Convert Sony PS4 support MKV video files

Media Player has been launched on PS4 on 16th June. We know the Media Player has been a highly-requested feature for PS4 and we want to thank you for passionate feedback. I know the Media Player will be a favourite new feature for PS4 owners who love to use their PS4 as the entertainment center of their living room. It works with both your home server and when plugging a USB stick with media into one of the available ports on the PS4. You may have download lots of video files such as MKV and still have the “MKV to PS4 playback issues”? Now this article will share the way to play MKV movies on Sony PS4, if you have got videos in other formats, the way also works perfect.



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The PS4’s new Media Player should now be available for download. Which you should do: it finally transforms the PS4 into a proper media centre, allowing for playback of movies and music over both wi-fi and USB.

Here are the supported formats:

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)

After the read the information as PS4 supported video formats list, you may know that we can only play the limited MKV files codec on PS4, because these formats are not supported MKV codec by Sony PS4. If you have movies in these formats, you will need a Sony PS4 video converter to convert them to compatible format. (Read the review and pick up the best tool).Now in this article, we will take MKV format as an example, to show the way to convert MKV format to Sony PS4 supported MP4 format. Here, Pavtube PS4 Video Converter Ultimate is your best choice.

This is a very easy-to-use video to PS4 converting program which comes with flawless video quality and quick conversion speed. It is an all-in-one converting program, and it features outputting 3D (Side-by-Side, Top-Bottom, Anaglyph) in MKV/MP4/MKV/MOV/WMV formats. You can reach the Mac version here: iMedia Converter for Mac. In addition, this PlayStation 4 (PS4) Video Converter software provides video edit functions such as video cut, video joiner, and join splitter, effects adjusting. So that you can enjoy MKV files with inserted subtitle on PS4.

Now follow this article; you will learn how to accomplish this easily within a few clicks.

Free download the top PS4 Video Converter Ultimate for Windows and Mac:

    

Tutorials: Converting All Kinds of MKV Videos to PS4 friendly format 

Step 1: Load MKV files to this MKV to PS4 Converter 

Download the Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate on your computer, install and run the program, add videos.You can choose to import videos or the entire folder by clicking the top left two icons. 

 

Step 2. Choose a proper format for PS4. 

Click “Format” drop-down list and choose ” PSP/PS3 >> PS3 Video(720P) MPEG-4(*.mp4)” as the compatible MP4 preset with best video quality. 

 

Step 3. Customize video specs for PS4 (Optional). 

For people who want to further customizing output video size and quality, you can click “Settings” on the bottom to enter Profile Settings Window, and customize video size, frame rate, bitrate, codec and sample rate(Hz). In general, the higher bit rate, the bigger output file size. 

 

Step 4. Added subtitles into MKV video 

Click on “Edit” button, the video editor will pop up. Tap “Subtitle” option and check the “Enable” icon. Then, by clicking on “Browse” to import your *.srt, *.ass, *.ssa subtitle file you’ve downloaded. After the subtitle is loaded, you can preview it. 

• Read Tips for add subtitles by yourself >>Merge SRT/ASS/SSA Subtitles to MKV | Embed SRT/ASS subtitles to MP4

Tip: You can change the subtitle size, style, font if necessary. When everything is done, simply click “OK” button. Plus, you can also add watermark, apply effects, and crop, trim your MKV/MKV files in the above video editing window. 

Step 4. Start MKV to PS4 Conversion. 

You can hit the big red “Convert” to start converting MKV to MP4 with best video settings for PS4. After the conversion, click “Open output folder” in the conversion window, or “Open” in main interface to quick locate the converted video. Then, you can stream the converted movies to PS4 via DLNA. 

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Source:http://open-media-community.com/2015/06/24/play-mkv-on-sony-ps4/