[Answered] Why Can’t PS4 Play MP4 File from USB Drive?
“Can PS4 play MP4? Why can’t my PS4 play MP4 video in the USB drive, but my friend's PS4 can play? Isn't the PS4’s Media Player Already Claiming that it allows MP4 movies to be played over Wi-Fi (DLNA) and USB? Who can help me? I’ll be very grateful.”
As a game lover, the most exciting thing is playing games at home. Nobody disturbs us, just enjoy the games. Generally speaking, we just need to insert the game disc into PS4 and connect PS4 to TV with HDMI cable.
However, buying the game disc is not the first choice for most people, most of us like to find and download some good game resources and make them into USB, just like Solia. On the one hand, we don’t need to insert game disc every time, on the other hand, we can play games at friends’ home, just need a USB drive.
But why can’t Solia play MP4 on PS4? Technical speaking, PS4 can play MP4, Blu-ray disc and DVD according to Sony Official. But we need to know that only special MP4 can be supported by PS4. Because MP4 is a container video format which may contain various video or audio codec.
The PS4 can only support playing MP4 files encoded with H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (AAC LC).
- Video in MPEG-4 SP (Simple Profile) and audio in AAC-LC (Low Complexity) format
- Video in H.264/AVC HP (High Profile) and audio in AAC-LC (Low Complexity) format
- MPEG-2 TS format with video in H.264/AVC and audio in AAC-LC (Low Complexity) format
The MP4 can be encoded with these video and audio codes:
So we need to make sure MP4 video’s format is compatible with PS4 firstly. If it is not, we need to convert MP4 or other video formats to just skip to MP4 files encoded with H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (AAC LC). Below is the detail information, keep reading.
When it comes to converting MP4 to PS4 format, the Video Converter Software is necessary.
- PS4 Video Converter can work in an environment with wireless and no wireless.
- Video Converter for PS4 has 2 versions: Mac and Windows versions.
- MP4 to PS4 converter can batch convert audio/video formats with fast speed.
- Edit video, including crop, trim, add 3D effect, extract subtitles, add watermark …
Convert HD camcorders video, such as convert MTS to MP4 from Sony camcorders.
Extract audio from video, like extracting MP3 from MP4.
Step1 Free download MP4 Video Converter on a computer.
Step2 On the top of the menu, click Add File button to load MP4 files. It is worth mentioning that freely selectable language tracks give you plenty of options to convert video with preferred language track.
Step3 On the bottom of the interface, click the drop-down list beside Profile. In the list, choose PS3,PS4>PS4 H.264 HD Video (*.mp4) as output format.
Step4 To set the destination of converted MP4 file will be done by simply clicking Browse button on the bottom of the interface. And to make users get output file easily, the Open File button is made for fast finding the location of converted MP4 video file.
Step5 Click Edit button to enhance your output video. The MP4 to PS4 video converter for Windows/Mac program also provides profession edit function, you can edit the output file with the desired effects, such as 2D to 3D options.
Step6 After the presetting of the above procedure, the next step is to click the Convert button. And the conversion process will indicate in the conversion dialog box below. Two options available for users when the video converting process finished: Shut down the computer or Open output folder when conversion completed. By the way, this software supports batch conversion, is it so cool?
Part 2: Something more about playing MP4 files on PS4
Under normal conditions, we just need to insert USB drive into PS4 and then play the games.
Just in cases, I tell you one more thing maybe occurred on playing.
PS4 can read USB drive in exFAT or FAT32 while NTFS cannot. [Make sure your video is smaller than 4GB] The most common situation is PS4 can’t read USB drive, when it happens, you just need to format the USB drive.
In the last, what are the top 10 names of your favorite games?
Here is mine.
Star Wars Battlefront (2004)
Lego Star Wars the Complete Saga
Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots
Destroy All Humans 2
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
Hulk Ultimate Destruction
Super Smash Bros. 3DS
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
God of War 3