
We'll assume you know the difference.įor this particular "How to", give the old 'Connect to a PC' button a little tappity tap. You'll be given the choice of connecting to a PS3 or a computer. Give it a tap and click 'Start' to open up this content-transferring app. On the Vita, the 'Content Manager' icon should be flashing its little head off. If you can't find it, it's because it also doubles up as a power cable - so remove the USB cable, and use it to connect your Vita and PC or Mac. You can also use the tool to back up your save games and applications - so select a folder for that, too. From here, you can choose the folders that the Vita will access to find, and download, photos, videos, and music. Once it's installed, it will sit on the taskbar with a little Vita icon. It's called the 'Vita Content Manager Assistant', and you can download it from here if you're rocking Windows, or from here if you're more of an OS X kinda guy.

So, here's Pocket Gamer's guide to transferring media between your computer and your Vita.įirst up, you'll need to download a piece of software on your PC or Mac.

It can play music and videos, show off your holiday snaps, and take grainy, low-resolution photographs with its built-in camera.īut, getting music onto the Vita, or getting your prize-winning photos onto your PC, is a pain in the tuckus.

Just click OK.ħ) That's it.The PlayStation Vita is first and foremost a games console, but it moonlights as a pretty effective media player, too. Click Choose.Ħ) Now, you will see ID:, Name:, Language:, Platform. You should see a green bar on the Game folder. Highlight (single-click) the Game folder. If you want to go back to the previous directory click Go up at the bottom left of the screenĥ) At this point, you should be able to see Game, Music, and various other folders. Now inside the folder I will paste Broken Sword's GAME and MUSIC folder.Ĥ) Click Add Game. For example, I put Broken Sword inside F:\ISO\Broken Sword.

NOTE: there are no games inside the zip file.Ģ) Now that you have games, copy the game's GAME and MUSIC folder into any folder in the memory stick. So I will paste the folder into F:\PSP\GAMEĥ) Safely remove your PSP from your computer.ġ) To play ScummVM games you need to get them elsewhere. For example, my computer recognizes my memory stick as drive F. Copy the folder scummvm-1.1.0 where you unzip scummvm-1.1.1-psp.zip and paste in it X:\PSP\GAME" where X is the drive letter of your PSP memory stick. Before I begin, you need to know that my guide works on CFW 5.50 GEN D3ġ) Unzip "scummvm-1.1.1-psp.zip" into your hard drive.Ģ) Connect your PSP to your computer with a USB cable.ģ) In your PSP HOME menu, navigate to USB Connection and activate it.Ĥ) Now your computer will recognize your PSP and you will be able to access the memory stick through your computer.
