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[Valkyri von Thanatos]

Folder support. Haven't tried playlist support.

Orders get recognized. You can play them all at once or just one album/mix on repeat or shuffle. It's just a basic simple player but doing the job fine. It even shows you the album cover when available.

It's subpar but functional. I think this was just a placeholder, until they sort out a better one.

There is no way of queuing up a custom list of albums, it recognises folder structure, but you either play one album or play all on the drive. Pretty bare bones.

Thanks so much! Even though it sounds like it could be better, it also could be a lot worse! This is good enough for me, at least for now. I don't really have my music in good order (metadata wise, I pretty much just have folders of stuff), so I actually prefer folder style than album style.

 

[Muchi Muchi Pink]

That's not truet, they are also up on the uk store too.

I haven't seen any on the eu store here. When I checked them an hour ago, maybe that changed.

 

[MikeE21286]

For a major year 1 update, this is pretty barebones. Sony really need to invest into a bigger team for their OS updates.

I am feeling the same. The changes don't feel major, outside of SharePlay which I haven't used at all.

 

[hawk2025]

That is very cool and I still need to try it, but we should have suspend and resume by now and it shouldn't have taken nearly a year to get something basic like pausing downloads. I just feel like Sony could do so much more in this area, MS seems to introduce new features and tweaks so damn quickly while Sony is slow to react.

As much as I enjoy reading this exact same post for the 1000th time coming from the 100th person, it nevertheless doesn't change the fact that the lack of one feature does not in any way make it "barebones".

 

[Tunesmith]

This might be wishful fantasy, but what happens if you remote play in to your PS4 and then try to SharePlay? Can the system handle piping out two streams or does one cut off the other?

 

[Boke1879]

I am feeling the same. The changes don't feel major, outside of SharePlay which I haven't used at all.

They need to hire and move their OS and FW teams here to the US

 

[protonion]

After the update I played for a few seconds in the menus and the system locked and turned off instantly. The controller would not turn it on.

I had to press the power button twice and connect the ds4.

After that it did a hd check or whatever and I had no other issues for the little time I checked the os.

Need more stability.

Also I'd rather have an installed games folder than the library. Unless there is a filter for installed games I missed.

Same with the vita I bought last week. I browsed for a million years to find the stuff I wanted to download. Add some filters dammit!

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Yes, a message pops up saying the file system isn't supported. Tried Fat, Fat32, NTFS. Proper folder names.

Are they MP3s?

 

[Ramza]

They need to hire and move their OS and FW teams here to the US

Location has nothing to do with it.

 

[| Praxis |]

I knew I shouldn't have tried the rest mode. It's stuck with the flashing yellow light now... Took all the precautions mentioned earlier in the thread too.

If you were thinking about trying it, don't.

Edit: Had to hold the power button for a while to hard boot it. How did this get through testing?

 

[ShinMaruku]

Having issues tying my psn to my youtube..

 

[De_Legend]

I knew I shouldn't have tried the rest mode. It's stuck with the flashing yellow light now... Took all the precautions mentioned earlier in the thread too.

If you were thinking about trying it, don't.

Edit: Had to hold the power button for a while to hard boot it. How did this get through testing?

Yeah just tried it...

It works.

 

[Ramza]

Having issues tying my psn to my youtube..

A lot of people are. I think the network is being hammered right now. Try tonight, maybe.

 

[Boke1879]

Location has nothing to do with it.

It's clear the OS team in Japan is out of touch. I hear they aren't even pressured.

I honestly think if Sony moved their OS and FW teams to the west you'd get more substantial updates in a timely manner with less problems.

I even suggested they hire a 3rd party company to take over.

 

[FlashFlooder]

I updated the PS app on iOS but can't seem to connect. Anyone else having this issue?

 

[Number45]

This isn't in the OP I don't think, but a colleague asked me if he could update via USB (he has enough internet where online gaming is just about feasible, but sizeable downloads are pretty much out of the question) and I found this link:

http://uk.playstation.com/systemsoftwareversion/

(UK obviously, not sure if any differences)

There's a download link for the file in there (207MB).

 

[Shaddy]

Having issues tying my psn to my youtube..

Me too. Tried it several times but it won't work.

 

[RealityPales]

Having issues tying my psn to my youtube..

Known issue. Happening to me as well.

 

[NeOak]

This might be wishful fantasy, but what happens if you remote play in to your PS4 and then try to SharePlay? Can the system handle piping out two streams or does one cut off the other?

There is only one encoder, so no to both.

 

[Justified]

I not home to update yet but can anyone confirm if the PS4 lets you output chat to speakers and talk with a mic like on the PS3?

I was always able to do that. Unless Im not understanding your question

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Is anyone else experiencing the volume drop I've spoken about? It's after you go to invite friend in Shareplay. It tells you there is no mic (I haven't got one) and then when I back out, the volume goes right down and the only way I can put it right is to reboot my PS4.

 

[| Praxis |]

If you're having issues connecting to your YouTube account in the app, try going to the ps4 settings then PSN and go to "Link with other services". Was still really flakey and failed once or twice but worked in the end, although the app keeps forgetting me now. We'll just have to wait for stability patches.

 

[orochi91]

Impressive.

Everything runs smoother.

UI is much more responsive now.

As is booting/wake-up time.

 

[GarciaHotspur]

Ok i tried it and i'm clear : The Share Play is awesome !!!!!!!!!

 

[FZW]

You can turn off the 15 most recent and just have a really long bar like before in the Settings menu.

i wish they gave the option to just put everything in the Library... it seems much better organised

 

[Gator86]

It's clear the OS team in Japan is out of touch. I hear they aren't even pressured.

I honestly think if Sony moved their OS and FW teams to the west you'd get more substantial updates in a timely manner with less problems.

I even suggested they hire a 3rd party company to take over.

Has anyone ever had a 3rd party do their firmware updates in the console space?

 

[Carbonox]

Only nice thing about the update is the performance improvement. Otherwise the sorting and whatnot is still atrocious without adding folder functionality. Don't care for the other additions. Not impressed at all.

 

[Backfoggen]

Can you not download themes from the store yet?

 

[AsfaeksBR]

Ok, I need a definitive answer:

Can I turn off my PS4 while downloading a game in the Background? I can't pause it because it's in the background, and I don't want to put into Rest Mode.

Or should I leave my PS4 on for 4 more hours? Is there a problem o leave it on downloading or is it safe without risk of damaging it?

 

[Hidden One]

Share play isn't thy great unless you have google fiber apparently lol. My friends tryna play Destiny and it's like watching a 5 year old play. He can't aim worth a crap because it's laggy.

 

[CyberChulo]

I was always able to do that. Unless Im not understanding your question

On the PS3, you can output what other people are saying to your TV or Receiver while still using a mic to talk. On the PS4.

 

[bananafactory]

Share play isn't thy great unless you have google fiber apparently lol. My friends tryna play Destiny and it's like watching a 5 year old play. He can't aim worth a crap because it's laggy.

I would imagine it would work better for single player games. When playing Destiny, you're already using your bandwidth since you're connected to the servers, add on the Share Play on top of that and you probably both need a damn good connection to get good results.

Seems like people in here have had good experiences with other games

 

[Bunta]

Has anyone else noticed the party chat quality seems to be better? Or am I crazy?

 

[mcrommert]

I would imagine it would work better for single player games. When playing Destiny, you're already using your bandwidth since you're connected to the servers, add on the Share Play on top of that and you probably both need a damn good connection to get good results.

Seems like people in here have had good experiences with other games

playing a multiplayer game uses a tiny amount of bandwidth...strain is usually in ping...

 

[Drencrom]

Has anyone else noticed the party chat quality seems to be better? Or am I crazy?

You're not crazy, it seems to be improved.

 

[Liamario]

Is their any way to manually link your psn and YouTube account?

 

[bananafactory]

Has anyone else noticed the party chat quality seems to be better? Or am I crazy?

henhowc mentioned this too

so party chat codec was updated? sounds clearer

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

YouTube app logging you out on reboot is terrible.

 

[bombshell]

Is anyone else experiencing the volume drop I've spoken about? It's after you go to invite friend in Shareplay. It tells you there is no mic (I haven't got one) and then when I back out, the volume goes right down and the only way I can put it right is to reboot my PS4.

There's a mic included with every PS4.

 

[IAmRandom31]

Share play isn't thy great unless you have google fiber apparently lol. My friends tryna play Destiny and it's like watching a 5 year old play. He can't aim worth a crap because it's laggy.

crappy internet will cause a bad experience.

you want as high of upload speed as possible to get a smooth experience

WiFi is generally not good for uploading. May want to keep your ethernet in if possible when doing shareplay

 

[bigbaldwolf86]

I haven't seen any on the eu store here. When I checked them an hour ago, maybe that changed.

They've been on the UK store (via the webstore) since about 1pm

 

[Bunta]

You're not crazy, it seems to be improved.

henhowc mentioned this too

Ok, cool. Yeah, it's definitely more clear now.

 

[Schryver]

Ok, I need a definitive answer:

Can I turn off my PS4 while downloading a game in the Background? I can't pause it because it's in the background, and I don't want to put into Rest Mode.

Or should I leave my PS4 on for 4 more hours? Is there a problem o leave it on downloading or is it safe without risk of damaging it?

Pretty sure thats what standby/rest is for. Why in the world would your console be damaged by leaving it on for a few hours?

 

[BruiserBear]

Location has nothing to do with it.

Have you ever seen a product made in the west that had a "rest mode"?

 

[Kandrick]

Google says my PSN is linked to my Google account for youtube access etc, but the PS4 is not having any of it.

Time to wait until it calms down.

 

[TheRealTalker]

Impressive.

Everything runs smoother.

UI is much more responsive now.

As is booting/wake-up time.

yup

I like the side notes the give us too... feels as good as the launch UI's time

Sadly for me the Dynamic themes are yet available in the store

guessing later in the afternoon

 

[Backfoggen]

Btw it seems like the Remote Play app can be installed on all android devices. Some have got it to work.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/crossdevice-dev/sony/4-4-4-stock-xperia-devices-ps4-remote-t2868092/

I have no idea about rooting and shit tho, I tried just putting the apk on my HTC and it didn't work lol.

 

[orochi91]

yup

I like the side notes the give us too... feels as good as the launch UI's time

Sadly for me the Dynamic themes are yet available in the store

guessing later in the afternoon

I'm thinking about making a Japanese/EU account later today.

They seem to have themes.

Unless, like you said, NA gets them later today.

 

[| Praxis |]

YouTube app logging you out on reboot is terrible.

It's a bug, it has remembered me a couple of times and forgets me the rest. This can happen just going in and out of the app, not just shutting down the console.

 

[Pankratous]

Loving USB Music Player. So nice to have fluid, quick and easy in-game custom music. This just wasn't common/easy enough on PS3 since individual developers had to support it.