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PSP MP3 Support Confirmed

Posted by Zonk on from the tmbg-in-your-pants dept.

Andrew writes "Sony has confirmed via their TGS system specs page, that the PSP will support MP3 playback. The confirmation comes only a few days after Sony did a u-turn on their Atrac only stance, announcing that all their upcoming music players will also support MP3 media files."

3 of 18 comments (clear)

  1. Re:am I missing the point? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Memory Stick.

  2. Re:Ill belive it when i see it by unclethursday · · Score: 3, Informative
    True. With the PSX DVR/PS2 combo they promised MP3 playback, but dropped that support, and didn't inrom potential customers until a mere 2 weeks before the Japanese launch.

    So, like you, I'll beleive it when I see it.

  3. The Hi-MD players 'support' mp3, too... by mrgreen4242 · · Score: 2, Informative
    But really all it is is a background conversion program for win32 (no other OS support available, not even OSX, which, with the high quality recording possible with a Hi-MD device, suprises me, as I would think that Mac types would = Hi-MD types).

    The Sony website specifically says that it 'supports mp3', so maybe the PSP will support mp3 playback the same way?

    Makes me sad, as a Linux user who would have bought a Hi-MD deck. :(