
Sony really dropped the ball early on in the PSP's life when there was no official media software available. However, Sony finally came through when they released the PSP's Media Manager, but like many other available software programs, it had problems, too. Well, Sony is giving it another shot with Media Manager 2, and CNET has had a chance to take it for spin.
Positives
- The new interface is "pretty stylish and sleekly designed."
- Features XMB crossbar.
- Better access to system's multimedia capabilities.
- Ability to transfer word documents and view them in HTML.
- Most of the functionality is available in other freeware programs.
- Somewhat high system requirements.
- Can't transfer copy-protected DVD's or audio files.
- Won't encode at 368x208 size.
I manage to do all my file transfers and video encoding through freeware just fine, so I see no reason why anyone should spend the $17 to download the software or especially the $25 for the boxed version. But if you really feel the need to pick this up, you can buy it here.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-05-2006 @ 1:30PM
Alien said...
It looks OK , but I wont give out money for it , when PSP video 9 suits me fine :)
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11-05-2006 @ 2:06PM
Balazs said...
I ony bought the software because it's convenient to use it as a podcatcher for the PSP, and the I use document conversion occasionally.
I personally think that version 1 looked better, and the loading time and general performance is plain terrible with this new version, but I can live with it.
The PSP is probably the best portable device for podcasts (with wireless PC-less episode downloads as well as sync with PC), if you're using a decent sized memory stick.
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11-05-2006 @ 4:07PM
daniel-kun said...
The problem with PSP Video 9 (or rather the ffmpeg build it uses) is that it is extremely crashy for me, and hence nearly unusable.
Balazs, I wonder why you need a decent size memory stick for podcasts? You can stream podcasts, anyways.
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11-05-2006 @ 4:59PM
JK said...
only reason i'd use this is for the document conversion which would be very useful. other then that psp video 9 works like a charm for me.
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11-06-2006 @ 3:07AM
OyoyoY123 said...
PSP9 is also very crushy on my computer.....but it always finishes its jobs even when it crushed.
I mean I was just transfering videos to my memory stick and it crushed during the second video, but it still managed to finish transfering all the data.
weired...
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11-06-2006 @ 4:50PM
daniel-kun said...
It's "to crash", not "to crush", that's a different meaning, OyoyoY123 :P
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11-27-2006 @ 12:10AM
sid said...
i think its good coz its got ATRAC support and does everyting in one software.
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