Stream iTunes Library To PSP 173
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
tags: itunes, mac, music, psp, stream, wifi, windows
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Gustavo how did u get it to work cause ive got the smae problem u did…plz help
Come on, you guys seem like your having alot of trouble getting this to work, i got it to work and im only 15 and i know some of you are alot older, lol
This program is great. I had some troubles in the beginning, but now I have it working fine. It works great, and the quality is superb! Hope to see some updates in the future for album art!
I’m only getting 101 song and not all 1880 songs. Dose the menory card matters, I have the 1G card.
Hi! Absolutely hot programm – unfortunately, it is not working for me. I got it to run properly, but everytime I want to stream a channel, the server runs through all the files claiming that they were not “there”. Of course they are and work with iTunes.. seems like I got the same error as the Anonymous User above. Any suggestions please? Thx!
papeete this process again, That what I had to do.
) 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!!!
Hi, thats actually what I tried, several times. It’s not working. As soon as I choose a feed, it checks the feed and tells me that the files were not there.. :((
I have found it cant find some mp3’s – try using some different tracks – and try lots.
I cant figure out why it cant find some tracks but there you go. The error message is “blahblah.mp3 doesn’t exist. Skipped.” I still say this is an absolutely top bit of software though *8-)
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Thorpe yes, if you’ve got 8080 opened and forwarding to your computer, then you just use your outside Ip adress (ISP ip). I just tested tis out on mine, and it works great. If you don’t know your outside address, the quickest way to get it is search google for “my ip” the first site will tell you.
If you don’t like that idea you can find it in your router’s firmware but it’s location varies from router to router.
i have a mac and wanted to know how to run the mac version. it opens up in safari as a large document. i can download but it still won’t run. can anyone please instruct me on how to open the app? thanks
hey i got it to work n’ everythin but i changed a playlist and wen i delete it (from RSS)then re add it, it sez “There is no item”…help
Stream iTunes Library To PSP. The PSP software only aloud you to store 100 songs in the RSS feed and no more then that; So you’ll have to make an addition play list within the iTune source i.e (My MP3 Songs 1, My MP3 Songs 2) and add 100 songs each per playlist and so on. Depending on how many songs you have in your iTune Library your screw.
Kyle – try hitting the reload option on the web page on the PSP.
Is there any way that this could be edited so the user can choose which port the stream is on?
This is a great tool, but my ISP along with a bunch of other block port 8080 so there is no way to listen.
That would be amazing if you could build that in somehow.
damnit. i had it working for ages before now i get the same stupid error that everyone else has. and i KNOW how to do it, because i had it up before.
I get the same error as several people and nobody has said how to fix it, everything seems to work fine but when I try to listen to a feed, the server goes through all the songs claiming they are not “there” when they are. Anybody know how to fix this???
Hi, I kinda figured out what the problem is. After I experienced the error for some days now, I tried to copy one file into a simple /music directory on my harddisk – also, I renamend the file into a simple and short name. Here we go: It worked. Before the file path was huge. I suppose that the server has problems recognizing difficult file names or pathes.
The software also work well on PSP Firmware v2.70 and it is more stable.
Also with 2.7 of the firmware you can save the mp3 to your memory stick – you dont have to stream it :-)
Can not get it to work. I only get an error message on my psp, “Communication with the server failed 8001006F.” I have all the above requirements. When I installed the ITunes-PSP-Server DOS came up and never went away. Do not know if that means anything or not. But for some reason it is not working. I even shut down my firewall and internet security, but still would not work. Anyone got a clue, keeping in mind that I know diddly about ports/anything computer related? Would appreciate the help.
Need help. PSP will not connect to itunes using RSS server. Error, communication with server failed 8001006F. I have all the above listed requirements and shut down my firewall and internet security. I am computer illiterate, so any detailed help would be appreciated.
I think most people would find this freeware CodeWave
application much much easier to use. I had no trouble getting it working on a MAC or PC. It support RSS and works great with my iTunes and my PSP and other machines.
THIS WORK SOOOOO GOOOD!!!! thnx for who ever made this
i dont know how to shut down my firewall to access http://localhost:8080 so it just says that it was refused, can some one help me?
Yes, that codewave one works perfectly since you can specify a custom port, which is something this Skatter-Tech one needs badly!
I very much prefer the skatter tech one for making the RSS feeds, but since the CodeWave one supports ports other than 8080 I’ll be using that one until the Skatter Tech one catches up.
Thanks for the link Aaron.
Thanks Also.
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I have the same problem……anyone please help???
Nice program, but what if you have 2 drives like me. I have a C and an E drive, and all my iTunes music is on the E drive. Is there a way that it could be modified, so that instead of it checkin C:\Documents and Settings\… etc, then it’ll go to E:\Documents and Settings\…?
Does this work with 2.7 ? I can connect to it from my PC , but when I try it form the PSP it doesn’t work, It says on the server windows the PSP IP address with GET/ infront of it but on the PSP it takes ages and ages and then comes up with the error message “The connection to the server timed out” I have Zone alarm suite and a netgear router
i need help the damn thing when i try to connect with my psp says Communication with te sever failed. A DNS error has occurred. i really need help
Can we get the icon in… cornflower blue?
I’m using MyTunesRSS now. (http://www.codewave.de/?page=products/mytunesrss/)
Works better for me, easy to configurate und I like the icon. ;-)
MyTunesRSS is the best software around to Stream iTunes Playlists. Keep up the great work Michael Descher & Roland Müller.
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Hummm… surely this is taken care of by your iTunes? I don’t know the inside of this software but from what I can tell it needs to know where the .xml file is and then it gets the music. I would guess if you iTunes can handle the multiple disks then this can too?
MyTunesRSS is really good. I don’t know about C and E drives, but the software takes the iTunes Music Library XML file in which iTunes stores all music file references. So no matter where the files are, if they work in iTunes, they’ll work in MyTunes. Really guys, check this software out.
By the way, MyTunesRSS 1.1 was released only two days ago with new features like iTunes playlist support! All people who tried 1.0.1 should really try the new relase!!!
This has worked very well all the way up to the psp conection part…after i type in the address on the psp it says “communication with the server failed. A DNS error has occured…” Any ideas?
Hi shrub. What address are you trying to access with the psp?
It’s easier then an RSS Feeder, let me tell you. But, Im having a problem. I have all my firewalls enabled port8080 and the program too but whenever I try to either play a song… it freezes on my computer and I loose connection to the server on my PSP. Also, I have this one playlist – PSPMusic – and when I go to download the channel… it freezes too. I’ve tried lessening the amount of music and a new playlist but it always freezes when obtaining that one playlist.
when i try to connect my psp to the server it says
“Communication with the server failed
A DNS error has occurred (80410414)
Very nice and promising tool!
However, I got this little problem: the soft seems to ignore accents in the name of MP3 files, and this is like a BIIIG problem for me, as there is at least one “é” or “à” in most of my song/album names…
This drawback of living ion France, I guess! ;-)
Is there any way to correct this, except by renaming all my MP3 collection ?
Thanks!
Hi Chris,
please mail me at info@codewave.de and attach a log please. To get the log, just enable it on the first tab and then start the server. After it is running, click the button to view the log and copy it into a mail.
>> By the way, I just tested accents and they worked on my local Firefox as well as on my PSP. Please open your iTunes Music Library.xml in a text editor and send me the very first line, the one beginning with “<?xml”.
Thanks,
Michael Descher
is der any other way?? for the computer not to be one you know or give meh steps on how i can forward my ipaddress on my router cause i can only access my music when i’m only at my house use my router….
Thanks Michael, I tried MyTunesRSS and I can see all my songs now, including those with an accent in the name! For that reason as well as for the user-friendly UI, I’ll continue to use it instead of iTunes PSP Server.
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
How many songs from the iTunes library will it hold?
okay, so i can access it from my computer, but not form my psp. when i open port 8080 on the windows firewall, i still cannot acess it form my psp. but when i close the firewall on my cpmuter, then my psp can access and stream my music. i cant access it with my firewall on, so what other port do i need open in order to access it from my psp?
I connect to the internet fine, but when I go to the site. It either say connection timed out or DNS error and stuff. Please help me before I throw my PSP out the window
1.turn off all firewalls on computer.start>control panel>windows firewall (also turn off any other internet security systems such as norton or mcafee)
2.go to start>control panel>network connections, click local area connection, then click support tab and there it should say your ip address
3.now turn on the itunes psp app (dont forget you need itunes)
4.on the psp go to web browser and in the address bar type your ip address then colon 8080 (example 192.168.2.6:8080)
5. once on the page add a rss channel then close out go to rss channel and open your channel —
if your having any problems still then i most likely cant help you, the only problem im having is accessing it externally such as at a airport or hotel
I think that it is a wonderful thing to do.
Stream iTunes To PSP, Part 2 has now been published. It uses a new application which has new features: it can be accessed from here:
http://www.skattertech.com/2006/06/stream-itunes-to-psp-part-2/
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