Like the Roku and Chromecast, Sony’s PlayStation 4 can play video and music documents from a USB drive or one more PC in your organization. Your PS4 can even play nearby music documents behind the scenes while you play a game.
This is because of the “Media Player” application, which Sony add over 18 months after the PS4 was delivered. There’s likewise a now-allowed to-utilize Plex application for web-based recordings from another of your PCs.
Supported File Types and Codecs
Here is a rundown of various video and sound codecs the PlayStation’s Media Player sees, directly from Sony. Assuming you need to play a media record on your PlayStation, it should be in these document designs. In case it isn’t, you’ll need to transcode it to an upheld one preceding it will work on your PlayStation.
Music records can be in MP3 or AAC (M4A) designs. Photographs can be in JPEG, BMP, or PNG designs. Video records should be in one of the accompanying organizations:
MKV
Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2
Sound: MP3, AAC LC, AC-3(Dolby Digital)
AVI
Visual: MPEG4 ASP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2
Sound: MP3, AAC LC, AC-3(Dolby Digital)
MP4
Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level 4.2
Sound: AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital)
MPEG-2 TS
Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2, MPEG2
Sound: MP2(MPEG2 Audio Layer 2), AAC LC, AC-3(Dolby Digital)
AVCHD: (.m2ts, .mts)
These are probably the most widely recognized video record types, so you should not have to stress over it by any stretch of the imagination.
Use the Correct File System on Your USB Drive
So you have the right records presently it’s an ideal opportunity to get them to your PlayStation. To get everything rolling, plug a USB crash into your PC. The drive should be organized with either the exFAT or FAT32 document framework, as the PlayStation 4 can’t peruse NTFS. On the off chance that your drive is arranged with the NTFS document framework, you’ll see a blunder after you associate it with the PlayStation 4. It in all likelihood will not show up or be usable.
To twofold check, right-click the drive in Windows and select “Configuration.” Format it to utilize the exFAT record framework in case it’s at present utilizing NTFS. This will eradicate all records right now on the drive, so back up any documents you care about prior to doing this.
You Must Place Your Media Files in Folders
Sony doesn’t specify this anyplace, so we found this issue ourselves. In the event that you simply have a video document and dump it into the “root” organizer of your USB drive, the PlayStation 4 will not see it. Your documents should be situate inside an organizer on the drive or your PS4 will not have the option to utilize them.
Sound documents should be situated in an organizer called “Music” on the drive for the PS4 to distinguish them accurately. Video documents can be in any organizer, yet they should be in an envelope and not on the base of the drive. You could place them in an envelope named “Recordings”, or make separate organizers for various kinds of recordings. Similarly, photographs should likewise be put away in envelopes assuming you need to see them, however, any organizer name will do.
Use the PS4 Media Player
Whenever you’re done, you can “securely eliminate” the USB drive from your PC and fit it into one of the USB ports on your PS4 — there are a couple situated on the front that is generally utilized for charging your regulators. Dispatch the PS4 Media Player application and your USB drive will show up as a choice.
You’ll see the PS4’s “Media Player” application symbol in the PS4’s “content region” — that piece of symbols on the fundamental screen. Select it with your regulator and dispatch it. In the event that you haven’t introduced the media player application yet, the symbol will in any case show up here, however, it’ll take you to the PlayStation Store where you can download the application with the expectation of a complimentary first.
Select your USB drive, peruse the music or recordings you need to play, and utilize the buttons on the regulator to control playback.
While playing a video, you can press the L2 and R2 shoulder buttons to rewind and quick forward. Press the “Alternatives” button to open a playback control board, and press the triangle button to see data about the record.
When playing music, you can hold down the PlayStation button while in a game to get to the speedy media player controls, permitting you to rapidly skip tunes and delay playback.
Alternatively: Use a DLNA or Plex Server
On the off chance that you would prefer not to interface USB drives straightforwardly to your PS4 and ship media documents to and fro that way, you can transfer recordings and music from a DLNA worker to your PlayStation 4. The PS4 Media Player application will distinguish viable DLNA workers in your home organization and deal with them as alternatives directly close to any associated USB gadgets when you open it
Go through our manual for setting a DLNA media worker assuming you need to go this course. In any case, in case you’re checking out spilling over the organization, Plex is an all the more full-highlighted arrangement you should take a gander at. Plex as of late turned out to be allow to use without a “Plex Pass” membership on the PlayStation 4.
The PlayStation 4 likewise offers applications for real-time from Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon, and different administrations, however, at times you simply need to playback some nearby media records. It took Sony longer than 18 months to add this alternative, however, it’s here now, so appreciate exploiting it.
