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Sony finally released a media player for the ps4!

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:11 pm
by Gareee
Just tested it out with UMS, and here are initial findings:

File playback seems slightly faster than on the ps3.

Compatibility with file formats seems to be it's biggest issue. Many videos that play fine on the ps3 either pop up audio error compatibility issues, or error out playing.

Fast forwarding or back seem faster on the ps4, but there doesn't appear to be any thumbnail display option (like every 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, ect.)

I was hoping to finally be freed of relying on our ps3 for media playback, but at least with this initial release, compatibility playing common file formats can be problematic.

Re: Sony finally released a media player for the ps4!

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:20 pm
by AuthenticM
I tried watching a 20-minute video and it got cut-off half-way through.

Re: Sony finally released a media player for the ps4!

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:08 pm
by SubJunk
This is great news! Can one of you please post a trace log after connecting to the PS4 so I can create a renderer profile from that? Thanks

Re: Sony finally released a media player for the ps4!

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:50 pm
by Ranger187
Here's the trace log....

I just woke up to do this...
ums_dbg.zip
(29.67 KiB) Downloaded 830 times

Re: Sony finally released a media player for the ps4!

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:15 pm
by shaneo88
If it helps, here is a trace log from mine.
ums_dbg.zip
(76.12 KiB) Downloaded 677 times

Re: Sony finally released a media player for the ps4!

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:20 pm
by Ranger187
Here's an icon just in case you want to implement one asap.
ps4-wallpaper-2859.jpg
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Re: Sony finally released a media player for the ps4!

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:11 am
by Nomandis
Hi,

I played a MKV with subtitles and it played fine.

Here are the supported codecs

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)

Re: Sony finally released a media player for the ps4!

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:07 am
by Gareee
There is some popular audio format they aren't supporting. I need to look at my files to see what it is. Even some popular fairly new releases, like 1080p guardians of the galaxy have unplayable audio.

Re: Sony finally released a media player for the ps4!

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:36 am
by jumperzz2014
Tried to play some mkvs on PS4, cant get them to work.

They have a DTS Audio track, maybe same issue as on XboxOne?

Tried to create a profile with the XboxOne settings, but wont work :/

Re: Sony finally released a media player for the ps4!

Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:40 am
by arab
Here's my preliminary config, care to test?

http://pastebin.com/WM5W2ni5

@jumperzz2014: unfortunately ps4 media player does not support the DTS audio format.