Multimedia Capabilities of the PSP

Audio

The audio player found in the PlayStation Portable supports a number of audio codecs, including:

• MP3
• MP4
• ATRAC3*
• ATRAC3 Plus*
• WAV
• WMA (Only on firmware versions 2.60 or above)
• RSS (Firmware versions 2.70 and higher)

*ATRAC files may only be played from Memory Stick Duo cards; they will not play from Memory Stick PRO Duo cards.

When music is selected, it may be played with or without a set of five visualisations, and the equaliser may be used change the bass and pitch of the music, with four preset settings:

• Pop
• Jazz
• Heavy
• Unique

The equaliser may only be used when headphones are plugged in.

Video

The PSP can play video only in the MPEG-4 and AVC formats; other file formats such as .AVI, .MPG, .MOV and .WMV may be converted using software such as Media Manager for PSP. Using a resolution of 320x240, an audio sampling rate of 22050 kHz and a video bit rate of 500 Kb per second, a 12 minute video file would be roughly 30 MB, enough to fit on a 32 MB Memory Stick Duo. At the same rate, a hundred-minute feature film can fit on a 256 MB Memory Stick. There are many game and film trailers encoded for the PlayStation Portable available to download, along with film files, both free-to-distribute and copyrighted.

Photos

Photographs and other images may be saved and viewed on the console in the following formats:

• JPEG
• TIFF
• PNG
• GIF
• BMP

Incompatible formats may be converted using software such as Media Manager for PSP or Sony Image Converter 2.

Camera Attachment

The Quick Shot Camera is an add-on device that supports video and photo taking, and was released in Japan on November 1, 2006 for £5,000 (approximately £21).