How to watch movies on PS4? PS4 Multimedia player What formats does ps4 support.

Use (Multimedia Player) to play videos, photos and music stored on USB storage devices or media servers.
The following file types are supported:

Video

When using a USB storage device, save your video files to a folder so that the PS4™ system can recognize them.
You can view videos captured with a 360-degree panoramic camera (in equirectangular format) on your PS VR headset. Press the OPTIONS button and select [VR Mode].

MKV
- Video: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level 4.2
AVI
- Video: MPEG4 ASP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level 4.2
- Audio: MP3, AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital)
MP4
- Video: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level 4.2, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level 5.2 (PlayStation®4 Pro only)
- Audio: AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital), LPCM
MPEG-2 PS
- Video: MPEG2 Visual
- Audio: MP2 (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2), MP3, AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital), LPCM
MPEG-2TS
- Video: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level 4.2, MPEG2 Visual
- Audio: MP2 (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2), AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital)
AVCHD (.m2ts, .mts)
XAVC S™ (.mp4)

Photos

When using a USB storage device, save your photo files to a folder so that the PS4™ system can recognize them.
You can view photos taken with the 360-degree panoramic camera (in equirectangular format) on your PS VR headset. Press the OPTIONS button and select [VR Mode].

JPEG (DCF 2.0/Exif 2.21)

Music

When using a USB storage device, save music files to the Music folder so that the PS4™ system can recognize them.
With DSEE HX™ technology, you can listen to some audio files (such as MP3) with highly detailed sound. However, when playing background music, participating in a party, or using the speech synthesis feature, audio is output at 48 kHz.

AAC (M4A)

USB drives in FAT and exFAT format are supported.
Make sure the USB storage device is fully inserted into the USB connector. Some devices cannot be fully inserted due to their shape or design.
Some application or system conditions may prevent music playback.
Some files may not be playable due to the data type or file size.
Some types of data distributed over the Internet and other means have restrictions on reproduction. Further information can be obtained from the provider of such data.
Some media servers may not support playback of certain file types or use of certain features during playback.

After the release of “Multimedia Player” on the PlayStation 4, you can watch movies online using the game console. With a powerful browser installed on the console, video files can be viewed from virtually any site that consumers use on personal computers and laptops.

In order to start a video, just go to any website through your browser, start the movie or video in standard mode. It is worth noting that some sites provide data using Javascript or Flash technologies, which the PS4 developers cut down on the console in order to ensure the security of its software. Such video files are opened and also played, but not in full screen mode.

To watch any full-screen video films, manufacturers offer to use the special Film Box Live application, which allows you to use a library of films for a small monthly subscription fee.

Video from flash drive

The answer to the question of how to watch movies on PS4 from a flash drive is more than simple. In order to watch a video from a flash drive via PS4, it is enough to have an external drive formatted in FAT32. Playing video files from a flash drive occurs in a mode similar to the method of operating an external drive through other computer devices. You just need to connect the flash drive to the standard connector of the device and start the recorded video material.

ADVICE. The FAT32 system allows you to write files weighing no more than four gigabytes. Today, most high-quality videos carry much more weight. To solve this problem, if you need to record a video with a capacity of more than four gigabytes on an external drive for viewing on a console, the flash drive should be formatted in exFAT format, which supports larger files and is interfaced with a game console.

Let's sum it up

The question of how to watch movies via PS4 can be solved very simply after installing the universal “Multimedia Player” utility on the device. Viewing video materials is possible both from external drives and via an Internet browser or the standard home protocol DLNA.

Today, the PlayStation 4 console is not only a powerful gaming device, but also has decent multimedia capabilities, which makes it even more popular among consumers.

Sony has released a free application for playing media content on PlayStation 4, supporting popular audio and video formats. This was reported on the company's official blog.

A new program called “Multimedia Player” has appeared in the main menu for all PlayStation 4 users. To install it, you do not need to update the console firmware: you just need to download an application of less than 20 megabytes.

The program allows you to play files both from an external USB drive (including flash drives and hard drives) and from a media server, which can be a home computer.

The application supports the most popular video formats (MPEG-2 TS, MP4, AVI and MKV), audio (MP3 and M4A) and photo (JPEG, BMP and PNG). As The Verge notes, this will turn the console into “an ideal device for playing pirated content from torrents.”

For Russian-speaking users, the player is less convenient: it does not yet support switching audio tracks and subtitles. In addition, for the system to “see” the file, it must be placed in a folder (they cannot be played from the root directory).

Microsoft's Xbox One received MKV support back in August 2014. From the very launch, the company promoted the console as a multimedia player for watching movies and TV.

However, Sony was in no hurry to add such functions to its console, promoting it exclusively as a powerful device for games. However, in its official blog, the company noted that a video player was one of the most popular requirements for the console.

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-2TS

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)

Photos

JPEG (DCF 2.0/Exif 2.21 compliant)

PS4 Music

AAC (M4A)

PS4 Media Player – Installation & usage

The PS4 Media Player button should show up directly on your PS4 screen. If it doesn’t, search for “Media Player” in the PSN store. The download is pretty straightforward (just like any other app on the PS4).

Once installed, you will need to connect either a USB storage, or have a Media Server up and running on your network.

If you press the PS button while music is playing, you can start a game, the Internet Browser , or other applications while continuing to listen to the music in the background.
While music is playing in the background, you can pause playback, adjust the volume, or change other settings on the screen that is displayed when you press and hold the PS button for at least 1 second.
Background music is not included in video clips or broadcasts.
Some languages are not supported in Media Player.
For details on connection methods for media servers, refer to the instructions supplied with the device you use.

PS4 Media Player – Limitations

The PS4 Media Player only accepts FAT formatted usb drives. So long for my NTFS disk…

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For those who are not particularly versed in all sorts of complex IT terms, it sounds very ominous, but in fact everything is extremely simple. As simple as it can be in the 21st century, which has finally arrived.

The new application (player), which you can download to your console completely free, allows you not only to open movies and music from external media, but also to stream them directly from your PC or laptop. Any DLNA server will do for this! Yes, yes, absolutely anyone.

I have an LG Smat TV and for it I installed the SmartShare utility on my laptop (can be downloaded from the official LG website). So I want to tell you that Sonya “has” this software and reads movies much better and faster than the TV itself, for which this program was actually written. Here I just take my hat off to the developers from Sony. Well done, you did it!

Moreover, PS4 is able to recognize content transmitted via DLNA technology from any device. For example, I was able to read my media library from my iPhone by simply running the sync:stream application on it (free, there is also a version for iPad).

You can watch movies from your computer when you don’t have an HDMI cable to connect it directly to your TV or external storage device of the required size.

What servers does PS4 support?

As I wrote above - any and that’s the beauty of the technology. You can already use the two examples above (one for PC, especially if you have an LG TV - you can kill two birds with one stone; the second for iOS).

Here are a few more:

Home media server (homemediaserver.ru) - many people praise it for its simplicity and ease of use. Features include a built-in converter that converts content into a format supported by the playback device, inclusion of subtitles in streaming, and much more. The software is free, there is a Russian interface.
Serviio (serviio.org) is a very actively developing project, there are versions for mobile devices, support for web streaming, and many different formats. The PRO version is available for the first 15 days of use, after which you can pay $25, or use a slightly reduced but free version.
Plex (plex.tv) is one of the most popular media servers. The project grew out of, perhaps more familiar to you, XBMC. It supports everything you need for streaming movies, and for a small subscription fee you can unlock additional convenient features.

After installing any DLNA media server, you need to select the folder on your PC that you want to share (a folder with movies, music, photos, etc.). Then on PS4 we launch the Media Player application, wait a little while the connection occurs and then everything is simple - select the file to play and go ahead.

The content source (PC with the server installed and configured) and the console itself must be on the same local network.

When playing a large file, I did not notice any freezes or glitches. If you have problems, try connecting the set-top box and source to the router using a patch cord, and not via Wi-Fi.

How to watch movies from a flash drive on PS4?

Watching movies from a flash drive is also very simple, but the flash drive must be formatted in FAT32.

This file system, in turn, imposes restrictions on the size of files - no more than 4 GB, and now many films in HD quality weigh 10, 15, 20 gigabytes. But there is a way out - format the flash drive in exFAT format - it supports much larger files.

What video formats does PS4 support?

From the official developer blog we managed to find out that the four currently support:

video: mkv, avi, mp4, mpeg-2 ts;
photo: jpg, bmp, png;
audio: mp3, aac.

The developers promised not to stop there and to continue working on increasing the number of supported formats.

How to watch movies on PS4 online?

Due to the fact that the set-top box has a very good browser, you can use it to watch videos without any problems. Open any site from which you usually watch movies on your PC and Sonya should, in theory, handle it. But in some cases there may be problems. For example, on some sites the full screen mode does not work, although the video is loaded and played. As far as I know, in PS4, for security reasons, some capabilities of java script and flash technologies are “cut down” - this is the reason.

There is a way out, but it is not entirely free - application Film Box Live will allow you to access an online movie library for a subscription fee. There is still hope that ivi will release its application for Sonya, since their website does not currently play videos.