same,.. iam looking for a way to to play Japanese and European region umd cause it's so much cheaper on the regarding rare umd movies .. for example blade 2 in regions 2 is only 10 dollars but regions 1 if you can even find it will cost you about 40 to 50 dollars so yeah its 2024 and I use this to travel .. kill some time on the planes ride to watch special features as characters commentary.. I enjoyed that alot on the planes.. Thank you for this video it really help alot
Lusid, you're the BEST. I just got a spanking new PSP Phat in the mail yesterday. It came on OFW 5.55 so I connected to mobile hotspot, updated to 6.61 and used your site to perma flash ARK4, no PC needed. Spent the whole night downloading and transferring ISOs, MP4s, PNGs, CTFs, etc. Finally, after everything was modded to heck & back, I decided to spin up my 1001 region "AKIRA" UMD. To my surprise the bad boi wouldn't load up, even after changing the UMD region in ARK to "America". Decided to research and was led to this vid. And FINALLY it works!! Leaving the tray open was the crucial step I had been missing. I can finally rest. THANK YOU.
This guy is so helpful, definently deserves more subs. He even has his own website that is very helpful with formatting and adding stuff to your psp. He NEEDS more subs
Wow, a whole year later & this is still helpful ! Took some time😂but definitely worth the effort. This completed converting my Japanese PSP to American. Thank you so very much!!!
Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention dude! I'm in the PAL territory and really like collecting UMD Video though my choice was always very limiting due to the amount of releases in europe but now I can get them from all over the world!
Man thank you so much , I'm looking for a PSP in the market but I find nothing but Japanese import consoles and the one thing holding me back is ability to play US region PSP movies. I will try this as soon as I get my hands on one !
Thank you!! I bought my first ever UMD movie a few weeks ago. It's region 2, which should be fine because I'm in the UK but then I discovered my PSP is American 🤣 I'm going to try the ARK4 CFW later
Hi My Father has a copy of Dune as a UMD Movie. He got it years ago, says Region ALL but it never reads and gets the same error in this video. I have tried Fake Regions and none of them work. I kept seeing a listing on Ebay saying that it's region 2; but I tried that region and it still did not work. Is it defective? My Father might have one of the few Dune Copies in the entire world who knows?
@@infectate3466 yes and no. This feature is only available in the ark4 custom firmware, but has been cross ported to pro firmware as a separate region changing app.
So I have both Infinity and Pro. How do I make this permanent, like I can take out the memory card and have it still work, or at least have it still play movies after rebooting?
I got a Japanese PSP 3000 in black off of eBay and it arrived yesterday and for some reason the X and O buttons have been swapped. does anyone know how to change it
Japanese region console have X/O swapped from what the rest of the world is accustomed to. Most custom firmwares have an option to swap them back. If you don't have custom firmware installed, install ark 4 and find the X/O swap option in the CFW settings.
PS1 emulation is built into the PSP firmware, but the games must be in eboot format. You can download them from PSN (see my how to use the playstation store video), or you can convert your own backups to eboot format.
@@lusid1games u have a video on how to do that? I have a 128 micro card that I added for more space but I'm also trying to transfer everything I have in the old 8bit memory stick duo card I have all the emulators saved in
Hey! I already downloaded a CFW called "pro psp firmware" can I also download ark so that I can region unlock my system? or will I have to uninstall this firmware to install ark?
@@Sloane-m1h No. the other option is to buy a PSP from each region. Practically speaking you only need 2. A US model and one from either Japan or UK. Nearly all English movies are from one of those two region codes.
Resident evil 2002 resident evil apocalypse. Rush hour 1,2 , American pie 1,2 , the fast and the furious 1,2 , boyz in the hood, super bad . I just got all of them for 20$ here at a swap meet lol
Hi. I have a UMD VIDEO disk that is marked as region all and not playng . I know this all region disc ( aka Wordwide ) are region free , but are not playing . Have someone the same issues ? Find any fix ? Regards
i would also like to know as i want to purchase a european umd movie that says region all but i couldnt find anything about stuff like that region locking (my psp is not modded and it will stay that way)
This would be great, but ARK causes other problems and I'd rather stick with PRO. Is there anyway to region change for UMD Videos on PRO? Now that it's been done with ARK it really shouldn't be a problem to bring it over to PRO as a plugin?
There little if any development happening on pro. But you could rebuild idstorage with DDC9/10 if you have the tooling and a compatible console. Curious what issues you’ve found in ark. I can pester the devs if I can reproduce it.
But I agree--at this point how hard would it be to make a .prx plug-in using the code they used to make this possible, so ME & PRO users could also benefit?
You can always report bugs and chances are that I (the developer of ARK) will eventually fix them. The same can't be said for PRO or ME, they are kinda hard to work with due to the old code and the OG developers not being active for a decade.
@@akpokemon what's the point of having 5 different CFWs installed with different featureset and compatibility when you can have only one with all features and all compatible formats? The PSP Scene needs a common ground for CFW development, not wasting time supporting decades old CFW that are hard to maintain and use old outdated techniques that make them less stable. Yes I could make a solution for all CFW in maybe a day, but it beats the point of working on a new, updated and improved CFW.
So I just want to let you know that theres no way that would be from 2001 as the system was released in late 2004 early 2005 brother. Unless you were talking about something else.
Hi, I have Little Big planet UMD disc and I also have downloadable content for the game in my PSN account. I am able to download the content but when i load the game using UMD, it is not showing up. Can you help me fix this issue? @lusidgames
People call me crazy wanting to watch a movie on a psp in 2024😂
this is why i’m here 😂 i wanna watch lord of the dogtown umd on my psp 3000 :) 2024!
same,.. iam looking for a way to to play Japanese and European region umd cause it's so much cheaper on the regarding rare umd movies .. for example blade 2 in regions 2 is only 10 dollars but regions 1 if you can even find it will cost you about 40 to 50 dollars so yeah its 2024 and I use this to travel .. kill some time on the planes ride to watch special features as characters commentary.. I enjoyed that alot on the planes.. Thank you for this video it really help alot
@@MyChocow region 2 got a lot of titles that we never even got in region 1.
You need to put the Media Software Disc in the PSP than you insert whatever movie you want to watch Game Shark and Action Replay Max work as well.
Lusid, you're the BEST. I just got a spanking new PSP Phat in the mail yesterday. It came on OFW 5.55 so I connected to mobile hotspot, updated to 6.61 and used your site to perma flash ARK4, no PC needed. Spent the whole night downloading and transferring ISOs, MP4s, PNGs, CTFs, etc. Finally, after everything was modded to heck & back, I decided to spin up my 1001 region "AKIRA" UMD. To my surprise the bad boi wouldn't load up, even after changing the UMD region in ARK to "America". Decided to research and was led to this vid. And FINALLY it works!! Leaving the tray open was the crucial step I had been missing. I can finally rest. THANK YOU.
Awesome!
This guy is so helpful, definently deserves more subs. He even has his own website that is very helpful with formatting and adding stuff to your psp. He NEEDS more subs
Thank you :)
What is the website URL?
psp.lusidgames.com designed for use in the PSP’s built in browser.
Wow, a whole year later & this is still helpful ! Took some time😂but definitely worth the effort. This completed converting my Japanese PSP to American.
Thank you so very much!!!
@@syxdgaf awesome!
Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention dude! I'm in the PAL territory and really like collecting UMD Video though my choice was always very limiting due to the amount of releases in europe but now I can get them from all over the world!
This is the most important video on the internet for me!
@@neoanderz Thank you!
Man thank you so much , I'm looking for a PSP in the market but I find nothing but Japanese import consoles and the one thing holding me back is ability to play US region PSP movies. I will try this as soon as I get my hands on one !
Thank you so much. I can finally clean out my local game store of all their umd movies
Thank you for the video, had no idea about ARK! You saved me having to pick up another region PSP for my movies
^
Thanks for bringing this CFW to my attention, I was curious if region-unlocking was possible and found this vide :D
I did not know you have a 128 GB storage card on your PSP. Whatever you did made this possible, lad, I totally believe you did this easily.
128gb is easy. The 512gb card probably deserves its own video. :)
Thanks now I can watch my region 1 ice age on my region 2 psp
thanks for another great psp video
Thank you!! I bought my first ever UMD movie a few weeks ago. It's region 2, which should be fine because I'm in the UK but then I discovered my PSP is American 🤣 I'm going to try the ARK4 CFW later
Which umd video you got?
Hi My Father has a copy of Dune as a UMD Movie. He got it years ago, says Region ALL but it never reads and gets the same error in this video. I have tried Fake Regions and none of them work. I kept seeing a listing on Ebay saying that it's region 2; but I tried that region and it still did not work. Is it defective? My Father might have one of the few Dune Copies in the entire world who knows?
Have you been able to use the FTP server in the Ark-4 custom launcher? I am unable to connect to it with my computer.
Thanks for the info 😮 quick question can I play the Japanese Version of Final Fantasy on my us psp will it be in English 🤔 Thanks!
It's cool and all to watch region locked movies with this cfw, but can you also play games with it? Like maybe downloading games from PC?
I’m region 2 so Japan and Europe I have a British psp but the UMD says Japan only I haven’t brought it yet but will it work or do I have to do this?
Thank you so much
@@randomlurker55 thank you!
I just bought a modded psp and the mkd has pro vsh when I press selecr how do I change umd region on this verion ?
@@jaredbigelow3645 pro doesn’t have that feature. Convert it over to ark4.
@@lusid1games okay thanks
THANK YOU MAN
do you have to install this software instead of other modding software or on top of that sorry if dumb question im looking to buy a psp
@@infectate3466 yes and no. This feature is only available in the ark4 custom firmware, but has been cross ported to pro firmware as a separate region changing app.
On razer kishi psp games eith that circle pad is nice
So I have both Infinity and Pro. How do I make this permanent, like I can take out the memory card and have it still work, or at least have it still play movies after rebooting?
I got a Japanese PSP 3000 in black off of eBay and it arrived yesterday and for some reason the X and O buttons have been swapped. does anyone know how to change it
Japanese region console have X/O swapped from what the rest of the world is accustomed to. Most custom firmwares have an option to swap them back. If you don't have custom firmware installed, install ark 4 and find the X/O swap option in the CFW settings.
hello, is it possible to help me, my UMD video does not work do I have to install recovery in 6.61. can someone help me thanks
I just found my psp that has emulators for all NES. SEGA..SUPERNES games how do I get ps1 games on here
PS1 emulation is built into the PSP firmware, but the games must be in eboot format. You can download them from PSN (see my how to use the playstation store video), or you can convert your own backups to eboot format.
@@lusid1games u have a video on how to do that? I have a 128 micro card that I added for more space but I'm also trying to transfer everything I have in the old 8bit memory stick duo card I have all the emulators saved in
Hey! I already downloaded a CFW called "pro psp firmware" can I also download ark so that I can region unlock my system? or will I have to uninstall this firmware to install ark?
I wanna know too
How do you do this with a psp that isn’t jailbroken? Is it possible to
@@Sloane-m1h No. the other option is to buy a PSP from each region. Practically speaking you only need 2. A US model and one from either Japan or UK. Nearly all English movies are from one of those two region codes.
Now I have an excuse to buy Batman 89 on UMD that never came out in USA lol
@@JorgeMenendezGonzalez A lot of things didn't come out in the US. This really opens up the UMD library.
Resident evil 2002 resident evil apocalypse. Rush hour 1,2 , American pie 1,2 , the fast and the furious 1,2 , boyz in the hood, super bad . I just got all of them for 20$ here at a swap meet lol
So infinity can't change regions?
Hi. I have a UMD VIDEO disk that is marked as region all and not playng . I know this all region disc ( aka Wordwide ) are region free , but are not playing . Have someone the same issues ? Find any fix ? Regards
i would also like to know as i want to purchase a european umd movie that says region all but i couldnt find anything about stuff like that region locking (my psp is not modded and it will stay that way)
THX!!!!!
This would be great, but ARK causes other problems and I'd rather stick with PRO. Is there anyway to region change for UMD Videos on PRO? Now that it's been done with ARK it really shouldn't be a problem to bring it over to PRO as a plugin?
There little if any development happening on pro. But you could rebuild idstorage with DDC9/10 if you have the tooling and a compatible console.
Curious what issues you’ve found in ark. I can pester the devs if I can reproduce it.
What are the issues with ark?
But I agree--at this point how hard would it be to make a .prx plug-in using the code they used to make this possible, so ME & PRO users could also benefit?
You can always report bugs and chances are that I (the developer of ARK) will eventually fix them. The same can't be said for PRO or ME, they are kinda hard to work with due to the old code and the OG developers not being active for a decade.
@@akpokemon what's the point of having 5 different CFWs installed with different featureset and compatibility when you can have only one with all features and all compatible formats? The PSP Scene needs a common ground for CFW development, not wasting time supporting decades old CFW that are hard to maintain and use old outdated techniques that make them less stable. Yes I could make a solution for all CFW in maybe a day, but it beats the point of working on a new, updated and improved CFW.
So I just want to let you know that theres no way that would be from 2001 as the system was released in late 2004 early 2005 brother. Unless you were talking about something else.
He said it’s a 2001 model, not from the year 2001. The models came out as PSP-1001, PSP-2001, and PSP-3001. Listening skills.
Just to add, x001 model is North America.
Its a 3000 model psp.
Wait, will the first method work? With the black one, because I don’t have ark
And I have seen it won’t allow you to play out of region movies
You need to upgrade to ark to get region change for movies. The one in pro only changes the XMB region
Hi, I have Little Big planet UMD disc and I also have downloadable content for the game in my PSN account. I am able to download the content but when i load the game using UMD, it is not showing up. Can you help me fix this issue? @lusidgames