Stream iTunes Library To PSP

Stream iTunes Library To PSP - April 17, 2006

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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Tags: itunes, mac, music, psp, stream, wifi, windows

posted by Sahas Katta in Hacking & Tips & Tweaks
on 4/17/2006 at 07:05 AM with Comments Off

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4/20/2006 12:45 PM

PoW says

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?

4/20/2006 01:19 PM

Brandon says

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?

4/20/2006 03:00 PM

David says

How do you open up port 8080

4/20/2006 03:09 PM

Thom says

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?

4/20/2006 05:01 PM

Saumitra says

This is frikin awesome!! Unbelievable!!!

4/20/2006 06:25 PM

Anonymous says

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

4/20/2006 06:48 PM

Gerrit says

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

4/20/2006 06:58 PM

Dhruv says

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.

4/20/2006 07:43 PM

gerrit says

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!!

4/20/2006 07:55 PM

bp says

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!

Thanks for the instructions!!!!

4/20/2006 10:50 PM

kieran says

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

4/20/2006 11:13 PM

Dark says

Im having the same exact problem Thom is having except I didnt use and programs. I shut some stuff off on startup but I turned everything back on and still nothing. I ve downloaded the program from every site i can find and its all the same. But it did work the first day. Please help

4/21/2006 02:42 AM

Schanz says

VERY NICE TOOL !!!
Thank you :-)

4/21/2006 04:33 AM

cwproctor says

is there something i can do if i am getting a server timeout every time i try this? i haven’t been able to get it to work yet, because every time i put in the address on my psp web browser i get a server timeout. thanks.

4/21/2006 11:12 AM

MegaDaisy says

Brilliant. Ive been trying to get this to work ever since RSS came out for PSP - now finally it works and was dead straight forward. THANKYOU! ever so much :-)

4/21/2006 11:27 AM

Appleseed says

Cool program, one question, how do you get this thingy to work with an airport?

4/21/2006 11:32 AM

rickyh2k says

thank you Garret - to clarify my earlier post for other people use the url http://(IPaddress):8080 you must insert your own pc’s (running iTunes) IP address where it says IPaddress and all should work - also remember to open the PSP program BEFORE iTunes

4/21/2006 12:11 PM

T says

“The Connection was refused when attempting to use ‘IP’:8080″ HOW THE HECK DO I GET THIS THINK TO WOK!?!?!?!?! i have the latest psp version and itunes version my email is gadgetguy22@yahoo.com

4/21/2006 12:26 PM

Paul says

Awsome, love it, now i can save my 2gig for other things. Good work to all who made this one happen.

4/21/2006 01:32 PM

ollie.t says

will this work on Win 2000 pro? my server still run that os…

4/21/2006 04:12 PM

sahas says

> I am getting Server Timeouts, Please Help!
If you are getting server timeouts or error messages on the PSP and it works just fine on your PC please do a few tests. First if you have another machine on the same LAN, just type the same IP address into that machine and see if the “iTunes RSS Server” page comes up. If it still doesn’t work from anywhere other than the PC running this your port :8080 might still not be open. Check your winXP firewall as well as any other 3rd party firewalls. If it did work at some point and then stopped, try restarting your machine and trying again, sometimes windows messes up port settings.

> Error 80410414 or other PSP errors?
If the only area you are running into the issue is your PSP try some of the following. Restore Default PSP settings in your PSP and try again. Just for a quick check make sure your PSP can access the web by opening the browser and trying to access any webpage. You also MUST be on the same LAN network, unless you are trying to stream it to places outside your home. If everything works but can’t access the iTunes RSS Server page on the PSP, the problem is most likley with some firewall setting on you PC.

> Wide Character Error.
The current iTunes RSS Server currently has problems with certain characters in song file names. It may not work properly with some symbols or other language characters. Sometimes even if the iTunes RSS Server accepts them,the PSP might not be able to recognize them. Therefore i reccomend, for those having this error, to make sure that your iTunes Library doesn’t have songs with unusual characters.

> Firewall Questions:
if you are having issues with timeouts and not being able to access it on your PSP, try it out once with all firewalls off. (turn of WinXP firewall as well) make sure your PC allows other LAN machines to access your files. Also a quick restart would be helpful.

4/21/2006 04:58 PM

justin says

kk this thing works from my computer as a localhost but when i put in my ip address in my psp with the port it just goes to my routers homepage? can anyone fix this problem?

what is a safe port to change it to? and do i have to have the management thing enabled in order to use the RSS feature.

4/21/2006 05:02 PM

dhruv says

justin i have you covered on tis issue. Go to advanced on your router or look around for it. You should see somthing called remote management. Click it and change the port as the default remote management port is 8080. I also had to change mine. And if you are not using it then disable it for safety precautions.

Justin a safe port is not really existant. But if you don’t need the option then disable it. THis will NOT effect the psp. But just so u know i used port 8181 since it is just 2 changed digits and easy to remember for me. Also remember if you leave this option on then make sure to change ur router’s default password. Also if your router allows then also change the user name to strengthen security. Just some advice..

Take care justin!!

4/21/2006 08:24 PM

Gustavo says

I get far but when it comes time to use the psp, I get a problem. After entering http://IPAddress:8080 into the Address area in the psp internet browser I get the message “Communication with the server failed..A DNS error has occurred. (80410414)” anyone know what to do?

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