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===Multimedia & codecs===

The PSP is capable of displaying still image, movie, and audio files stored on the UMD disk format or a memory stick. The system supports [[MP3]] and Sony's [[ATRAC]]3 plus formats for audio, MPEG-4 for video on UMD discs, and [[JPEG]] images. The PSP also has the capability to decode [[MPEG-4 Part 2]] and [[MPEG-4 Part 3]] from the [[MPEG-4 Part 14|<tt>*.mp4</tt>]] container, if located on the Memory Stick. The file(s) must be placed in the '''/MP_ROOT/100MNV01''' directory on the Memory Stick, and be named in the following format: '''M4V#####.MP4''' (where "#" is any [[digit]]). In the Latest Fimware, users can upload movies with the AVC codec, by putting them in the '''/MP_ROOT/100ANV001''' Folder, and named as '''MAQ#####.MP4'''.A corresponding thumbnail image file (160x120 pixel [[JPEG]] files renamed with the .THM extension) with the same file name (besides the extension) of the movie file can optionally be placed in the same directory. Free software programs that can be used are DVD Shrink and 3GP Converter. It does alot of thing.

Sony has announced that ''Image Converter 2'', a piece of PC [[software]] for converting video files to [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC|AVC]] for playback on [[CLIÉ]] [[personal digital assistant|PDAs]], will be available before the end of the year, and may be used with the PSP. A preview version was made available shortly after the PSP launch. It can convert <tt>*.avi</tt>, [[MPEG]]1/2/4, [[QuickTime]] and [[WMV|<tt>*.wmv</tt>]] movie files to [[H.264/MPEG-4 AVC|AVC]], as well as the "Giga Pocket" and "Do VAIO" files used by [[VAIO]] PCs to record television. It will also convert most common still image files into JPEG format. Sony's [[SonicStage]] software can be used to copy <tt>*.mp3</tt> and ATRAC files to the PSP as well.