Sony has recently released the PlayStation 4 media player to the world, which can be downloaded simply by clicking the icon on your main PlayStation 4 menu screen. Once downloaded, you might be thinking, how do I use this to play video files? Take pic of desktop. After all, the PlayStation 3 allowed you to not only play videos, but also store them locally on the hard drive. Unfortunately the latter is not possible with the PS4 (yet!), but you can use a USB stick to play your favourite videos, and here’s how.
- Your USB stick needs to be in FAT32 or exFAT (the latter didn’t work for me, and NTFS definitely won’t work). This means that 4GB+ files may be an issue so cut them down to size if need be.
- Windows 7/8 don’t make it easy to format your drives to FAT32, so you will have to download a third party piece of software here: FAT32Format
- FAT32Format will allow you to format the drive very quickly to FAT32.
- If this still doesn’t work, you may have to go for a full format.
- Go to Start Menu -> Type CMD in Search Programs and Files, right-click to run as admin [Windows 7]
- Right-click Start button -> Select Command Prompt (Admin) [Windows 8/8.1]
- Type “format i: /FS:FAT32” without the quotes, where i is replaced with whatever the USB drive is, be sure to get the right drive.
- Press enter and it should start formatting, but it will take a few hours depending on the size of the drive.
- Create a folder on the USB stick, and place all videos into this folder. It doesn’t need to be called PS4, just needs to be a folder, else you won’t see anything.
- Audio needs to be in a folder called Music.
- You can now go into the Media Player and select the USB stick from the list to watch your videos. Media Servers on your network will also be listed here i.e. Plex etc.
Supported file formats
- 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)
As part of the PS4 system software 4.50 which went live this week, you’ll see that we’ve added the much-requested ability to download and store your games and apps on an external HDD storage device. It’s super easy to set up and use an external HDD with your PS4 or PS4 Pro, but before you get started, this guide may come in useful. 0 Summary: NASCAR Heat 4 is the official video game of NASCAR. Looking and sounding better than ever with updated user interface, graphics and engine audio, race across 38 tracks in all three NASCAR National Series plus the fan-favorite Xtreme Dirt Tour.
Ps4 Nas Storage
WMV is not supported yet, but this feature was added later on in the PS3’s lifecycle as there is a license issue. So this may be added in a future update. JPG, BMP and PNG photos are also supported.
PS4 is more than a game console. You can also play HD videos on PS4 from USB hard drive. But an USB hard drive can’t store many HD movies, especially when the HD videos are Blu-ray/DVD rips which are usually 5GB or above. So when you want to play videos on PS4, you can choose to store your HD videos on NAS then stream the video with Plex on PS4.
Before starting to play videos on PS4 with Plex via NAS, you should know which videos are supported by PS4. After all, although Plex can handle nearly all videos, not all videos can be played on PS4.
PS4 Supported Video Format
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)
When you make sure your videos are in the supported list of PS4, you can store your videos to Plex supported NAS for PS4 playing. Plex Media Server is available for a number of NAS devices, including:
Before starting to play videos on PS4 with Plex via NAS, you should know which videos are supported by PS4. After all, although Plex can handle nearly all videos, not all videos can be played on PS4.
PS4 Supported Video Format
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)
When you make sure your videos are in the supported list of PS4, you can store your videos to Plex supported NAS for PS4 playing. Plex Media Server is available for a number of NAS devices, including:
- Asustor (Intel)
- Drobo (ARM)
- Netgear ReadyNAS (Intel, ARM)
- QNAP (Intel, ARM)
- Seagate (Intel, ARM)
- Synology (Intel, ARM, PowerPC)
- unRAID (Intel)
- Western Digital MyCloud
Nas For Ps4 Controllers
Read Plex Compatible NAS Brand and Models
Make sure that your NAS is compatible with Plex. Then install Plex media server from your NAS App Center. Setup Media Server through the management page. Then you can stream PS4 supported video with Plex via NAS.
As for those videos that PS4 can’t support, you can re-encode the unsupported video to PS4 supported video with video converter
Best Video to PS4 Convert to convert unsupported video to PS4
See Also >> Best DVD to PS4/PS3/PSP Converter Software Reviews
Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is all-in-one video to PS4 media solution with the following functions:
– Realize MKV to PS4 conversion, AVI to PS4 conversion, H.265 to PS4 conversion, WMV to PS4 conversion, MOV to PS4 conversion, FLV to PS4 conversion, MP4 to PS4 conversion, M4V to PS4 conversion, VOB to PS4 conversion,
– Rip Blu-ray/DVD to digital PS4 playable file making you play videos with Plex on PS4.
– Transform unsupported video to PS4 optimized preset format. Comment installer word sur mac gratuitement.
– Compress 4K to 1080p, 720p video for PS4 playback with Plex via NAS.
– Adjust video/audio bitrate, codec, resolution, etc to compatible with PS4/Plex video playback requirement.
– Shrink video size to store more videos on NAS for playing on PS4 with Plex.
In addition, this software is easy to use for anyone because you can know the next step easily from its intuitive interface. And it supports batch conversion so you can batch convert unsupported video to PS4 friendly video format for playback with Plex via NAS.
Free download and install
Other Download:
– Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-video-converter-ultimate/
– Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Ultimate/3000-2194_4-75938564.html
Steps to convert unsupported video to PS4 supported format
Step 1: Add unsupported video
Launch Video to PS4 converter on computer. Click “File” to load unsupported files your PS4 can’t play to this software. Batch conversion function allows you add more than one unsupported files at a time.
Step 2: Choose PS4 supported format
Pavtube Video to PS4 converter offers users the optimized PS3/PSP format. From “Format” drop-down list, go to choose “PSP/PS3″ > “PS3 Video(1080P) MPEG-4 (*.mp4)” which is also suitable for PS4.
Tips: Edit Unsupported Files before Converting unsupported video to PS4 Formats
Make sure that your NAS is compatible with Plex. Then install Plex media server from your NAS App Center. Setup Media Server through the management page. Then you can stream PS4 supported video with Plex via NAS.
As for those videos that PS4 can’t support, you can re-encode the unsupported video to PS4 supported video with video converter
Best Video to PS4 Convert to convert unsupported video to PS4
See Also >> Best DVD to PS4/PS3/PSP Converter Software Reviews
Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate is all-in-one video to PS4 media solution with the following functions:
– Realize MKV to PS4 conversion, AVI to PS4 conversion, H.265 to PS4 conversion, WMV to PS4 conversion, MOV to PS4 conversion, FLV to PS4 conversion, MP4 to PS4 conversion, M4V to PS4 conversion, VOB to PS4 conversion,
– Rip Blu-ray/DVD to digital PS4 playable file making you play videos with Plex on PS4.
– Transform unsupported video to PS4 optimized preset format. Comment installer word sur mac gratuitement.
– Compress 4K to 1080p, 720p video for PS4 playback with Plex via NAS.
– Adjust video/audio bitrate, codec, resolution, etc to compatible with PS4/Plex video playback requirement.
– Shrink video size to store more videos on NAS for playing on PS4 with Plex.
In addition, this software is easy to use for anyone because you can know the next step easily from its intuitive interface. And it supports batch conversion so you can batch convert unsupported video to PS4 friendly video format for playback with Plex via NAS.
Free download and install
Other Download:
– Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/blu-ray-video-converter-ultimate/
– Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Ultimate/3000-2194_4-75938564.html
Steps to convert unsupported video to PS4 supported format
Step 1: Add unsupported video
Launch Video to PS4 converter on computer. Click “File” to load unsupported files your PS4 can’t play to this software. Batch conversion function allows you add more than one unsupported files at a time.
Step 2: Choose PS4 supported format
Pavtube Video to PS4 converter offers users the optimized PS3/PSP format. From “Format” drop-down list, go to choose “PSP/PS3″ > “PS3 Video(1080P) MPEG-4 (*.mp4)” which is also suitable for PS4.
Tips: Edit Unsupported Files before Converting unsupported video to PS4 Formats
- Go to “Merge into one File” tab to merge several videos into single one for PS4.
- Go to “Edit” tab and open “Crop” “Effect” “Watermark” “Audio” tab to adjust video zoom, adjust image brightness, and add watermark etc. with Videos to PS4 Converter.
- Go to “Setting” tab to adjust video bitrate/codec/resolution and more.
How Much Does A Playstation 4 Cost
Step 3: Start unsupported video to PS4 conversion.
When all the settings is done, go back to the main interface and carry out the video to PS4 conversion by hitting right-bottom convert button. When the conversion is finished, click the “Open” icon on the main interface to pop out the converted files.
After re-encode unsupported video to PS4 supported video. Add the PS4 supported video to NAS then stream the video on PS4 with Plex.
Related Articles: