June 15, 2015June 15, 2015

Media Player Coming to PS4 Tonight

Hello PlayStation Nation! Every time we announce new features for PS4 here on PlayStation.Blog, I love going into the comments to answer your questions and see feedback on which features people really like and which ones people still want to see. One of those questions I have been able to count on has been, “Where is our PS4 media player?”

If you were watching our E3 press conference pre-show, you probably heard the good news – Media Player for the PS4 will be available to download from PlayStation Store this evening. A Media Player icon will appear in the PS4 content area, simply select the icon and you will be taken to the PS Store where you 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!

Of course, we know what you really want to see: look below to see supported video and audio file formats and codec details.

File Formats and Codecs

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)

We know the Media Player has been a highly-requested feature for PS4 and we want to thank you for passionate feedback. I know the Media Player will be a favorite new feature for PS4 owners who love to use their PS4 as the entertainment center of their living room. What other features would you like to see come to PS4? Let us know in the comments!

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494 Comments

VIDEOgameDROME
June 15, 2015 at 10:27 pm PDT

This is great news!

I would love it if you could add the following down the road:

1. FLAC audio support (PLEASE!)
2. DTS support
3. Subtitles/Audio track selection for MKV/MP4 files
4. Information of type of audio track (AC3, DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1, etc) and type of video file/bitrate

And if you’re still listening can we PLEASE get more cloud storage space for our saves? PS4 saves are too large and I’ve already hit my limit. Thank you!
broken_towel
June 15, 2015 at 10:49 pm PDT

Cute, when do we get folders and grouping for our xmb?
CrispyCanuk
June 15, 2015 at 10:51 pm PDT

Really need to update some of those codecs, put a number of files (with encoding specifically in that list) on a stick and none of them even showed up on the list of videos.
- slickyg727
  June 15, 2015 at 11:19 pm PDT
  
  agreed !! but we know they won’t. because there to cheep…
yelagar
June 15, 2015 at 10:56 pm PDT

Will it finally read CD’s?
- slickyg727
  June 15, 2015 at 11:20 pm PDT
  
  probably not.
HedMunky84
June 15, 2015 at 10:58 pm PDT

I just got through trying it. It works with some of my video files (.mkv, .mp4, H.264, x264) and it works with some and not others. I know it has many other factors than that, but I just wished it work with all the video/audio codecs, and just simply worked no matter what codec is used for audio or video. Works fine thus far on the stuff that does work.
slickyg727
June 15, 2015 at 11:02 pm PDT

So far I tested the MP3 files and works like a charm…. :) the video’s on the other hand, not so much… I don’t understand why they need to do this over an app… this is dumb.. they should of done this in a system update and and make more like the way the ps3 Media Player worked…. this is just a step back in time if you ask me… It’s not like I paid $400.00 for a PS4 to have more features or anything! [rolls eyes] looks like i’ll be watching my movies on my PC tonight….. Thanks Sony !
- slickyg727
  June 15, 2015 at 11:18 pm PDT
  
  should of got the people that made the ps3 media server on this team to come up with something better…
phillydogg1
June 15, 2015 at 11:03 pm PDT

3tb internal HDD support through a firmware update.
Elvick_
June 15, 2015 at 11:04 pm PDT

Media remote now please.
Trinity_Marc_Blu
June 15, 2015 at 11:04 pm PDT

Custom Wallpapers! PLEASE
jmonty09
June 15, 2015 at 11:06 pm PDT

you know what i’m done and i give up..

no help here whatsoever.

can’t use plex cause i refuse to pay for a service that was free before,

can’t use the retarded media whatever that i downloaded.
so i’ll just connect my laptop to my tv via hdmi and call it a day..
- ReganMusic
  June 16, 2015 at 2:30 pm PDT
  
  What are you talking about? I use plex for free… I have done for years…
EggySong85
June 15, 2015 at 11:11 pm PDT

Then PS Classics will be next, right? I’ve never had a PS2 before.
RyuuHou24
June 15, 2015 at 11:13 pm PDT

I gave you guys a lot of grief about this since the announcement and the launch and the excuses since then.

Kudos on doing this finally :)

Also, would like to echo the sentiment of more Plus storage space since saves are FAR bigger on PS4 now!
- slickyg727
  June 15, 2015 at 11:22 pm PDT
  
  it’s sad when the psp and ps3 have better media capability’s then the ps4…
xX_PoP_ScOpEs_Xx
June 15, 2015 at 11:23 pm PDT

Please Please PLEASE!!!! Notify us when our friends go on and offline its so annoying not having this feature now and in my opinion its a must!
Thankyou :)
Tigeroovy
June 15, 2015 at 11:47 pm PDT

Super happy surprise for me!

I’m using it right now, working great!
dabeast2k
June 16, 2015 at 12:00 am PDT

Thanks, finally but was hoping it would support subtitles.
adio45cz
June 16, 2015 at 12:01 am PDT

Please add subtitles *srt and *sub! :)
Humax76
June 16, 2015 at 12:06 am PDT

Can you please add subtitle support in MKV, and please add ARABIC language for the subtitle
Thanks a lot for this great new player, PS4 is the ultimate entertainment device now !!
billion_8
June 16, 2015 at 12:27 am PDT

Good job!
ClamperPLUS
June 16, 2015 at 12:27 am PDT

Great! All i want now is an update that allows me to make folders for PS4 so i can organize my games better.
Flash-Sentry
June 16, 2015 at 12:31 am PDT

Awesome! All we need now id backward compatibility and I will be happy. MS did it now to step up to the plate Sony.
- TexticleQ8
  June 16, 2015 at 1:05 am PDT
  
  Second to that. Not interested in streaming my PS3 games that I already own for 9.99 a month.
- Y6Y1Y9
  June 17, 2015 at 9:42 pm PDT
  
  It’s not going to happen. They’ve already invested many millions of dollars in Playstation Now.
Avalon304
June 16, 2015 at 12:35 am PDT

Needs better format support… seriously how are you not support all the formats that the PS3 did? (Wheres the Divx and xvid support?)

Needs the ability to stretch videos to fill the screen if they are smaller than the screen size to allow playback with no black bars. Even the Xbox 360 can do this…

Once this matures… it will be perfect.
BahumatIsBack
June 16, 2015 at 12:46 am PDT

This just shows how out of touch you guys are. Where’s support for Divx, Xvid, DTS, DTS-HD, and TrueHD? You obviously have no clue about modern media formats and how the general public uses them. FFS, there’s still no NTFS support. NTFS is pretty much globally standard.
- TexticleQ8
  June 16, 2015 at 1:05 am PDT
  
  Exactly my thoughts when I read this post.
TexticleQ8
June 16, 2015 at 1:03 am PDT

That’s nice, but no native DTS support?
AmethystSpark
June 16, 2015 at 1:29 am PDT

Wow, Sony. So it says playlist but it’s still in alphabetical order….. Seriously?
ThreeSixtySucks
June 16, 2015 at 1:30 am PDT

Thanks for the media player, it works for almost none of my movies though, I own over 300 dvds and over 100 Blu-rays, when i backed up all my faves to my media comp, i put them all in MKV and the highest audio available, such as DTS or DTS HD MASTER.
The media player does not play most of my files nor does it allow to change audio stream, since MKV allows for multiple audio streams, it would be nice to be able to select which one, example, audio 1 DTS HD, 2 AC3. Hopefully these changes will be added in a future update soon.
phade2blaq
June 16, 2015 at 1:39 am PDT

This should have been included at launch! That’s one area’s among many where Sony dropped the ball with the PS4. In terms of features, the PS4 was step backwards compared to the PS3.

But at least Sony took a step in the right direction by adding the media player.
Bippym
June 16, 2015 at 1:39 am PDT

Okay so the xbone will have backwards compatability with xbox360 games.. When is Sony going to admit that this will harm the ps4 and provide the same feature? I have so many ps3 games that I can’t play.. I’m never going to buy them for ps4 so…. Over to Sony!
Daihakaijin
June 16, 2015 at 1:48 am PDT

Well the video and photo options seem to work just fine. Unfortunately the MP3 playback appears to be completely broken. It will not find files on USB drives and while they will find them when run through a media server they will claim to be unsupported/corrupted files when you actually try to play them assuming the icon means the same thing on the PS4 as it did on the PS3. These are files which worked just fine with the now defunct USB player so I know there shouldn’t be an issue with the formatting and they play just fine on every other device I’ve put them into so I know the files work.
- Daihakaijin
  June 16, 2015 at 11:52 am PDT
  
  I take it back MP3 files will play off a USB drive as long as you still put them in the music folder. Seriously Sony why did you give us access to the full directory tree then limit the folders where we could place media to the ones used by the PS3, that makes no sense from a software design point of view.
Hun_Bela
June 16, 2015 at 1:52 am PDT

Good to have the option, would be better if it would actually work.
Supports mkv files as far as seeing them, but can’t play the one’s which the ps3 has no problem playing.
And when it plays some of them then it doesn’t support the audio from it. Makes a video quite useless.
Fix it guys please. It meant to be a very basic function from the very first day of the console. Just make it to do what ps3 can do and I’ll be happy.
And let us copy staff to the console please. Thank you!
AmethystSpark
June 16, 2015 at 1:53 am PDT

Wow, Sony. So it says playlist but it’s still in alphabetical order….. Seriously?
A9RDV9RK
June 16, 2015 at 1:56 am PDT

Still can’t play CDs, and it’s not picking up all mp4s from my gig stick:(
Superstone
June 16, 2015 at 1:59 am PDT

I want to play psone and ps2 classics on ps4. Make it backwards compatible like xbox one
LW-Torrecilla
June 16, 2015 at 2:09 am PDT

I’m not an Xbox fan, but after this E3 I have to say Microsoft won in hardware announcements.
The xbox one backwards compatibility is just awesome and we can’t even play our PSOne games on PS4! Even my PS3 does more than that I can play PS2 games (Thanks for the 60Gb fat model!)

But have to say the truth, the are truly making money reselling “HD” or remaster editions that you already have ;)
Humax76
June 16, 2015 at 2:18 am PDT

Please add 24Hz 1080p support for video output playback (good for MKV)
Anndrej
June 16, 2015 at 2:23 am PDT

Add support for .srt and .sub, please!
muha_ronin
June 16, 2015 at 2:38 am PDT

Hell yes
Doody-Jackson
June 16, 2015 at 2:53 am PDT

It would be awesome if we can save music, videos and photos on PS4 without insert The USB each time.

I hope there will be update to do that.

Thanks
rq4ugh_01
June 16, 2015 at 3:22 am PDT

I would request that you guys bring backwards compatibility to the PS4…..
stormyuk
June 16, 2015 at 3:40 am PDT

Thanks but, why no DTS support when the console supports it? Bizarre.
BlackFold
June 16, 2015 at 4:07 am PDT

Please add the ability to set our own images as backgrounds.

This would be extremely valuable on it’s own anyway, but especially so in conjunction with the PS4’s screenshot capability. And I presume it should not be hard to implement at all.
TallguyNB
June 16, 2015 at 4:14 am PDT

This app is a 9/10 for me, the only thing missing is volume control for videos. Its available for the mp3 section, why not the videos?
luisfelipelfc
June 16, 2015 at 4:17 am PDT

subtitle support please :)
vilhy
June 16, 2015 at 4:59 am PDT

please add H265, DTS, subtitles and audio language change option in the player, otherwise it is very limited for the use
phade2blaq
June 16, 2015 at 5:04 am PDT

The ability to play other PS formats on the PS4 would be really nice!
Lainer130
June 16, 2015 at 5:17 am PDT

But, but…My poor PS3. Well we still have Southpark The stick of truth to finish up old buddy.
Ryusennin
June 16, 2015 at 5:24 am PDT

The player is decent, but music tracks are sorted alphabetically according to their internal tags and not their file names. Please fix this!
castonph
June 16, 2015 at 5:30 am PDT

Finally, thank you!!! Now since you’re tight with Android, just let us cast to the PS4 and I will be eternally grateful.
pabowler300
June 16, 2015 at 5:33 am PDT

finally, I’m super excited for it but its a nice start i have 2tbs of HDD and possibly buying the nyko data bank when the time comes the ability to save the media directly to the ps4 would be great as well
Xanthene
June 16, 2015 at 5:53 am PDT

Really? Not even FLAC support? No DTS or High Resolution Audio? Better than nothing, i guess, but a better idea would be to do it right the first time.
Bellalara
June 16, 2015 at 5:55 am PDT

Sony always wins