How to Put YouTube Videos On Your PSP

how do i put youtube videos on my psp One of the many useful functions of the PlayStation Portable (PSP) is the ability to watch videos of course. When you need a break from playing games, listening to music, or browsing the Web, it’s always nice to kick back and watch your favorite movies or videos on its generous screen anywhere you go.

As far as YouTube goes, without custom firmware, you won’t be able to play videos from the site on the PSP’s browser. Don’t worry; you’re not out of luck just yet, though.

It’s very easy to get YouTube videos onto your PSP. With just a few simple steps, you will be watching your favorite YouTube clips in the palm of your hand in no time. Let’s find out how to get it done.

Download the YouTube Video

First off, you’ll need to download the video off of YouTube. There are a variety of ways to do so. Websites such as KeepVid allow you to just enter in the YouTube video’s URL and download the FLV (Flash Video) file.

how do i put youtube videos on my psp

There’s also a whole flurry of browser plugins and programs that you install to your computer that do the same job. We here at MakeUseOf have extensively covered the topic of how to download videos from YouTube or basically any other site on the Web. Feel free to check out the following articles to learn more.

Convert the FLV File to MPEG-4

Next, we’ll need to convert the FLV file to the PSP’s supported video fomats (MP4, H.264/AVC). Again, there’s plenty of ways to do it. Perhaps the simplest and quickest method is using online FLV converters, like ModifyVideo, Movavi, and Vixy.

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There’s no software to install here, as they’re all W\web-based converters. You don’t even need to download the YouTube video’s FLV file either. Just type in the YouTube URL and select the PSP or MP4 option as the output format. Download that file and you’re good to go.

A popular video conversion and management application for the PlayStation Portable is PSP Video 9. The software allows you to easily convert FLV files to the proper PSP formats.

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The app also comes with the YouTube Downloader, where you can browse YouTube, select the stream, download it, and choose the output format all in one place.

how do i put youtube videos on my psp

Save the MP4 to PSP Memory Stick

Finally, once the file has been converted to MP4 and downloaded, connect the PSP to your computer via a USB cable. On the PSP’s main menu, make sure it’s set to USB Connection (under Settings) so that you can browse the Memory Stick Duo.

Now, just save the MP4 file to the “VIDEO” folder of your PSP’s Memory Stick and you’re all set.

Interested in PSP homebrew? Don’t forget to check out our free PDF manual: PSP Downgrading and Upgrading Guide.

How do you put videos from YouTube on your PSP? Do you do it this way or do you have another method? Let us know in the comments.

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John McClain

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but ipod touch can’t play games………
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I found a simple and great program for this
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-YouTube-to-iPod-Converter.htm

Plus you can easily download whole playlist or channels

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thanks for the link. Never tried this one myself but seems like a decent app.

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I found a simple and great program for this
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/pr…

Plus you can easily download whole playlist or channels
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It’s been a while since I actually watched videos on the PSP (been using it more for games). Thanks for the heads up.
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It’s been a while since I actually watched videos on the PSP (been using it more for games). Thanks for the heads up.
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try using this
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/
install the all in one packagge and u can just dl it by putting youtube link in and it automatically downloads as mp4
or if u have a video u needa convert it has video converter too
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try using this
http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/
install the all in one packagge and u can just dl it by putting youtube link in and it automatically downloads as mp4
or if u have a video u needa convert it has video converter too
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Or, you could use http://youtubedownload.altervista.org which will download from most sites and convert to PSP format.
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Or, you could use http://youtubedownload.altervi… which will download from most sites and convert to PSP format.
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thanks for the link. Never tried this one myself but seems like a decent app.
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but ipod touch can’t play games………
I used YouTube Converter for Aneeosft.Just copy the YouTube URL,convert YouTube videos for mobile devices, such as iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP. Extract audios from YouTube video.