PS4 Gets Media Player - News

by Chinh Tran , posted on 16 June 2015 / 5,679 Views

On the PlayStation Blog, Sony has announced that the PS4 Media Player is now available to download from the PlayStation Store. Users will need to select the Media Player icon to be taken to the PS Store where they can begin the download.

“The Media Player works with both your home server and when plugging a USB stick with media into one of the available ports on the PS4. Your home server will appear as a media option in the player automatically and finding your media is simple and quick. You may also simply enjoy music as background music on your PS4!”

The following file formats and codecs are supported:

Video

MKV

Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2
Audio: MP3, AAC LC, AC-3(Dolby Digital)

AVI

Visual: MPEG4 ASP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2
Audio: MP3, AAC LC, AC-3(Dolby Digital)

MP4

Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2
Audio: AAC LC, AC-3(Dolby Digital)

MPEG-2 TS

Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2, MPEG2 Visual
Audio: MP2(MPEG2 Audio Layer 2), AAC LC, AC-3(Dolby Digital)
AVCHD: (.m2ts, .mts)

Photo

JPEG (based on DCF 2.0/Exif 2.21)
BMP
PNG

Music

MP3
AAC (M4A)

Media Playback and DLNA were highly-requested features for the PS4 and it’s good to see Sony finally delivering it.

15 Comments

Tridrakious (on 16 June 2015)

A silent release. Interesting.

RenCutypoison (on 16 June 2015)

MKV/H264 support has been asked for years. Finally !
Weird there is no flac support though.

V-r0cK (on 16 June 2015)

Just keeps getting better. This is awesome news!

solidpumar (on 16 June 2015)

Can I have .srt subtitles with that? My parents don't understand english.

Knitemare solidpumar (on 16 June 2015)

Same here. With .srt playback it would rule the mortal world

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Mike_L solidpumar (on 16 June 2015)

Just hardcode the subtitles.

http://forum.videohelp[dot]com/threads/364372-How-to-easily-burn-in-hardcode-srt-subtitles-to-mp4-mkv-with-VidCoder

Chasesdaddy84 (on 16 June 2015)

Been waiting for this!!! My PS3 housed over 200 movies in the Videos tab. Hope this means my PS4 can now take over those duties!! With my PS Now Subscription I've all but retired good ole '3'

Mr_No (on 16 June 2015)

This is definitely a great addition. At first I thought it was only for audio, but I'm really glad video is also supported, especially MKV.

Nem (on 16 June 2015)

Wow... they really want to get a coffin for the ps3. Assuming this works as the ps3 media player/server, its awesome news.

Cobretti2 (on 16 June 2015)

honestly since this feature was missing at launch I plugged in a usb into my tv and it supports all this. No need to power two devices so save on electricity cost. I would think most TVs would do the same if purchased in the last 3 years.