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mudzilla · Jul 28, 2005, 05:27 AM

Not sure if this has been posted, so here goes...

The PSP doesn't support iTunes AAC straight off the bat, so here's how to get them to run. If anyone's got another method, let us know.

For anyone else wants to use iTunes compressed AAC tracks on their PSP there's an easy (and relatively quick) way to transcode them without having to recompress them. If you open Quicktime 7 and Export as .mp4 (has to be registered) then choose the passthrough option in the encoding the file just gets transmogrified into a PSP compatible AAC track. It's quite quick because no re-encoding takes place.

A pain in the ass if you have an albums worth, but there's an Automator action to do a bunch of files one after the other (using the last settings in QT Export dialogs) here... http://www.automatorworld.com/?p=143

I'm on 10.3.9 here at work, so can't verify the exact steps, I did it at home on my powerbook last night.

mud

starman · Jul 28, 2005, 06:14 AM

Or, just rename it to .mp4. That's all I had to do.

Mike

mudzilla · Jul 28, 2005, 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by starman

Or, just rename it to .mp4. That's all I had to do.

Mike

that was the first thing i tried but no tunes showed up.
will try again, thanks

mudzilla · Jul 28, 2005, 06:23 AM

well. whaddya know, i must have managed to do the renaming wrong first time round!!

thanks Starman, saves me a bundle of time. I'll go grab the Automater renamer and hopefully someone will find the Quicktime Export Automator useful!!!

mud

starman · Jul 28, 2005, 07:11 AM

No problem. My gripe is that the PSP doesn't treat the MP4 file like iTunes does - it doesn't show the embedded artwork or chapter stops in the file, it just plays it through.

Mike