Sneakily announced on the Official PlayStation Blog during their E3 2015 pre-show, Sony have now provided DLNA functionality to PS4 owners the world over through the new Media Player application that can be downloaded free of charge from the PlayStation Store later today.
To access it, a Media Player icon will appear in the PS4 content area, which when clicked on will take players to a link to a download from the PlayStation Store.
The Media Player works as any decent DLNA solution does, by connecting a USB stick into the PS4 or connecting to a media server in your home, the Media Player application turns the PS4 intro a true multimedia device.
Below are all the file types that the Media Player for PS4 supports:
File formats and codecs
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