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Sony leans towards opening the UMD format

cd-rw.org @ Jan 20, 2005 15:05 | 63 comments

The PlayStation Portable (PSP) is making the reduced size optical media popular, and until now Sony has kept the format closed and stricly for them selves. But now it seems that the winds of change are blowing, and the format might see wider use, and different applications. Sony has proposed to keep the PSP implementation of UMD closed, but to release the format for audio and video applications.

UMDs are 60-millimeter optical discs in protective cases that have a data storage capacity of 1.8GB. They were developed by Sony for use in the PSP, but plans already reach beyond gaming. Specifications for versions of UMD holding games, movies and music have all been drawn up. However, at present the only commercial UMD content on the market is the handful of games available for the PSP.

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Sony will give companies access to the movie and music variants of the technology so that they might produce multimedia players that support UMD

Source: Computerworld.com

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Comment by: anubis66 (Apr 10, 2005 22:40)

ive been working on making a games work on my psp from the memory card. ive gotten the ablility to see the picture and the backround i made. but i cant seem to get the game itself to load. it gives me and error. i do this with pbp unpacker, http://www.psp-hacks.com/downloads.php, that allows me to open up EBOOT.PBP and also make my own PBP files. I'll let you guys now if i get any further in this process.

Comment by: sodank (Apr 11, 2005 00:51)

Told ya its gonna have to be the memory card unless they make a unit like they did with the GBA to flash cards. And I dont think sony is up and ready to make blanks and a small burner for our Backing up needs. Fair use rights gets harder and harder practice. Good side is I dont think the disks will die quick since they have that protective shield.

Comment by: KitnKillr (Apr 11, 2005 19:06)

EVERYBODY!!! I got the perfect idea to play PS2 games on PSP!!!

The Idea

ok so, ya know how some PS2 games might be ported to the PSP? well, if we were to play those PS2 games directly on a PSP without a port, we can say that we technically copied the game or have a copy of it.

The Process

aight, so, everybody remember that PS2 Memory Card Exploit? well, hows bout we put a game save from the PS2 memory card that has the exploit and put that on the PSP memory stick!?! Sure, we may be screwed by the controls because the PSP only has 2 shoulder buttons (L + R) but its a great idea isnt it?

just to let everybody know, i have never used the PS2 Memory Card Exploit=)

Comment by: OneShotI (Apr 11, 2005 21:07)

sweet get working on that thing also how can we put it on the internet so you can download the games that would be sweet.


halo 2 on psp yay

Comment by: KitnKillr (Apr 11, 2005 21:54)

oh but my friend, you CAN surf the web on the internet: http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050327/1627/

Comment by: solargame (Apr 21, 2005 12:00)

you guys know thos drills they use to make big hols in wood. why dont you take a bid dvd and drill it down to the size of the umd. then take the plastic from the demo disk that comes with the psp. the drill i am talking about is a circle with serrated edges. drill the extra off the sides of the full size dvd. i dont have one of those drills but i would try if i did.


Dont hate the player, hate the game.

Comment by: solargame (Apr 21, 2005 12:02)

i saw this crack for FINAL FANTASY: ADVENT CHILDRENS CRACK. would that work.


Dont hate the player, hate the game.

Comment by: jimmyblue (Apr 21, 2005 12:47)

I think the easiest way that this would be possible is to create some sort of software where you can rip the game onto your pc hard drive through the usb. After that play the games from there, it would be a little hard to play the games on the go though.

Comment by: solargame (Apr 22, 2005 09:58)

i have succsessfully opened the umd from the plastic case. it is simple.just place sizzors on the 2 grooves on the 2 outides and twist. i did it with the sample disk. the disk is much smaller than a gamecube disk and does not fit in cd or dvd drive well.


Dont hate the player, hate the game.

Comment by: KitnKillr (Apr 23, 2005 13:10)

ey Solargame, can you do me a favor and see if the UMD that you skinned is able to be read by your PS2? i got this one mini-DVD with a USB cable that i bought that goes into the PS2 so we can transfer the stuff from the memory card onto the PSP. just triple check to see for sure if the UMD can be read by a PS2 k? can you also check to see if the skinned UMD will still work in the PSP? you dont have to if you dont wanna, but im just sayin, ya know. i just wanna see if it will work or not.

Comment by: perseus64 (Apr 24, 2005 21:02)

there is a way to flash the bios but its pretty damn hard because you need to fugire out how o do it. me and my friends are working on it. so far we were able make the psp to go online on sites using the built in wireless conection.

Comment by: JBlaze05 (Apr 24, 2005 21:11)

how doe it look? in the internet? good?

like a regular computer ?


JBLAZE

Comment by: perseus64 (Apr 24, 2005 23:57)

Yes like an ordinary computer. the hard part is inserting the names of the web sites. the fact is that i heard a rumor that this became popular so third party companies maybe even selling keyboards. but i hihly doubt it.

Comment by: signal (Apr 25, 2005 11:40)

i wouldnt doubt it the least bit. sony is coming out with some pretty neat stuuf. although some of you may disagree and think that the idea is dumb...i think its pretty cool. im just waiting for the day when they come out with something that the black, white or "grey" hats can not get into. i find it funny that when something just comes out and really hard to break that people think that it is a dumb idea that it came out. Well what did everybody expect? furthermore, im sure someo one will find or invent a proggy that can either bypass or decode the encryption and release it on the web. Honostly, i hope they don't except for the reason of making a personal backup and allowing that capability for others. i cant wait to see the specs of the new x-box. i like x-box better than playstation. although the psx looks pretty promising.


unknown_signal

Comment by: perseus64 (May 03, 2005 01:05)

any of you know a good psp video converter (working)

it would be nice

Comment by: solargame (May 03, 2005 16:29)

yea psp video 9 is very good.


Dont hate the player, hate the game.

Comment by: KitnKillr (May 03, 2005 23:04)

about video 9, i finally figured out how to use it like yesterday. you see, right after you click on the Convert tab and the file is done converting, click on the Copy tab and select the file you just convered and click on the "Copy to PSP" or "Move to PSP" button.

last night in my dream, i almost drowned but then i floated back up :) oh yea, after that little dream, i had another one: there were these kittens surrounding me and i had a knife like in resident evil 4 and then i slashed the kittens.

Comment by: Platt (May 08, 2005 08:46)

Any progress on gettin PS2 games on UMD disks or memory cards. I think that you would be able to put them on the cards just by making a folder in the games folder of your PSP and then adding everything on a games disk to that folder. I have taken everything from GTA SA from the disk to my PC but its about 5GB, so i dont think that that is possible.

Comment by: solargame (May 08, 2005 09:01)

yea, ill try that, but i will try doing it with a psone game


Dont hate the player, hate the game.

Comment by: JeffSinc (May 08, 2005 11:40)

alright. not sure if anyone has noticed, but do an update to firmware, but dont have AC power plugged in.

Device will download the update and save to your flash card. Reboot the device, and you suddenly have a "load game from flash" media option.

Somone needs to read the file associated with the bios update for the device, and work out how it is able to run this way.

Comment by: Platt (May 08, 2005 12:30)

Hey every1, look at this.

http://photobucket.com/albums/y20/Platty90/?action=view¤t=pspdebug1.jpg

I think that Sony have to make a decision whether to release blank UMD disks to be cheap and good to put data on, but they may not because of piracy, and people copying games etc. So they will soon make a decision. Well anyway, they may release that UMD burner in the pi. Sweet :)

Comment by: perseus64 (May 10, 2005 22:07)

I copied wipeout pure on stick and it worked also about the picture i think they are already rec UMD's but i am not sure because my source tells me that.

Comment by: OneShotI (May 10, 2005 22:21)

hey did you say you copied theh wipeout pure game itself onto a memory card and were able to play this off the card???


halo 2 on psp yay

Comment by: playboi7 (Apr 12, 2006 13:30)

i got a psp v2.0 but upgraded to 2.6 cuz sometold me i could use the homebrew if i loaded it with gta:libirty city stories. it works but now i want to know were i can get all the emulators and roms for my psp, i hope someone can help me get emu's and roms please some help me, my favorite game is street figther 2 if some could tell me were to download it, PLEASE

Comment by: Anonymous User (May 28, 2011 23:42)

Pandora Battery + Firmware + 8gb memory card + ISO games + PSP = better than just buying blank UMDs that don't even exist...

   

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