PSP Media Manager 1.0 Reviewed (and found inadequate)

Joystiq takes Sony’s Media Manager 1.0 for a spin and finds it sorely lacking, for a whole host of reasons. Users have to pay for it when it should’ve been made part of the package, and are required to install firmware v2.00 and Microsoft.NET Framework 1.1 before installing it; it’s not Mac-compatible; and, worst of all, it’s unnecessarily crippled (it doesn’t support .vob files).

Media Manager’s still good for a couple things – among other things, and aside from the obligatory ability to convert audio files to MP3 /ATRAC format and image files to JPEG format, it’ll also help you subscribe to RSS feeds and back your PSP up. But its inadequacies regarding its DVD-conversion performance reduce its usefulness considerably. Go with PSP Video 9 instead, which does work with .vob files and is free to boot.
Joystiq takes Sony’s Media Manager 1.0 for a spin and finds it sorely lacking, for a whole host of reasons. Users have to pay for it when it should’ve been made part of the package, and are required to install firmware v2.00 and Microsoft.NET Framework 1.1 before installing it; it’s not Mac-compatible; and, worst of all, it’s unnecessarily crippled (it doesn’t support .vob files).

Media Manager’s still good for a couple things – among other things, and aside from the obligatory ability to convert audio files to MP3 /ATRAC format and image files to JPEG format, it’ll also help you subscribe to RSS feeds and back your PSP up. But its inadequacies regarding its DVD-conversion performance reduce its usefulness considerably. Go with PSP Video 9 instead, which does work with .vob files and is free to boot.