Sony announced today that it will provide sales and support for the UMD Composer software toolkit for authoring of video content on UMD (Universal Media Disc). UMD is the primary media format for Sony’s PSP handheld entertainment system, Hollywood has promised to support the format and has recently started to release movie titles in Sony's proprietary format. UMD is an optical disc which is only 60mm in diameter, which can store
up to 1.8GB of digital data. The latest copy-protection technology
will be applied to offer content developers and publishers a safe and
copy-protected environment.The UMD Composer is the only authoring suite of its kind, allowing film studios and production houses the necessary tools to format video-based UMD's. Sony Announces New UMD Composer
Sony announced today that it will provide sales and support for the UMD Composer software toolkit for authoring of video content on UMD (Universal Media Disc). UMD is the primary media format for Sony’s PSP handheld entertainment system, Hollywood has promised to support the format and has recently started to release movie titles in Sony's proprietary format. UMD is an optical disc which is only 60mm in diameter, which can store
up to 1.8GB of digital data. The latest copy-protection technology
will be applied to offer content developers and publishers a safe and
copy-protected environment.The UMD Composer is the only authoring suite of its kind, allowing film studios and production houses the necessary tools to format video-based UMD's. 
