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How to Hide Videos on a PSP

The Sony PSP (or PlayStation Portable) is a versatile little electronic console that is capable of running games, videos, audio and web browsing software. With so much multimedia functionality available to users, it's possible that you may want to use your PSP for running media that you don't want everyone to see. If that describes your browsing activities, you need one of the many homebrew applications available that allow you to control who sees what on your PSP's video screen.

Things You'll Need

Computer with Internet access
Sony PSP
USB cable for Sony PSP

Instructions

- 1
  Download a homebrew app that allows the hiding of video on your Sony PSP. Two such apps are VideoPSpy and PSP Hide Files (see the \"Resources\" section).
- 2
  Unzip your homebrew app to the desktop of your computer.
- 3
  Connect your PSP to your computer using the USB cable. Press your PSP's \"Home\" button, and scroll down to \"Settings.\" Select \"USB Connection,\" and wait for the system's memory card to show up on your computer.
- 4
  Install the program files of your homebrew video-hiding app to the \"\\PSP\\Game\\\" or \"\\PSP\\Game150\\\" directory of your PSP. The name of this directory varies depending on what firmware your PSP is running.
- 5
  Eject and remove your PSP. Turn the system off and then on again.
- 6
  Launch your app from the \"Games\" folder of your PSP's menu. PSP Hide Files will show up as named, and VideoPSpy will show up as a \"calculator\" app.
- 7
  Hide videos using the program's interface. To hide videos in PSP Hide Files, press \"Up\" on your PSP's D-pad. In VideoPSpy, enter two codes on the calculator, pressing \"=\" after each code.
- 8
  Exit the app. Your videos will be hidden until you reveal them again. In PSP Hide Files, this is done by relaunching the app and pressing \"Down\" on the D-pad; in VideoPSpy, relaunch the app and re-enter the two codes, again confirming the codes by pressing \"=.\"

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