Setting up Plex takes a few more steps than Universal Media Server, but it’s still pretty straightforward.
Install and set up Plex Media Server on your PC It has a great menu that shows you titles, cast lists, episode descriptions and everything else you need to know about your shows and movies.
Plex Media Server has a lot more features and tries to give a full ‘media centre’ experience. Audio: MP2(MPEG2 Audio Layer 2), AAC LC, AC-3(Dolby Digital).Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2, MPEG2 Visual.Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2.Visual: MPEG-4 ASP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level 4.2.Audio: MP3, AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital).Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level 4.2.
Don’t worry if you have some files in different formats – UMS will normally try to ‘transcode’ or ‘mux’ your files as they’re being streamed, so your PS4 shouldn’t have any problems. Here’s the list of supported codecs for the PS4 Media Player app. Supported codecs for the PS4 Media Player appClick on your media server and open up one of the folders that you added to UMS earler. Your server will normally be called something like ‘Daniel’s PC’. When it opens, you’ll see three main sections: ‘Recently Played’, ‘Favourites’, and your ‘Universal Media Server’. You should see the icon for ‘Media Player’ in your PlayStation menu. Streaming your media with the new PS4 Media Player app Next, we’ll go through the steps to view your files on your PS4 with the Media Player app. That’s it! Your PC is set up and is sharing your folders across your home network.
So your PS4 can display films, TV shows and other bits from your PC, you'll have to set up the PC so that it acts as a 'media server'. The Media Player app on your PS4 can play stuff that's being shared from a PC in your house.ĭownloading and Setting up Universal Media Server Universal Media Streamer and the PS4 Media Player App Follow our step by step guide below, and you'll be streaming to your PS4 in no time. On your PlayStation, there's two different ways to stream from your PC or laptop - the Media Player app and the Plex app.