

Tip 03 With Universal Media Server you can easily stream content to your PS4. Installs the program, specify the folders in which the files you want to share are located, and as long as the “server” is on, it will pop up directly in the Media Player app on your PS4. The most popular (free) software in this area is Universal Media Server. If you have the files on your PC, you must install software on your PC so that your PS4 and PC can find each other in the network. Most nas’en already have built-in software with which you can stream to devices that support that. If you have downloaded the Media Player app on your PS4, you do not have to do much for it on the console. Instead of putting it on a disk for your PS4 to play, it is much more efficient to stream the media file. How many CDs and DVDs do you actually have at home? It is much more likely that nowadays you already have everything on the PC or afterwards. It is much more likely that you have all your media files on the PC or NAS Tip 03: Stream Tip 02 By saving media files on an external drive or USB stick you can view them on your PS4. Finally, in order to access the music and video files from the external drive, you must first download the free Media Player app from PlayStation Store. Any video to be played must also be in a separate folder, but this does not have to have a specific name. You must also put all music files in the Music folder. A disk must be formatted in fat or exfat, because ntfs cannot read your PS4. In addition, you cannot just put all your files on a USB stick or disk and expect your PS4 to understand that. Your PS4 supports both mp3 and aac, so keep this in mind when ripping the files. Tip 02: External storage mediaĭo you have a large CD collection at home and are you disappointed that it cannot be heard easily via your PS4? Then digitize the CDs and save the songs on an external hard drive or USB stick. Tip 01 Your PS4 cannot play audio CDs, but can read DVDs and blu-rays. Remarkably, PS4 does not support CDs, so you cannot listen to your music collection this way. And that can even be discs that you have burned yourself, as long as you have finalized them and are not deviating formats (such as the mini-DVD that sometimes still pass).

You can put both DVDs and blu-rays in Sony’s console for a nice evening on the couch. The PlayStation may be a modern device, but that does not mean that you cannot enjoy movies in the “old-fashioned” way, via a DVD. But where these devices used to only be able to play games, nowadays they are powerful and versatile computers that you can do much more with. The PlayStation 4 is a fantastic game console.
