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Getting ready for a trip and loading myself up with digital media.

The tools for shuttling this media around are getting better.

PSP 2.8 update. Among adding podcast support for video podcasts, the downloaded media is now stored on the memory card.

PSP 2.8 update and video folders. Now there’s a VIDEO folder at the root on the memory stick to save the movies to (also nested folders). No more importing and archaic naming schemes.

Instant Handbrake – DVD to PSP MPEG-4. I’ve got a couple 1 gig memory sticks to cover me.

I’m a few days behind with some of my weekly shows, so the night before I leave, I’ll copy off some recent TV shows via DVarchive and have them on my laptop. I’ve only got wireless to the ReplayTV, so it takes a few hours to transfer.

I may not be able to take water on the plane, but I’m going to be hooked up with stuff to watch.

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There’s various flavors of this story that have been out over the last week or so. I can’t say that I really blame the movie industry for not adopting the UMD. With the price of Duo cards dropping (2 gig from Amazon for less than $100) why wouldn’t you buy the DVD and rip it yourself.

Weblog: NewsFactor Network

Source: UMD Movies for PSP Now on Endangered Species List

Link: http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=42532

Only one year after Sony launched the PlayStation Portable, rumors are emerging that production of movies based on the PSP’s proprietary UMD format will come to a screeching halt.

I would like to take a turn with a LocationFree, though.

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I know that i’ve sent in my feedback to webmaster@playstation.sony.com – here’s to fingers crossed…..

‘Sony’ May Complete RSS Support For PSP:
Taro Taka writes: “A Sony spokeswoman has actually admitted they will stop crippling the PSP’s RSS functionality if enough customers ask for it.” From…

Via [Technorati] PSP

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Some of my impressions on the RSS (Podcast support):

Initial impressions are quite nice. Find the XML chicklet on a page, click on it and if there’s audio associated with the feed it will ask if you’d like to add it to the RSS channel. Once it’s been added, quite the browser, go into the RSS channel, and your subscriptions will show up.

On the negative side (so far) – album art is missing in favor of Sony’s icon. Given that this is streamed from the source and not downloaded, network hiccups will rebuffer the stream.

[update] Some album art is showing up. I’ll have to look a little closer to see why it’s only certain feeds.

How to transfer feeds from NetNewsWire to the PSP? The easiest I’ve found so far (besides painful text entry) is to open the feed homepage in Firefox, using the de.licio.us extension, tag the page, then via de.licio.us it’s pretty easy to browse the feeds and subscribe. No text entry…

Overall a nice addition without much fanfare.

Firmware 2.60 for PSP released:

Homebrewers beware; the newest 2.60 firmware update for PSP is now available for download via the console’s Network Update feature. From what we can tell, the most useful feature upgrades for this 18MB update are the ability to play WMA files and an RSS channel. Disappointingly, WMA digital rights management is not supported, so any chance of being able to download and use music from subscription-based services like Napster or Yahoo pretty much goes out the window.

The RSS channel, which is really just a corporate-y moniker for Internet radio, gets our vote for most practical addition. Those who missed out on PSPRadio because they moved up from firmware 1.5 should be happy to note that they can now get streaming Internet soundage as well, although you may have a heck of a time searching for a usable radio or podcast feed.

Of course, upgrading means being yet another step farther from being able to run homebrew on your PSP, especially if you’ve already been suckered convinced into taking the firmware 2.5 plunge. With significant gains already being made towards wheedling a path through 2.0, perhaps updating to 2.6 now may seem a little foolhardy. That RSS channel’s mighty tempting though.

Via PSP Fanboy

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While this looks to be great news, I’ve already had success with going from a ReplayTV to DVArchive, then PSPWare to the PSP.

Nothing like watching the last two episodes of “Everybody hates Chris” and an episode of “Rome” on a long cross-country flight.

BTW – battery life on the PSP is so much better than my PowerBook.

Sony’s PSP to become portable PVR, to allow TV consumption anywhere, wirelessly [update1]:

Sony’s CEO announced plans to extend the PSP’s multimedia capabilities so that users can use the PSP’s “built-in WiFi to watch video from home entertainment terminals, anytime, anywhere in the world.”

That’s a bit contradictory. Home is in one place, and “anywhere in the world” is everywhere else, but we think he means that PSP owners will be able to use the device as a portable personal video recorder, or PPVR to coin a new and unwieldy acronym. Stringer also let on that the device will soon be augmented by a high-capacity MemoryStick and synching software that will make it easy to take loads of digital video anywhere.

Being able to synch your Tivo to your PSP wirelessly would be the next logical step in time-shifting (previous attempts to put TivoToGo on the PSP were a complete pain in the ass). It may even be the next killer app. Will the PSP make portable TV widely available and easy to use?

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My old ReplayTV 2000 may have given it self up, but it opened up a whole new opportunity.

I went ahead and picked up a ReplayTV 5508 which had numerous gains over the 2000. Short list:

* New remote – mine was wearing out

* Ethernet jack – I’ve gone through 2 sets of wireless phone jacks and still using a modem just hurts.

* Wireless access – with a Linksys WGA54G Wireless-G Game Adapter, channel guide is via the net

* DVArchive – DVArchive allows your computer to act like a “Virtual ReplayTV”. You can download shows from your ReplayTV to burn to DVD/VCD, play shows from your ReplayTV right on your desktop (without having to download them first) and play shows that are stored on your computer right from your ReplayTV/TV screen. You can also search TV listing, see what upcoming recordings on your ReplayTVs there may be and access those listings from a web browser or GUI.

Add that to PSPware, and it’s a breeze to move content from the ReplayTV to the PSP. It may be a little time consuming to transfer those huge video files over the G wireless, but it can’t be any slower than resorting to BitTorrent.

And the first show tested? This Old House….

In the background SDR2005-09-02 Slashdot Review from the podcast “Slashdot Review” by Andrew McCaskey

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PSP to get mouse, keyboard, GPS, Flash:

Now we’re talking….. GPS and PSP

“Kawanishi also revealed that Sony is already planning a number of USB peripherals for the PSP, and some should be announced in the near future. He commented that a keyboard and mouse are possibilities, as they will facilitate browsing the Web. The Global Positioning System device shown during last year’s E3 is another possible peripheral, as it could be used with both the Web browser and PSP games.”

PSP and GPS prototype from E3.

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Well, I think the old ReplayTV is giving up the ghost. Connections are taking an hour or better to get the channel guide information, if at all. I’m back to a normal phone line instead of the wireless power jacks. I’ve reduced the modem speed, gone to alternate channels and it’s not getting better.

Given that it may be time for a new PVR, getting content to my PSP is a consideration in the upgrade. ReplayTV or TiVo? Leaning towards ReplayTV 5508 for DVArchive.

I’ve started looking into broadcatching, as well for feeding the PSP.

In the background They Can’t Take That Away Frome Me from the album “Platinum Classics” by Louis Armstrong

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Here’s hoping the PSP isn’t far behind.

Google Maps on the DS:

Some slick work has produced a functioning GPS device on the Nintendo DS using Google Maps. The author has yet to release the code (only “after a few things are cleaned up a bit”;), so you’ll have to be patient. In the meantime, be sure to pick up the GBA Movie Player (and Compact Flash card), as it’s used to store the program and map data. We’ll keep you posted.

Via Joystiq

In the background dailydish-27 – nice tagging ABC….

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Dave’s header graphic for Scripting News looks sweet on a PSP. Sorry, but no, this wasn’t uploaded to flickr from the PSP. Maybe next time.

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