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date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:06:47 -0500,
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Re: Any hope for the PSP?
My Sony Vaio is running Windows Media Center 2005 perfectly fine. Of
course, the Sony MemoryStick music player that I bought back in 2000 would
not play WMA. I thought perhaps time had also brought wisdom for Sony.
Also, anything can be transcoded. The question was "Any hope for the PSP?".
The original poster wanted to know if they could get content from MCE to the
PSP. The answer is "yes".
Many people have converted all of the WMA to MP3 so that they can easily
play their media on their iPod. Others have converted the dvr-ms files to
regular MPEG files so they can play them elsewhere. PSP is no different
than those. Unless, of course, it can't play MPEG or MP3.
--
Michael Earls
The Cerebral Kitchen
http://www.cerkit.com/
"Ed Woodrick" wrote in message
news:%23rwYgjxNFHA.2520@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Sony playing Microsoft format media files?
>
> ROTLMAO!!
>
>
>
>
> "Michael Earls" wrote in message
> news:eUyYk2uNFHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>I wouldn't say never. I don't know how the PSP works, but if it has a USB
>>connection that allows you to save files to its MemoryStick, then you can
>>use Windows Media Player to build Auto Playlists for it and synchronize
>>your TV and music to it. I think the only thing you're not going to be
>>able to play on it is DRM protected content.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Earls
>> The Cerebral Kitchen
>> http://www.cerkit.com/
>>
>>
>> "Byron Hinson" wrote in message
>> news:elV2ojiNFHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>> Jeffrey K. Ries wrote:
>>>> I am building a Media Center PC at home and will have it connected to a
>>>> wireless network by the end of this week. I have read a little about
>>>> these portable media center devices and I am curious about whether or
>>>> not anyone has heard if my shiny new PSP will ever be included into the
>>>> list?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Never as its not a Microsoft Windows based Portable Media Center - shame
>>> though, as the screen is easily 1000 times better than any of the
>>> Portable Media Center's out there right now, believe me, i have one!
>>
>>
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>
date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 09:47:06 -0500
author: Michael Earls
Re: Any hope for the PSP?
Thank you all for your attention to my concern.
Michael, you are very close to answering my question. Much of my concern is
whethor or not Sony and Microsoft will work together in a small way to allow
the PSP with great video quality and built-in 802.11b wireless capability to
connect to my network and stream content (music, video and TV) from my Media
Center computer. I have very limited understanding of how the typical
'portable media devices' work, but I assume it is not much different than a
media center extender. If that is the case I am aware of an XBox media
center kit which will allow the use of an XBox as a media center extender.
I am wondering is a similar kit will ever be available for the PSP. The PSP
could obviously handle such a task - it is simply a question of whether or
not Microsoft will allow it to happen.
Any thoughts?
--
Jeffrey
"Michael Earls" wrote in message
news:OjAMfL5NFHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> My Sony Vaio is running Windows Media Center 2005 perfectly fine. Of
> course, the Sony MemoryStick music player that I bought back in 2000 would
> not play WMA. I thought perhaps time had also brought wisdom for Sony.
>
> Also, anything can be transcoded. The question was "Any hope for the
> PSP?". The original poster wanted to know if they could get content from
> MCE to the PSP. The answer is "yes".
>
> Many people have converted all of the WMA to MP3 so that they can easily
> play their media on their iPod. Others have converted the dvr-ms files to
> regular MPEG files so they can play them elsewhere. PSP is no different
> than those. Unless, of course, it can't play MPEG or MP3.
>
> --
> Michael Earls
> The Cerebral Kitchen
> http://www.cerkit.com/
>
>
> "Ed Woodrick" wrote in message
> news:%23rwYgjxNFHA.2520@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Sony playing Microsoft format media files?
>>
>> ROTLMAO!!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Michael Earls" wrote in message
>> news:eUyYk2uNFHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>I wouldn't say never. I don't know how the PSP works, but if it has a
>>>USB connection that allows you to save files to its MemoryStick, then you
>>>can use Windows Media Player to build Auto Playlists for it and
>>>synchronize your TV and music to it. I think the only thing you're not
>>>going to be able to play on it is DRM protected content.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael Earls
>>> The Cerebral Kitchen
>>> http://www.cerkit.com/
>>>
>>>
>>> "Byron Hinson" wrote in message
>>> news:elV2ojiNFHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>> Jeffrey K. Ries wrote:
>>>>> I am building a Media Center PC at home and will have it connected to
>>>>> a wireless network by the end of this week. I have read a little
>>>>> about these portable media center devices and I am curious about
>>>>> whether or not anyone has heard if my shiny new PSP will ever be
>>>>> included into the list?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Never as its not a Microsoft Windows based Portable Media Center -
>>>> shame though, as the screen is easily 1000 times better than any of the
>>>> Portable Media Center's out there right now, believe me, i have one!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 12:43:12 -0500
author: Jeffrey K. Ries jries@gillett(nospam)associates.com
Re: Any hope for the PSP?
The Portable Media Centers do not work like the extenders. The extenders
allow for streaming video across the network. A Portable Media Center is a
file-based media player that synchronizes its content with another computer.
In the case where that computer is a Windows Media Center computer, it can
synchronize television shows.
They support the "Plays for Sure" guidelines found here...
http://www.playsforsure.com/
So, in this case, the only advantage you'll get from wireless is that you
can copy the files over to the device without plugging it in.
--
Michael Earls
The Cerebral Kitchen
http://www.cerkit.com/
"Jeffrey K. Ries" <jries@gillett(nospam)associates.com> wrote in message
news:%23H4hov6NFHA.1040@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Thank you all for your attention to my concern.
>
> Michael, you are very close to answering my question. Much of my concern
> is whethor or not Sony and Microsoft will work together in a small way to
> allow the PSP with great video quality and built-in 802.11b wireless
> capability to connect to my network and stream content (music, video and
> TV) from my Media Center computer. I have very limited understanding of
> how the typical 'portable media devices' work, but I assume it is not much
> different than a media center extender. If that is the case I am aware of
> an XBox media center kit which will allow the use of an XBox as a media
> center extender. I am wondering is a similar kit will ever be available
> for the PSP. The PSP could obviously handle such a task - it is simply a
> question of whether or not Microsoft will allow it to happen.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> --
> Jeffrey
>
> "Michael Earls" wrote in message
> news:OjAMfL5NFHA.2604@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> My Sony Vaio is running Windows Media Center 2005 perfectly fine. Of
>> course, the Sony MemoryStick music player that I bought back in 2000
>> would not play WMA. I thought perhaps time had also brought wisdom for
>> Sony.
>>
>> Also, anything can be transcoded. The question was "Any hope for the
>> PSP?". The original poster wanted to know if they could get content from
>> MCE to the PSP. The answer is "yes".
>>
>> Many people have converted all of the WMA to MP3 so that they can easily
>> play their media on their iPod. Others have converted the dvr-ms files
>> to regular MPEG files so they can play them elsewhere. PSP is no
>> different than those. Unless, of course, it can't play MPEG or MP3.
>>
>> --
>> Michael Earls
>> The Cerebral Kitchen
>> http://www.cerkit.com/
>>
>>
>> "Ed Woodrick" wrote in message
>> news:%23rwYgjxNFHA.2520@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Sony playing Microsoft format media files?
>>>
>>> ROTLMAO!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Michael Earls" wrote in message
>>> news:eUyYk2uNFHA.3560@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>I wouldn't say never. I don't know how the PSP works, but if it has a
>>>>USB connection that allows you to save files to its MemoryStick, then
>>>>you can use Windows Media Player to build Auto Playlists for it and
>>>>synchronize your TV and music to it. I think the only thing you're not
>>>>going to be able to play on it is DRM protected content.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Michael Earls
>>>> The Cerebral Kitchen
>>>> http://www.cerkit.com/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Byron Hinson" wrote in message
>>>> news:elV2ojiNFHA.3728@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Jeffrey K. Ries wrote:
>>>>>> I am building a Media Center PC at home and will have it connected to
>>>>>> a wireless network by the end of this week. I have read a little
>>>>>> about these portable media center devices and I am curious about
>>>>>> whether or not anyone has heard if my shiny new PSP will ever be
>>>>>> included into the list?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Never as its not a Microsoft Windows based Portable Media Center -
>>>>> shame though, as the screen is easily 1000 times better than any of
>>>>> the Portable Media Center's out there right now, believe me, i have
>>>>> one!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 17:02:56 -0500
author: Michael Earls
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