I turn the PSP on, I put in the UMD video, but the screen stays on the menu option... how do i get it to play the video ?

Is your PSP updated? It may not be updated enough to be able to play the game. That might be it. Or your UMD drive is not working or broken.

What you need to do is disable the umd from within the custom firmware menu. Completely turn off the PSP (hold the power button up until it turns off). Then while holding the right shoulder button, turn the PSP on. The recovery menu will load. Select configuration and then disable the "no umd" option. Exit from the recovery menu and insert a umd disc into the PSP. Make sure auto start is also disabled in the PSP menu settings. You should now be able to run your game.

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its simple yet complicated. now if the person you want to play online with has the same umd both of u should turn on ur wlan and select multiplayer in game selection menu or if the person u want to play online with doesn't have the same umd but the umd you have has a gaame sharing option u guys should turn on ur wlan and the person with the umd should select gamesharing in the game selection menu then the other should go to gamesharing in the home screen menu.
hope this works for u

Behind your PSP there is a circle in which is written PSP. Try to push it and the disc ejects, then put your new UMD inside and play. To play you have to gao to the UMD in the menu and press X on the keypad.

try turning it off then putting the umd in, then turning it back on. if that doesnt work, there might be a problem with the disk reader

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The PSP doesnt realy have any play options when u insert a UMD it will either start atomaticly or you can choose through system settings to turn on or off the UMD auto start which enables the PSP to automaticly start or you can disable the auto start or you can press x on the UMD icon and it will start.Now when it comes to movies you can bring up the movie mode options wich alow you to rewind FF pause all that good stuff. just insert a umd and when it begins to play press triangle. hope this was helpfull

try turning the psp completely off.
Now turn it on while holding the R button.
that should bring up the recovery menu.
Hit
Advanced> UMD mode M33 umd iso.

Ok...this sounds crazy but it happened to one of my PSPs. I updated the firmware on my system and the menu started stalling and taking a long time to respond. I shut the PSP all the way down....holding the power button until the light shuts off (about 4 or 5 seconds)...Hold the R button and power the system on again (you should be in recovery mode)...go to CPU speed and make sure it is either set at "Default" or "222"....I belive 222 is the default setting....also make sure the UMD is also set at "Default" or 222....if you're going to use the UMD.

This link should help.

• Make sure the UMD is properly inserted with the label facing the back of the PSP system. Try removing the UMD and reinserting it.
  
• Try playing the UMD on a different PSP system. If the UMD plays, the original PSP system may be the problem. If the UMD does not play, the problem may be isolated to the UMD itself.
  
• Try playing a different UMD on the PSP system. If another UMD plays, the original UMD may be the problem. If none of the UMD's play, the problem may be isolated to the PSP system.
  
• Make sure the exposed UMD surface and plastic casing is not damaged[2]. Do not use if plastic casing is cracked, collapsed, or if foreign materials have entered inside the UMD enclosure.