However, a variety of mp4 and mkv files, either downloaded ones, or my own encodings from handbrake, played smoothly, and that represented the majority of my local files.
avi format) files, you’re probably not be able to play many of them. In general though, if you have a big collection of older DivX (in. XBMC plays 100% of my files).įiles that had problems to be played were obscure files from the very early days of the mkv format. (By comparison, popular player Kodi a.k.a. Its codec compatibility is not perfect though, and I would say it was able to play 90% of the files I threw at it. In general, the PS4 Media Player had no problem reading my recent movie files. Soon enough, I was navigating my folders to play mkv and mp4 files. Once plugged in, my generic usb drive had no problems being recognized by the PS4 Media Player. exFAT does not have the limitations of FAT, so you’ll probably want to go with that format if you can. FAT32 has some limitations on the size of files that can be copied to it, and this means some of your HD movies might not even be copied to the drive. I had to dig an old Fat32 external usb drive and copy some of my files to it.
PS4 Media Player – local storage playbackīeware, your usb drive needs to be formatted in FAT or exFAT.
Once installed, you’ll have to have either a usb disk connected to your PS4, or a Media Server running on a machine in your local network. Most likely, you’ll see the download link on your PS4’s home screen. Installation of the PS4 Media Player is extremely simple and straightforward.
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