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New PS4 Media Player launches today - DLNA, MKV support and more
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FreezerGeezer
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How do I refresh the file list? So a newly added video to my PC will show, struggling to make that happen.
KillerSloth
Banned
Yeah barely any of my files are working
The PS3 is not getting retired yet,
Weird all mine do without issue, mkv's, any types to really.
DonMigs85
Member
Yup. It's capable of holding an uncompressed BD stream, but most files out there are still lossy.
jeff_rigby
Banned
Didn't know that...looked up the specs and found the following:
I guess this should be obvious since HTML5 <video> is supposed to support Matroska MKV and it is streaming and will include live events where the size can't be known. This PDF contains the supported Codecs which includes AVI which can be uncompressed.
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Deleted member 325805
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Opening Windows Media Player library used to do it for me when I used PMS/UMS.
ShinjiPSX01
Banned
Well if you already own a PS4, as I'm assuming most of the people taking an interest in this thread do, then the media player functionality which they just added costs you $0. If you were going to express the difference in price between $30 and $0 as a ratio, it would be infinity! Also the problem with a raspberry pi is that it plays everything except PS4 games
It's just nice to finally be approaching feature parity between the PS3 and PS4. The PS4 still can't play audio CDs or let you set your own desktop picture, but at least the DLNA stuff has finally been crossed off the list.
Not even close. You can't save videos and pictures on the HDD. The biggest USB i have is only 1GB. I have gigs of videos on my PS3. The USB method is stupid.
We'll probably never get to store our media on the PS4s HDD because of what happened with the PS3 being jailbroken.
SolidusDave
Member
The biggest thing I've hopped for DLNA on PS4 was that its wireless is better than the PS3's which leads to a better streaming performance.
Even with SD content and a perfect connection I always had freezes during videos. That's completely gone on PS4. In fact, once a video is started you can skip around the video instantly, pretty awesome performance.
I could finally ditch the LAN cable I had to use for the PS3 across the room
Still, no more divx/xvid codec support sucks. I have tons of old video encoded in that because they still played all fine on the PS3... I wonder if I should just accept it's never coming or if they might add it later. The XB1 supports it after all...
Does anyone know if the Plex PS4 app supports divx/xvid?
Even with SD content and a perfect connection I always had freezes during videos. That's completely gone on PS4. In fact, once a video is started you can skip around the video instantly, pretty awesome performance.
I could finally ditch the LAN cable I had to use for the PS3 across the room
Still, no more divx/xvid codec support sucks. I have tons of old video encoded in that because they still played all fine on the PS3... I wonder if I should just accept it's never coming or if they might add it later. The XB1 supports it after all...
Does anyone know if the Plex PS4 app supports divx/xvid?
Does it need to be native support? The Plex app will automatically transcode anything it needs to, and the quality can be decent if you set bandwidth high enough.The biggest thing I've hopped for DLNA on PS4 was that its wireless is better than the PS3's which leads to a better streaming performance.
Even with SD content and a perfect connection I always had freezes during videos. That's completely gone on PS4. In fact, once a video is started you can skip around the video instantly, pretty awesome performance.
I could finally ditch the LAN cable I had to use for the PS3 across the room
Still, no more divx/xvid codec support sucks. I have tons of old video encoded in that because they still played all fine on the PS3... I wonder if I should just accept it's never coming or if they might add it later. The XB1 supports it after all...
Does anyone know if the Plex PS4 app supports divx/xvid?
Sadly, the Plex app is stuck with the codec Sony gave them, so they're not likely to get ahead of the media player. Currently they're behind, with just the browser's mp4 codec.
Ok, I have tried just about every possible combination of settings on my PC (Universal Media Server), PS4, speakers and TV and I still cannot get any of my MKV files to play. I don't even really know where to start. Is there a good knowledge base for setting all this up?
Edit: Ok. So Plex's media server seems to be working but the quality is kinda crap. Any way to fix this?
Edit: Ok. So Plex's media server seems to be working but the quality is kinda crap. Any way to fix this?
enanogrande
Member
I've had no problems with any MKVs I've tried, and I'm happy to say that ALL of my anime MKVs with embedded subtitles worked like a charm! There's no way to switch between different subtitle or audio tracks, and .srt subtitles don't work at all, but all in all the media center is a LOT better than what I thought it would be after reading through this thread.
All this coupled with the amazing performance I'm having with regards to seeking inside videos has me very happy with this update. I really hope everyone else gets their problems resolved in future updates (along with support for .srts & switching various sub/audio tracks), but I'm quite happy with the media center as is.
EDIT: I'm connecting over DLNA straight to WD MyBook Live NAS btw, maybe its implementation of DLNA has something to do with the fact I'm getting good results.
All this coupled with the amazing performance I'm having with regards to seeking inside videos has me very happy with this update. I really hope everyone else gets their problems resolved in future updates (along with support for .srts & switching various sub/audio tracks), but I'm quite happy with the media center as is
.EDIT: I'm connecting over DLNA straight to WD MyBook Live NAS btw, maybe its implementation of DLNA has something to do with the fact I'm getting good results.
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
But I watched the 2gb MGSV 60fps video, you can't say it doesn't if I've just said I watched a 60fps video because obviously it does, its more then likely a problem with your video
SolidusDave
Member
I see, thanks. I was just wondering if the codec is supported by the PS4 but just not integrated in the Media Player app for licensing reasons or whatever. Firmware update please!
I would like to avoid transcoding due to the shitty (for high quality) laptop I'm using for streaming. Oh well... if I'm fed up at some point I will just use a dedicated PC to re-encode all the divx stuff.
3rdamention
Member
I honestly haven't changed any of the settings in Universal Media Server, it is all default. And it has played everything I have thrown at it, MKV, MP4 and MP3s.
Dragonslayer_023
Banned
I dunno if this is of use to anyone, but you can remote play this. You can't remote play DVDs/BDs so I wasn't sure it would work.
XB1 working better for me, it has no issues playing any of my files while the PS4 plays little over half of them. Also the XB1 supports NTFS which is much more convenient.
endlessflood
Member
Currently does not seem to play 24 fps content correctly: I just tried the Dark Souls III trailer (which is 24 fps) via a usb stick and I get a juddery picture on my tv. Note: my tv supports correct playback of 24 fps content such as blu-rays and hence this is an issue with the media player.
Speedwagon
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. Yabuki turned off voice chat in Mario Kart races. True artists of their time.
I don't have a PS4, but I think DLNA suggests that you can
Bojanglez
The Amiga Brotherhood
Providing the NAS is capable of acting as a DLNA server, which almost all do nowadays.
AbandonedTrolley
Member
Not tried yet tbh, will take a look once I get home if no one has answered before.
any luck ?
MassiveNights
Banned
I had this problem on Mac. Switch to Plex, had no problems since.
Had no file type problems either.
Machinehead
Member
I downloaded some of the trailers from Gamersyde (wanted to watch the Horizon trailer on my projector), put them in a USB stick, connected to my PS4 aaaaannddd... Nothing =[ it doesn't recognise the MP4s from Gamersyde.. So sad.
Brad Grenz
Member
They have played fine for me via dlna. Even their 60fps videos.
Edit: make sure you put files in a folder and not the root of the drive. PlayStation likes folders.
I figured at the very least my Star Wars trailer downloads straight from Apple Trailers would work. They were .mov files, didn't even show up. Changed to .mp4 which played on my laptop fine, showed up on my PS4 this time, but.... didn't work. Just didn't load up the said they were broken. Pretty frustrating as the PS3 did these kinds of files with aplomb, but lacked MKV support... now it's almost reversed lol. Surely this needs massively improved, these kinds of files should just work..
C'mon Sony!
C'mon Sony!
Machinehead
Member
Thanks for the tip! Will try it later!
Haven't tried DLNA yet. I only got a Mac, my WiFi sucks.. I usually don't bother with those things anymore.
captjohnboyd
Member
So far I've been able to play everything I've thrown at it which is admittedly not much but I'm having a problem with .MKV's. I can't fast forward or rewind them. Is that common? I recall having the same problem with my old Vizio 3D TV. It would only play them if I renamed them to .MP4 on the USB and even then they would only fast forward or rewind at one speed.
Celcius
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This is what I want...
Goodacre0081
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jeff_rigby
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(06-19-2015, 03:15 AM)
oh really?
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(06-19-2015, 03:15 AM)
oh really?
Surprised UMS hasn't received an update since the app was released, although I found a PS4 filter created by someone in their forums
Still seems very hit and miss though...some of my videos still refuse to play.
Link?
backbreaker65
Banned
Playing movies with the USB plugged in and playing from the media player all my movies work.
Fnord
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Fnord
Member
I've never been able to FF or RW MKV files from the PS3 (DLNA), either. Haven't tried on the PS4 yet.
Handy Fake
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Looks to have been during a highly-charged debate on t'other side of Gaf about that there flag of the Confedera-shuh.
Brad Grenz
Member
FF works great on PS4.
endlessflood
Member
File systems aren't something I'd mess with lightly, when things go wrong they can go wrong spectacularly! Ex FAT is OS supported and works greatI write to NTFS filesystems all the time on my Macs. Check out MacFUSE.