• MP3, MKV, and More Playback Finally Available in Newly Added Playstation 4 Media Player

    by on June 18, 2015 at 1:53 AM, EDT

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    Sony Computer Entertainment has released a Media Player application for PlayStation 4.

    The new media playing application will finally allow users to playback popular filetypes, like MKV, AVI, MP4, MPEG-2 TS, as well as photo and music formats over your home server (DLNA support), and via a USB device.


    The free player is now available on the Playstation Store, and upon downloading it, the icon will show up in the PlayStation 4 content area.

    Here’s the entire list of newly supported content:

    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)
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