Sony announces "UMD Composer" for UMD-Video creation

**MadMonkee** · June 8th, 2006, 06:48

umd all together was a dumb idea. They should have just made downloading ports in stores where you plug in your psp and dl games specifically signed for that peticular psp. That way you wouldnt ever lose or break games, go back to the store and dl again. MS sales would improve, psp would be lighter and more slick, since part price goes down along with the extra money from adding the sample umd, psp would come with 10gb built in hd even, not to mention more battery life due to lesser power consumption.

**mr_nick666** · June 8th, 2006, 08:55

Ive always thought a mini built-in hard drive would be good for the PSP

Shame you cant remove the UMD and fit one in..!

**cloud_952** · June 8th, 2006, 09:52

Did anyone stop and realize that you need to SUBMIT the UMD image to Sony to get it to burnt onto a disk? Sony, at that point, can check your image (though this is impractical due to sheer volume) or at least put locks or protection in place to stop you from running programs. Odds are it won't be able to access kernal mode, which is the same boat everyone's in right now anyway. I don't think Sony is half as stupid as people are guessing.

**T-2000** · June 8th, 2006, 10:22

Originally Posted by cloud_952

Did anyone stop and realize that you need to SUBMIT the UMD image to Sony to get it to burnt onto a disk? Sony, at that point, can check your image (though this is impractical due to sheer volume) or at least put locks or protection in place to stop you from running programs. Odds are it won't be able to access kernal mode, which is the same boat everyone's in right now anyway. I don't think Sony is half as stupid as people are guessing.

your the only one tht kept on topic... well done, every one else thinks how good an official program will help them pirate...lol

**nigelrigel** · June 8th, 2006, 14:38

well dude there will always be more hacks- i bet u somehow somebodies going to come up with some discuised file (2.0-1.5 downgrader) then get homebrew games to play, come to think about it that might be good for the 2.7 firmware

**acn010** · June 8th, 2006, 16:47

ok, but now, hope in the future there will be a re-writable umd's
along with the burner, and lets hope that the umd will cost cheap

**Apoklepz** · June 8th, 2006, 17:27

I got these from the same exact news it PSPupdates... But it just looks like an Official devlopment kit for the PSP that SONY would only allow licenced developers to use....

Please comment on your thoughts.

**PunishedOne** · June 8th, 2006, 18:30

Originally Posted by PsychoSync

If we could put homebrews on UMDs, that would also mean BETTER transfer rates... .

Memory sticks have a MUCH faster transfer rate than UMDs. Kids at my school were amazed how fast my backup of GTA loaded.

**Apoklepz** · June 8th, 2006, 18:49

Yes, very true. And about the PSP warming up through playing homebrew, that only happens when you're running homebrew at more than 266mhz for at least an hour or more. 16bit+ system Emulators for example demand PSP overclocking to be able to run smoothly. It has also been said that a PSP might suffer from internal structure "deformation" if it's left running at 333mhz like say, as long as a day or two.

It's fine to overclock a PSP to 333mhz, but not for huge periods of time.

I believe somebody in a comic book once said: "With great power, comes greater responsibility".

**cloud_952** · June 8th, 2006, 18:55

Originally Posted by nigelrigel

well dude there will always be more hacks- i bet u somehow somebodies going to come up with some discuised file (2.0-1.5 downgrader) then get homebrew games to play, come to think about it that might be good for the 2.7 firmware

Exactly. ^_^ And Sony will probably block any access to kernal mode, firmware, etc through these umds. They're not going to be able to do the same stuff a normal umd could.

Also, once they found out that someone used their service to do this, they'd screen for those files and then block that approach. They do the same thing with firmwares. This is NOT going to be some awesome, "ZOMG Sony iz going to let us pirate!!!" kinda thing.

Best yet: I bet that they're going to put a firmware update on user-made umds. ^_^ I just know they would. And they could, too. It's their software, and they're making sure your PSP is compatible.

Originally Posted by Apoklepz

Yes, very true. And about the PSP warming up through playing homebrew, that only happens when you're running homebrew at more than 266mhz for at least an hour or more.

That's not true. The PSP naturally gets warm around the memory stick area (left side) for a variety of reasons, one of them being related to wifi. When you're using wifi, that's running even more power through the parts on the left-hand side and starts to heat up. It's not like it gets terribly hot, but it is warm, and you do notice.

Originally Posted by Apoklepz

I believe somebody in a comic book once said: "With great power, comes greater responsibility".

Uncle Ben, of Spiderman fame.