MultiMedia Functionality

I will be looking to purchase a Vita in the future and as a current owner of a PSP one of my most infuriating issues with the machine is its cumbersum video playback feature.

Not only must almost all video be tranfered into a PSPS format before it the machine will acknowledge its existance, the transfer process itself is a long and arduous ordeal and after its done there is no guarantee it will even work on the PSP. 

This was annoying because it offered an avenue to catch up on my fave series, and animes on my daily communte, however if the Vita suffers the same idotic design I will be reconsidering my purchase.

The question is, is it easy and straightforward to get videos, music and the like to work without sweat, blood and what feels like a lifetime?

i honestly dont know, and if media is your primary concern like videos and music etc the price of the memory sticks will drive you nuts, sounds like you would enjoy a phone better lol like a galaxy s, with cheap 32 gig sticks and at least 8 gig inbuilt.

i dont know what the vita is like for media as i have my 16 gig stick filled with games only and it is too small, and all my media like videos (whole seasons of tv shows including anime etc) and music are on the 40 gig i have on my galaxy s phone.

im surprised you found the psp hard to convert videos for, did you try pspvideo9?

edit: i need to test this but i read that the vita might be more restrictive on what you can put over to it eg not full folder access like a psp.

Vita is a good multimedia device and there are many upgrades compared to PSP... the only problem is that the videos have to be in .MP4 format.
But man you can play HD videos and all the rest, browse the net, twitter, fb, skype, everything's in there!

I'm watching a lot of anime on my vita and other stuff.
Just to let you know I've bought mine day 1 and so far I'm pretty happy with it, never regreted it.

Thanks guys, I am looking forward to owning a vita for the games, but a functional and stress free video playback functionality would be greatly welcomed.

so an mp4 file will copy on straight onto the vita?

 

Thanks guys, I am looking forward to owning a vita for the games, but a functional and stress free video playback functionality would be greatly welcomed.

 

so an mp4 file will copy on straight onto the vita?

Zaibach

I have had my Vita for quite some time and have never even considered doing anything other than playing a game on it. My phone, tablet, and laptop are all much more capable media devices, and they all have way better battery life than my Vita.famicommander

I like what the Vita offers with multimedia but there's tons to improve.

The real problem I have with the Vita is that the volume is just so damn low compared to any other device say iphone or ipad.

the speakers are bad but worse are the headphones, even using good ones sounds awful. 

[QUOTE="famicommander"]I have had my Vita for quite some time and have never even considered doing anything other than playing a game on it. My phone, tablet, and laptop are all much more capable media devices, and they all have way better battery life than my Vita.p4s2p0

I like what the Vita offers with multimedia but there's tons to improve.

The real problem I have with the Vita is that the volume is just so damn low compared to any other device say iphone or ipad.

the speakers are bad but worse are the headphones, even using good ones sounds awful. 

Ithrewupfire

Thats very dissapointing given that its a sony product

I like what the Vita offers with multimedia but there's tons to improve.

The real problem I have with the Vita is that the volume is just so damn low compared to any other device say iphone or ipad.

the speakers are bad but worse are the headphones, even using good ones sounds awful. 

Ithrewupfire

Just wish there's a way to detach those controls during multimedia usage to lose weight make it smaller.

[QUOTE="p4s2p0"][QUOTE="Ithrewupfire"]

I like what the Vita offers with multimedia but there's tons to improve.

The real problem I have with the Vita is that the volume is just so damn low compared to any other device say iphone or ipad.

the speakers are bad but worse are the headphones, even using good ones sounds awful. 

Ithrewupfire

I use this ones: http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B000ULAP4U

and the quality is much clear and loud with an iphone 5. I should try them on another Vita, maybe there's something wrong with mine. 

[QUOTE="Ithrewupfire"]

I like what the Vita offers with multimedia but there's tons to improve.

The real problem I have with the Vita is that the volume is just so damn low compared to any other device say iphone or ipad.

the speakers are bad but worse are the headphones, even using good ones sounds awful. 

p4s2p0

I use this ones: http://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-ATH-M50-Professional-Monitor-Headphones/dp/B000ULAP4U

and the quality is much clear and loud with an iphone 5. I should try them on another Vita, maybe there's something wrong with mine.