecting to anything.
> How do I update RSS playlist on my PSP?
If you modify your iTunes playlists once the server has already been started, you will need to go to the iTunes RSS Server page and press “Reload Music Library”. (go back to the RSS channel and it should work)
> I can’t get http://localhost:8080 to work on my PC
If you are running into this issue and you have already opened up the firewall ports, this may be because other services using that port are running on your machine. I suggest closing all programs and services not required and trying it again.
this app rules it is a lot simpler than the last one I tried.
this is the greatest thing to happen to planet earth since astronaut ice cream!
sahas: thanks for all the answers!
question, once a rss channel is added, will it auto update the aggregated links? each playlist can change over time.
update: please ignore last question. the reload works.
This i suspect is very similiar, but doesnt require iTunes to be installed.
Streams WMA’s too. – http://tinyurl.com/fq6yz
nvm i got it to work. it was a corrupted SAMPCH folder (the one from the sample channel) so i deleted it and now it works! i also noticed that before i deleted it, i couldnt download any RSS channels at all. NICE WORK DUDE!!!
My problem is that I had to upgrade to 2.6 but to be able to listen to an unlimited number of music files it so fricken worth it. I love this app.
Excellent Job, what about pls support? I am interested in restreaming shoutcast streams to my PSP. I have spent a number of hours hacking at this problem to no avail. Would that be a difficult addition to this program?
Hey- I can’t wait to get this working. I get everything setup until i get to the PSP setup. I type in my IP Address and all that in the URL box thing, and once it loads it says “The connection to the server timed out.” What should I do?
How do you open up port 8080
Wow, Great software, The first time I tried it every thing worked as promised! However, the next day, (after running Windows Washer) My black box is just that. A black Box, with none of that text that was there yesterday, telling me it was running. I’ve re-downloaded the I Tunes PSP Server but nothing I’m doing seems to help. Any suggstions?
This is frikin awesome!! Unbelievable!!!
Nice try and everything, but this seems to be yet another let-down. I have run into quite a bit of these so called “time saving apps” which claim to stream music to the psp easily. Unfortunately, it gets the feed open and then when it is accessed, it searches for the file and then gives up for some reason, claiming that it doesn’t exist and skips everything. No, it isnt a DRMed file, or the port is wrong, or the ip address is wrong. There is something wrong in the coding. I can tell this because of where it stops (after it is polled for the tracks). So once again, nice try but its somewhat useless. I might as well go back to coding one myself that will include video support for the new psp update (If one will ever exist. However I think that may be yet another letdown…) unless if you can find another way… -Disgruntled User
I was able to get the Itunes RSS server page to open on my computer but when I tryed it on my PSP it says “Communication with the server failed/ DNS errot has occured. (80410414)” I have no idea what that means. I have the 8080 port open and my firewall turned off. I am trying this at my home. Plz help
Se Garrit i have the same problem. Heck i can even access it via computer from outside my house. But my psp can’t load it at all. I get the same error on the psp and in the black box i get a wide character error. I don’t even think the guy who created this is been to this area in a while.
If you cant get it to work READ EVERY POST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Most likly some1 else has your problem and some1 has replyed to it. I just wana say ty to rickyh2k for telling me how to fix it. READ EVERYthing it may be long but this is well worth IT!!
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
Thanks for the instructions!!!!
yeh i can get the thing 2 work on the comp but wen i go 2 do it on my psp it gets the error that other people get :9 and i really want it 2 work