Sony announces "UMD Composer" for UMD-Video creation

[wraggster]

News from PSP Vault

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced new UMD-Video authoring software called "UMD Composer." It creates UMD disc images, and consists of the following components:

Stream Composer: Audio/video/subtitle encoding, multiplexing, Clip Info creation (Multipass encoding support)

Stream Viewer: A viewer for stream files

Playlist Composer: For creating Playlist files

Script Compiler: For compiling UMD Video Script

Resource Compiler: Create resource files from source XML, compiled scripts, PNG still images, etc.

Interactive System Viewer: Emulation of interactive menus and such in a PC environment

PSMF Composer/AT3 Tool: Creation of video and sound displayed in the PSP's Cross Media Bar (XMB)

Image Generator: Creates UMD disc image

Image Checker: Verification of created UMD disc image


UMD Composer can also create interactive members using a script language based on JavaScript.

Using this tool, authors can author, encode, and even create disc images for UMD-Video. Images can be recorded to a DVD-R, and playback can be verified using an emulator. The DVD-R can be sent to a press factory, where a UMD-Video will be created. Sony Computer Entertainment estimates UMD Composer to be around 200,000 yen, and the emulator software to be around 15,000 yen.

At the "Movie TV Technology 2006" convention, Sony held a demonstration of the new software. Impress Watch was on hand at the event, and took pictures. At the demonstration, Sony played a H.264 video with a resolution of 720 x 480 that was created with Stream Composer. Sony also stated that most UMD-Video titles currently on the market are recorded in H.264/MPEG-4 AVC with a resolution of 720 x 480.

The official website for UMD Composer is here:
https://www.universalmediadisc.com/umdcomposer/

[nigelrigel]

huh- i guess the next step would be creating a umd burner

[acn010]

huh- i guess the next step would be creating a umd burner

lol, true.
but if the company is givingumd code. this could be a new homebrew storage on a umd?
now that the modchip is coming out?
omg, i imagine now!

[acn010]

too bad that the program is not free

[J sims]

I smell a version of Drakonite's UmUMD being cooked up.

[PsychoSync]

If we could put homebrews on UMDs, that would also mean BETTER transfer rates... Anyway that would be so great to put a UMD inside the PSP and load Snes9X TYL from it with tons of "owned" roms.

[emuking]

wow they sure helped homebrew what bunch of idiots

[felonyr301]

actually the transfer rates is faster by memory stick umds are sloww why you think people back up their games and play off the memory stick and yes im talking about the honest people who own their games because of speed...

[Pedal Bike Pete]

yea its true, memory sticks are ALOT faster, plus they save power compaired to using UMD drive.

[gsyph0]

Memory sticks save power? After I've been running a lot of homebrew the area under where the stick is starts getting a little warm. I always imagine that thing sucking in battery...but I guess it makes sense when compared with UMDs...HUGE FRIGGING MOTOR.