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PSP Movie Creator - Getting Started:
1. Install and
run "PSP Movie Creator
" on your PC.
2. Click "Open ..." button to open a video file or DVD
disc. PSP Movie Creator will then start playing the
movie in the preview window.
3. When movie
starts, click "Start Recording" button. (You can change
output file size, audio quality etc, before recording).
4. When the process finishes, click transfer to PSP
button to transfer & manage
PSP video files.
Transfer & Manange
PSP Video Files
1. Use a USB
cable (USB PC plug <--> USB mini-B plug cable) to
connect PC and PSP.
Figure: USB cable
2. In your
PSP, press "USB connection" menu .
(Note: You can also use a memory card reader to transfer
the video file. Skip the above step 1,2. Instead,
connect your memory card reader to the computer and
proceed to step 3.)
3. In
PSP
Movie Creator, click "PSP Video Transfer" menu. You will
see an explorer window that lists video files on both
your PC and PSP. The explorer window only lists
MP4
(video) files and THM (video thumbnail) files. You can
transfer files by drag & drop them to the left/right.
You can also select an MP4 MP4 file to change its title
so that it will be shown in your PSP as well.
Audio
Settings:
Audio
bitrate (in bits per second)
Audio bitrate
refers to how many data storage is allocated to store
audio signals. The higher audio bitrate, the better
audio quality. There are some other factors that
influence the audio quality as well, such as audio
sampling frequency.
Sampling
frequency:
44KHz sampling can reduce audio distortion on high
frequency level, however it consumes more audio bitrate.
The average human ear can hear sounds in the frequency
range 20-20000Hz. To reproduce a sound at a given
frequency the audio sampling rate must be more than
twice that frequency. This means that with a sampling
frequency of 22000Hz (22 KHz) some high frequency
information will be lost. The higher sampling frequency
(44100Hz) have cut-offs above normal human hearing
range.
Output Format
1. WMV
format: No need to install additional player on your
Pocket PC. Windows Media Player can play it
directly. Recording is a little bit faster.
2. AVI format: Compress more. Provide better video
quality than WMV format under the same output size.
Need to download additional AVI codecs and players
from
Winavi Video Converter.
AVI format
supports 1-pass encoding and 2-pass encoding. Both
provide better quality than WMV format(WMV8). 2-pass
encoding is explained later in this page.
Video Settings for Pocket PC
Crop
Mode:
The standard resolution of a Pocket PC screen
is 320x240. Its aspect ratio (width:height) is lower
than widescreen. To let widescreen movies better
displayed on a Pocket PC screen, you can choose the
following crop modes based on your personal preference.
Resolution:
Once your crop
mode is decided, you can choose a resolution from the
list. Larger resolutions require more space in your
memory card. For example, 416x240 (100kpixel) usually
requires twice the space as 272x160 (44kpixel) requires
under the same movie quality.
Aspect
Ratio:
For widescreen(16:9)
movies, you can stretch the video up to 4:3 in order to
remove black spaces shown on top and buttom of the
screen. It's a personal preference on how much you want
to stretch. Stretching too much will cause people looks
tall and thin on the screen. This setting can be used
together with the cropping options.
Movie Quality
& Size
To reduce the
output size, you can either choose a lower movie
quaility or a smaller resolution. Movie quality only
degrade where there is fast motion. For cartoon movies
or movies without many scenes of violence, a lower movie
quality still provides very good quality.
Video Frame
Rate:
Known as Frame Per Second (FPS) refers to the number of
pictures displayed in 1 second in order to form
continuous motions. The default frame rate is 15 fps.
You may choose higher fps and increase the output size
to get more continous motions.
The maximum fps for NTSC films is 24fps. Countries using
NTSC standard include: USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea,
...
The maximum fps for PALfilms is 25fps. Countries using
NTSC standard include most European countries,
Australia, China, Israel, ...
2-pass
encoding
This setting allows the recorder to analyze the video
stream (in the 1st pass) before recording. Based on the
analysis data, the 2nd pass will generate video in
better quality (especially in fast motion scenes). This
is done by distributing more bits to the fast motion
part (analyzed during the 1st pass) and giving less bits
to the more static part.
The analysis pass is a little faster than the real
recording pass. So the overall recording time of 2-pass
recording is less than (single pass recording time * 2).
Troubleshootings:
Key Exchange Failed:
Try to exit the program and run again. Or upgrade to
DirectX 9.0c.
For further information see
this article.
You
may try to
select a "DVD Navigator" other than "Microsoft DVD
Navigator" in the DVD Settings dialog if upgrading to
DirectX 9.0c won't help.
The default DVD video / audio
decoder is not compatible
Go to "Options" menu -> "DVD Settings", choose a
proper DVD Audio Decoder, such as
"InterVideo Audio Decoder", "InterVideo Video
Decoder" or "CyberLink Audio Decoder", "CyberLink
Video/SP Decoder"
You may also use
MpegDecoder012 as your DVD Video Decoder and/or
AC3Filter as your DVD Audio Decoder.
Video file
does not show on PSP:
Make sure your video file name follows PSP's special
convention. e.g. M4V12345.MP4. (You can change the "file
number" in Output Settings dialog). Other file names are
not recognized by PSP.
RealMedia format:
The support for rm /
rmvb video file is experimental. If you installed some
software component (e.g. Moonlight Player) and have
difficulties in recording rm / rmvb files, it is
recommended to uninstall such component first..
Other problems:
Please do the
following before contacting support. Download the latest
version of PSP Movie Creator from
PSP Movie Creator Upgrading to
DirectX 9.0c.
Download and install
MpegDecoder-1/2,
AC3Filter and choose
them as your DVD Video/Audio Decoder in the "DVD
Settings" dialog. Also choose "Microsoft DVD Navigator"
as your DVD navigator in the "DVD Settings" dialog.
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