Earlier this week, during E3, Sony made a great announcement for fans, but one that may slipped under the radar due to all the big games announcements.
Sony has added a new Media Player app to the PlayStation 4, one that allows you to play home media (or those videos you downloaded online) directly through a USB stick or home server.
Most importantly, the Media Player finally brings ... [ read the full article ]
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Originally posted by aw2600: They need to add support for additional formats to the PS3 as well. There is no technical reason why the PS3 can't play more formats.
Technical reason, none.
Financial reason, yes.
They (all console manufacturers) want you to buy this gen and not stay content with last gen.
Originally posted by Interestx: What happened to the 4k stuff?
H265 seems the future there but it's not on the list.
Device coding/decoding of content has NEVER been on the cutting edge; think of DVD/Blu-Ray players, and their sad lack of support for formats, even when - in the case of many Blu-Ray players - the device's firmware is upgradeable, like the PS3 and PS4.
There's more than one reason for this but a big - if not the biggest - part is because newer formats at any given time are often (right or wrong) associated with piracy of content, or at the very least "format-shifting", which the studios absolutely hate to see made possible. And remember, Sony also *produces content*; they don't just provide the device!
Additionally, sometimes formats are just plain too new, and both 4K resolutions and h.265 fit that description to a "T". Neither has the market penetration to bother with yet.
Tried to use the new media player to play a couple of movies and shows that i have in a usb stick. Failed to see any media on the stick. It works flawlessly on my blu ray players usb.... But not on PS4?? And my blu ray is a Sony. Just keeps saying that there is no supported formats on stick?? Huh?? Anyone have any ideas?? Would love to get rid of the blu ray player and just use PS4 if I could.
Originally posted by mightyzog: Tried to use the new media player to play a couple of movies and shows that i have in a usb stick. Failed to see any media on the stick. It works flawlessly on my blu ray players usb.... But not on PS4?? And my blu ray is a Sony. Just keeps saying that there is no supported formats on stick?? Huh?? Anyone have any ideas?? Would love to get rid of the blu ray player and just use PS4 if I could.