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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
Hi. As you can read in the official forum (board.codewave.de), the next version will have a new feature to browse your library and generate not only RSS-feeds but M3U-playlists, that let you listen to your music with many common media players that do not support RSS!
HOW DO YOU MINIMIZE THE SERVER WINDOW? CAN THIS BE PUT IN TASKBAR?
Will you be able to add album art in a newer version, with that this program would be even greater!!
I was going to read every comment but I had no luck, I needa go to bed soon, but I did this, I got the rss working fine but when I scan to get the actual music files they dont come and on the server box it says it doesnt exist (it does) and then it skips that file. I cant get any to work
i have used this for a while now and i frikin love it, but today, it stoped working. No fancy text came up saying “its ok to use the server now.” NOTHING!!! i even tried downloading it again and that didn’t even work. if someone knows how to fix this problem, please dont hesitate to e-mail me. My e-mail address is team3989@yahoo.com.
Hey, just use MyTunesRSS from Codewave ( http://www.codewave.de/products/mytunesrss ) and forget all your problems. ;-)
i did this and it works, but i want to access it through a “external” hotspot location. I opened my port 8080 on my dlink router, and when I tried it from an outside location, the rss channel would just take forever to load and then it would say “the server has timed out” or something like that.
Did you use the correct IP from outside, i.e. your external IP? The ones MyTunesRSS displays in the status line are for internal access only.
Does codewave have album art support when you stream to the PSP?-
(Hey, just use MyTunesRSS from Codewave ( http://www.codewave.de/products/mytunesrss ) and forget all your problems. ;-) )
Hello BTCS. I am the co-developer on MyTunesRSS. MyTunesRSS does not (yet) support album art, but we are keeping that in mind for a future version. At the moment we are working on version 2.0 that will support “library browsing” and “playlist creation”. (Check out the preview screenshots on our board: http://board.codewave.de/viewtopic.php?t=8!)
Also, you are allowed to make feature requests on our forum. Just give us a visit!
One note to the other guys commenting on this article: It got hard to figure out, which product the comments are about. So if you are having trouble with MyTunesRSS, please come to our forum (http://board.codewave.de). We will try to help you.
Greetings, Roland.
Dude the first time i tried it the program worked so well no probloms your so cool how do you make a program like that?
It works all the way up to the PSP part and then says communication with the server failed, a DNS error has occurred, what do i do???? can someone plz tell me.
it says a DNS has occurred, what do i do???
The new software Sucks (MyTunesRSS 2.0.1.)
MyTunesRSS 2.0.1 (SUCKS)
I have a problem, when i try to access the site through the browser on my psp, i get a ” communication with server failed. A DNS error has occured” message. I am sure i have the proper port open. what can I do to fix this??
hey when i try to enter my ip address into the psp browser, it will begin to go to the site, but then it will stop and say “the connection to the server timed out”. What does this mean? please help, thanks.
when I open http://localhost:8080 on my computer it shows “page cannot be displayed” i have the server popped up as well as iTunes, and both my firewalls are disabled! And thanks for the help
I keep getting a Cannot find server or DNS Error when i try to put in http://ipaddress:8080 im my psp everytime i try to pull it up, can anyone help me
thankz very nice.
– – – – – – – – – – – ATTENTION EVERYONE THAT IS RECEIVING A TIMEOUT MESSAGE – – – – – — – – – – –
IF YOU ARE USING A WIRELESS DLINK ROUTER, OR POSSIBLY EVEN ANY OTHER ROUTER, THEN THIS WILL NOT WORK FOR YOU IF YOUR SERVER IS RUNNING ON A WIRELESS MACHINE.
If you want to test this, plug your router into your machine and try the server then. i noticed this was the same with all kinds of RSS feeds, remotes, and all other WIFI link psp to PC programs. IF YOUR SERVER IS RUNNING WIRELESS YOU PROBABLY WILL GET A TIMEOUT MESSAGE REGUARDLESS OF YOUR PORT FOWARDING.
If im incorrect please tell me so. This is just what i found.
I think this is awsome. I’m so getting this for my PSP.
i recommend the Codewave one posted earlier on these posts its so easy to use seriously, even a caveman could use it
This sounds real cool and I am going to try it out and hope it works