Region Coding
DVD region coding has been applied to most UMD movies and music. However regional lockout is not applied to games, making them region-free.
- Region 0: Worldwide
- Region 1: United States, Canada, U.S. territories, Latin America
- Region 2: European Union, Japan, Middle East, Egypt, South Africa, Greenland, French territories
- Region 3: Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong
- Region 4: Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Latin America
- Region 5: Russia, Eastern Europe, India, Pakistan, the majority of Africa, North Korea, Mongolia
- Region 6: Mainland China
The primary application for UMD discs is as a storage medium for PSP games, although the format is also used for the storage of motion pictures and, to a lesser degree, television shows for playback on the PSP. The video is encoded in the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC format, with the audio in ATRAC3plus.
The BBC released a number of its TV titles on UMD in the UK, including The Office, The Mighty Boosh, Doctor Who and Little Britain.
Some adult films have been released on UMD in Japan.
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