The PS4 Now Has a Media Player, Supports USB & DLNA

No really.

Back before the PS4 first debuted, Sony announced as part of a larger disclosure that the PS4 could not and would not play back digitial video files of any sort through USB or DLNA. After some serious and immediate backlash, Sony relented, and stated that this oculd be something that would arrive a later, post-release date.

Well, it's been a long time, but at long last, the PS4 has a proper Media Player application, which supports both USB and DLNA media files. (Both music and video.)

Now before anyone is tempted to suggest that this feature set was a matter of course for the much older PS3, it's worth pointing out that the PS4 Media Player supports MKV files. 

The Media Player app is available to download now via an icon in the PS4 UI

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)

Now users could really use some kind of proper media remote option.

Source: PlayStation Blog