UMD Format

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UMD or Universal Media Disc is an optical storage disc created by Sony specifically for the PSP™. The specifications of the UMD game format are retained by Sony so they can control and license the creation of playable discs. As thus, it isn't universal at all. It is proprietary.

Table of contents
1 Specifications
2 UMD Video
3 Product-ID/Disc-ID
4 Known Product-IDs
5 UMD File Structure

5.1 UMD Games
5.2 UMD Video
5.3 UMD Audio

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Specifications

Standard: ECMA-365 http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-365.htm

Diameter: 60mm

Capacity: 1.8GB (single sided, dual layer); 0.9GB (single sided, single layer)

Laser wavelength: 660nm (Red laser)

Encryption: AES 128bit

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UMD Video

UMD Video is encoded in 720x480 pixels resolution, which is then scaled to the 480x272 pixels PSP screen resolution. This way it will be possible for further products in the future to display UMD Video on larger screens and/or TV's at full DVD resolution.

Used Codec: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile Level3 (Memorystick-Video uses: MPEG-4 SP,AAC)

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Product-ID/Disc-ID

Each UMD has its own UMD-ID as well as each Game/Video has its own Product-ID.

It can be found on UMD inside of UMD_DATA.BIN and looks like: 

Scheme: (Product-ID)        |(UniqueDisk-ID) |0001|G
Values: 4 letters - 5 digits|16 bytes hex    |0001|G
Example UCUS-98601          |xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx|0001|G
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Known Product-IDs

Japanese:

  • ULJS-00001 - Ridge Racers
  • ULJS-00005 - Lumines
  • ULJS-00012 - Namco Museum
  • ULJM-05007 - Puyo Puyo Fever
  • ULJM-05012 - Mobile Train Simulator
  • UCJS-10001 - Minna no Golf
  • UCJS-10002 - Doko Demo Issho
  • UCJS-10003 - Piposaru Academia

USA:

  • ULUS-10002 - Lumines
  • ULUS-10003 - Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
  • ULUS-10004 - Dynasty Warriors
  • ULUS-10006 - Metal Gear Acid
  • ULUS-10007 - Need for Speed: Underground Rivals
  • ULUS-10014 - Tony Hawk's Underground 2
  • ULUS-10017 - Archer Maclean's Mercury
  • UCUS-97551 - Darkstalkers Chronicles: The Chaos Tower
  • UCUS-98477 - Ridge Racer
  • UCUS-98601 - Twisted Metal
  • UCUS-98609 - Ape Escape: On the Loose
  • UCUS-98612 - Wipeout Pure

Europe:

  • ULES-00125 - Burnout Legends
  • ULES-00043 - Lumines
  • ULES-00151 - Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
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UMD File Structure

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UMD Games

  • PSP_GAME
    • SYSDIR
      • EBOOT.BIN
      • BOOT.BIN
    • PARAM.SFO
    • ICON0.PNG
    • ICON1.PMF
    • PIC0.PNG
    • PIC1.PNG
    • SND0.AT3
    • USRDIR
      • custom filestructure here
  • UMD_DATA.BIN
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UMD Video

  • UMD_VIDEO
    • PARAM.SFO
    • ICON1.PMF
    • SND0.AT3
    • ICON0.PNG
    • PIC0.PNG
    • PIC1.PNG
    • PLAYLIST.UMD
    • RESOURCE
      • EN100000.RCO
    • CLIPINF
      • xxxxx.CLP (x = 0...9)
    • STREAM
      • xxxxx.MPS (x = 0...9)
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UMD Audio

  • UMD_AUDIO
    • PARAM.SFO
    • ICON1.PMF
    • SND0.AT3
    • ICON0.PNG
    • PIC0.PNG
    • PIC1.PNG
    • PLAYLIST.UMD
    • RESOURCE
      • EN100000.RCO
    • CLIPINF
      • xxxxx.CLP (x = 0...9)
    • STREAM
      • xxxxx.MPS (x = 0...9)
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