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Media Player – a new app will be available soon that enables users to play media files from either an attached USB device or from a network connected home media server that supports DLNA protocols. The preview version of the Media Player app will initially only support USB devices, with DLNA support coming soon. Xbox One will support more formats than Xbox 360, including support for dozens of new file formats like mpeg 2 TS, animated gifs and mkv which will be added by the end of the year. See below for additional file formats.

Supported file types:

3gp audio
3gp video
3gp2
aac
adts
animated gif
asf
avi divx
avi dv
avi uncompressed
avi xvid
bmp
jpg
gif
h264 avchd
mjpeg
mkv
mov
mp3
mpeg 1 ps
mpeg 2
mpeg 2 hd
mpeg 2 ts
mpeg 4 h264 aac
mpeg 4 sp
png
tiff
wav
wma
wma lossless
wma pro
wma voice
wmv
wmv hd

Thank overdrivex and Albert Penello for the tip. And rayisbeast for reminding me to include a source
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Incompatible if old.

Update:
USB media support is coming in the September preview update which starts rolling out today.
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[plainr_]

Awesome. MKV!

 

[FlutterPuffs]

there's MKV?

Sexy.

 

[kuppy]

Competition let's the consumer win once more.

 

[gruenel]

Finally Sony can announce DLNA support in 3 days.

 

[Sikamikanico]

At last! Very pleased with this news.

 

[Corleth the Fey]

From where?

 

[iceatcs]

End of year? Why not now?

 

[Sean]

Very nice, MKV support is certainly a surprise.

 

[MCD]

subs supported too?

 

[RdN]

MKV support is huge.

Live TV streaming is also really cool. Hopefully they'll add support for streaming games too.

 

[rayisbeast]

http://majornelson.com/2014/08/12/k...w-ways-watch-tv-usb-dlna-support-coming-soon/

 

[Pie and Beans]

Thread title needs to mention MKV. Honestly sort of a megaton there.

Good move MS. Get this fucking "consoles in 2014 that play shit all media" war into overdrive.

 

[Lirrik]

If it supports multiple audio streams and subtitles in mkv, that will be simply fantastic.

 

[Spacecowboy77]

Finally mkv support!

Awesome news!

 

[Auto_aim1]

MKV support is basically megaton. Microsoft is listening to fan feedback.

 

[SMOK3Y]

Competition let's the consumer win once more.

Ya I see this happening
And honesty I've never used MKV ever..

 

[HaRyu]

End of year? Why not now?

I'm assuming they're working out the licensing contracts? I'm pretty sure they have to shell out money to actually get permission for those codecs to work on their machine.

 

[def sim]

Unexpected, but it's welcome for sure.

 

[Darksol]

That's great news.

 

[JetSetRadio]

Look at that soony, I need my dlna!
Mkv support is neat.

 

[Calm Killer]

Yes! Finally! and they are doing it correctly this time with supporting other formats!

 

[Americanmushroom]

Ouch that's gonna be a big hit for Sony if they can't follow fast

 

[Hanmik]

and this

http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/12/5994151/xbox-one-stream-tv-smartglass-update

they are trying hard to better their service even more. nice.

 

[JaggedSac]

Excellent set of features they are adding.

 

[Super Stardust]

Megaton, also isn't vlc coming out soon?

 

[HueyFreeman]

Thread title needs to mention MKV. Honestly sort of a megaton there.

Good move MS. Get this fucking "consoles in 2014 that play shit all media" war into overdrive.

For real, been waiting a long time for this

 

[DopeyFish]

YESSSSSSSSS

 

[Dramos]

Good job Microsoft, hopefully Sony triggers .mkv as well! Besides that, I still want Miracast built in on my Xbox One!

 

[teiresias]

Sony's Japan-based firmware team continues to get demolished by Microsoft. It's honestly nearly beyond embarrassing at this point.

 

[Majine]

Aw yeah baby. Now it's starting to look more like the living room hub it wants to be.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

Whoa!

 

[ultimatebestusername]

Does the Xbox One support NTFS formatted drives? Or is that something that remains to be seen with this update?

 

[R3TRODYCE]

This is nice.

 

[Goldrusher]

Your move, Sony.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

MKVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Game changer

 

[funkystudent]

Ouch that's gonna be a big hit for Sony if they can't follow fast

I bet they have a counter announcement soon just like 3D Blu Ray if even just vague bullshit like "Soon" and "this holiday".


No way in hell Sony does MKV though. lol. Smart move on MS's part with that one.

 

[mrklaw]

this is good news, but importantly I want to be able to push DLNA content directly to Xbox one via a controller - eg using my tablet to browse and then play on my TV. I can actually already do this direct to my Sony TV, but I think it is important considering the 'input one' nature of Xbox 1 so you can play things without having to specifically launch a separate app

 

[Ambition]

Sony pls

 

[T.O.P]

Me likes

 

[wetflame]

Why is MKV support such a big deal?

 

[diaspora]

MKV and USB support? Hnnnnnnng, it's harder and harder holding out on getting this as a TV media box.

 

[On Demand]

Your move, Sony.

You know they're gong to do it now.

 

[S¡mon]

I bet they have a counter announcement soon just like 3D Blu Ray if even just vague bullshit like "Soon" and "this holiday".


No way in hell Sony does MKV though. lol. Smart move on MS's part with that one.

Sony's 2013 and 2014 TV models and media/blu-ray players do MKV.

 

[plainr_]

This is good news for Plex too. You won't have to transcode anything most likely. The formats listed above will run natively on the console.

 

[strafer]

MKV...holy shit

 

[Uno Venova]

Why is MKV support such a big deal?

It's the container that most pirated content is in.

 

[S¡mon]

Why is MKV support such a big deal?

Because a large chunk of .mkv-files are files with pirated content (movies, tv-series, etc.).

 

[ultimatebestusername]

Why is MKV support such a big deal?

It is an open-source, convenient, and widely used video container, but is rarely ever supported by big-name media players.

 

[mrklaw]

I bet they have a counter announcement soon just like 3D Blu Ray if even just vague bullshit like "Soon" and "this holiday".


No way in hell Sony does MKV though. lol. Smart move on MS's part with that one.

don't bravias and bluray players from Sony already support MKV?