PS4: General Questions

TBlaar

TBlaar

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Hi everyone,

I have some PS4 questions, that do not relate to or would fit into the other PS4 threads:

Media Player:

The Media Player App seems a bit "outdated" to me, especially compared to the PS3 system. It would seem like they quickly made a Media Player app just to satisfy the masses, but without really caring about the functionality too much. I loved the PS3 media player, it played everything.

I use Universal Media Player, and share lots of my media on the network. I can still play all my files over the network on the PS3, but it seems my PS4 does not play most of these formats. How do you build a new system and scale support for file types down?

This means that most episodes or movies from the interwebs will not play on the PS4.

This is very irritating. Or am I doing it wrong?
 
We use the bluray player to stream media from PC to TV. I found the PS4 media player plays everything the bluray does , plus it seems to do so faster than the bluray
 
But do you also get a lot of files that it cannot play at all, via the network?

My PS3 plays all series that I download, while the PS4 plays just about nothing. It's like they support almost no file types, where the PS3 did. Same UMS, same Network, same everything... except that the PS4 plays almost nothing....
 
I think its also just a time thing... I remember when i first got my PS3 it could play a lot but certainly not anything... By the time i got my PS4 the PS3 could literally play anything... So maybe its just a case of a few patches to add more codecs...

One think i dont understand and probably never will is why the PS4 never launched with a media player, Just copy the PS3 one?
 
TBlaar said:
But do you also get a lot of files that it cannot play at all, via the network?

My PS3 plays all series that I download, while the PS4 plays just about nothing. It's like they support almost no file types, where the PS3 did. Same UMS, same Network, same everything... except that the PS4 plays almost nothing....
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the only files it won't play are the ones the bluray won't play either. which are normally uber compressed mkv files. but these are few and far between. it plays about 99.263% of my media
 
And is this via a drive plugged into the PS4, or is it from a media streaming service with files on another computer?

I have like a 5% success rate of files that it will play, and this is why I am so worried...
 
TBlaar said:
And is this via a drive plugged into the PS4, or is it from a media streaming service with files on another computer?

I have like a 5% success rate of files that it will play, and this is why I am so worried...
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it's via wifi streaming from my windows media server
 
Then I wonder why mine plays almost nothing.... while the PS3 does.

And you are using the Media Player app standard?
 
I also use the media player, via wifi, to my network drive. Plays almost all files, though a few didn't work. Most of those that didn't play were files I got from my video camera.

And no Beo and Malice, the video camera was not used for ... whatever, make of it what you will :p
 
Nemesis said:
I also use the media player, via wifi, to my network drive. Plays almost all files, though a few didn't work. Most of those that didn't play were files I got from my video camera.

And no Beo and Malice, the video camera was not used for ... whatever, make of it what you will :p
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oh you didn't use it to record special occasions and/or events? must have been for homemade albino midget bestiality porn then :D
 
my PS4 media player now officially plays vids my bluray won't. plus it remembers where I stopped watching everything. EVERYTHING.
 
I've got a question, this might be a noob one ,but I use a monitor for my PS4 and the PS4 earphone plugged into my controller for sound, however this gets annoying while playing so I was wondering if I could buy a wireless headset, It would be helpful If anyone can recommend one, Thanks :D
 
Pandox said:
I've got a question, this might be a noob one ,but I use a monitor for my PS4 and the PS4 earphone plugged into my controller for sound, however this gets annoying while playing so I was wondering if I could buy a wireless headset, It would be helpful If anyone can recommend one, Thanks :D
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Highly recommend the PlayStation Pulse Headset... Iv had mine for about a year now and its fantastic
 
Pandox said:
I've got a question, this might be a noob one ,but I use a monitor for my PS4 and the PS4 earphone plugged into my controller for sound, however this gets annoying while playing so I was wondering if I could buy a wireless headset, It would be helpful If anyone can recommend one, Thanks :D
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Yeah, I have the PlayStation Gold Wireless Headset.
(thinking about selling)

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http://www.takealot.com/playstation-4-wireless-stereo-headset-2-0-ps4/PLID32610459
 
PythonFSi said:
Just a heads up . . .

PS4 system software update 3.0 is live.
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yup...


Sony has started deploying firmware 3.00 across all regions. We’ve seen reports from the US and Europe confirming that the latest PlayStation 4 software update is now available for download.

As ever, the size is a small 250MB, and should start downloading automatically.

The new update is codenamed Kenshin and has been in beta for a few weeks. The list of changes is large but the items include an increase to the online save storage to 10GB for Plus users, the ability to stream to YouTube and upload videos to Twitter, the ability to save uncompressed screenshots, and the addition of new Communities and Event Hubs.

Messaging improvements including groups and stickers, as well as a few accessibility features are among some of the new additions.
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