That's odd. Are they played directly from a USB drive/HDD, or via streaming?
I know these do, as I have them
Sony Bravia HX850 TV
Sony BDV N590 Bluray player
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Couchjockeyz rumor: MP3, DLNA coming in later PS4 firmware update
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Sony Bravia HX850 TV
Sony BDV N590 Bluray player
Muppet of a Man
Member
Thank goodness. I was worried that we were going to be squeezed. Based (albeit incompetent) Sony OS team to the rescue.
jimbobsmells
Member
My ps3 slim (also with sing star) plays mkv from the HDD and also by dlna.
You havent read your PSN privacy policy have you? lol
That's what happens when you DON'T spy on what your customers are doing. You learn things from tweets of your customers.
OK, I'm not crazy. This post makes me glad.
That's what happens when you DON'T spy on what your customers are doing. You learn things from tweets of your customers.
That's an awful way to do things. It insures you're always late with everything.
Console are coming in HOT son.
You push back features that are not critical for launch. People just do not remember console launch since they only happen 6-7 years ago. Just because it not supporting something at launch doesnt mean it wasnt plan.
Ps3 os was a train wreck.
Fried Food
Banned
of course this rumor is true. After Yoshida-chans last tweets how can you think it won't show up eventually
Master class.
I wasn't serious about it, yosp makes it sound like they have no idea what their users do
I think you misremember how utterly terribad the launch PS3 OS was... It didn't even have upscaling for DVD and PS2. And let's not forget that in Game XMB didn't happen for a loooooooooooong long time. Some games had to put an access gate inside of the games so you could message friends. Holding entire conversations in subject lines. Oh god.
Yeah that is what I'm saying ps3 os was a train wreck at launch. Background downloading didn't even work. Then the download would time out and you have to start over... just terrible.
This man earns every penny he makes...
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Once it is in, I will buy one.
Until then, Im breaking my bank balance trying to join the master race ..
Until then, Im breaking my bank balance trying to join the master race ..
(Why do I act on impulse so often? This shit is expensive! :-(
3rdamention
Member
I know when I purchased my PHAT PS3, on launch day, there were a number of things I couldn't do or use at launch. The PS3 went through many many updates that added a host of features. Here are just a few.
* You couldn't access the XMB while in a game. (You can now!)
* You couldn't send or receive messages with your friends. (You can now)
* There were no dynamic themes. (There are now)
* You couldn't make your own custom themes. (You can now!)
* You couldn't listen to your own custom soundtracks in game (you can now, if developers allow it).
* You couldn't take in game screenshots (you can now, if developers allow it).
* You couldn't collect trophies. (you can now).
* You couldn't play games or movies in 3D (you can now).
These are only a few features, that we take for granted, that were all added by Sony to the PS3 AFTER LAUNCH! These are some pretty significant updates, on a system with much less computational power and RAM than the PS4.
Some people in this thread, and others, are making this huge deal out of this. Look, I stream videos several times a week to my PS3 from my PC, IT sucks I will not be able to do it at launch on my PS4. However, I will be patient, and these features ill come. These things will be added, in time, just as a ton of features I listed above were added to the PS3.
* You couldn't access the XMB while in a game. (You can now!)
* You couldn't send or receive messages with your friends. (You can now)
* There were no dynamic themes. (There are now)
* You couldn't make your own custom themes. (You can now!)
* You couldn't listen to your own custom soundtracks in game (you can now, if developers allow it).
* You couldn't take in game screenshots (you can now, if developers allow it).
* You couldn't collect trophies. (you can now).
* You couldn't play games or movies in 3D (you can now).
These are only a few features, that we take for granted, that were all added by Sony to the PS3 AFTER LAUNCH! These are some pretty significant updates, on a system with much less computational power and RAM than the PS4.
Some people in this thread, and others, are making this huge deal out of this. Look, I stream videos several times a week to my PS3 from my PC, IT sucks I will not be able to do it at launch on my PS4. However, I will be patient, and these features ill come. These things will be added, in time, just as a ton of features I listed above were added to the PS3.
NTIETS13A_Superiority
Banned
I think these features just werent top priority for launch. Also gives good opportunity to shove MU to peoples face for the time before this system update. This is strategical late adiition.
Everyone gets the concept of adding features after launch. What you're missing is how not only did Sony manage to prioritize Music Unlimited for launch, but offered a flat "no" to the question of "Will the PS4 play mp3s?". They didn't say "Not at launch", or "There will be an app offered on the Playstation store later". Even under the assumption that they were always planning on adding mp3 playback later, PR wanted people to think otherwise so they'd sign up for MU.
That's also why such a simple acknowledgement from Yoshida is going a long way to appease people. All Sony needed to do was just give a hint that they were going to add it later, and now they have. It's still crappy they prioritized MU over a simple mp3 player, but at least we know we won't be stuck with it.
And I'll note you could listen to audio CDs and mp3s on the PS3 at launch. As much of a disaster as the PS3 launch OS was, you could at least do that much.
Depends on the timing. If MP3 playback is coming in 1.6, then they may mention it in that FAQ with a 'future release' comment. But if it is a few releases out, or they don't really know when they'll get it in, it is simpler to just say 'no it doesn't support it' which is correct, and then leave future features for when they happen,
This, i'm pretty confident that Sony will bring valuable and wanted features over time just like they did with the PS3
SolidusDave
Member
I think people were much more forgiving with the early PS3 OS because the PS2 had only rudimentary features/options and PS3 could do all of them. You were not missing anything. Any pressure basically came from the 360 OS.
IMO, it's not weird that people like myself expected that the PS4 OS includes most features of the PS3 available at launch, at the minimum. Especially simple stuff like media features. No one would expect that the PS4 e.g. doesn't have "ingame OS" after the PS3 and that is has to be patched in first.
Of course, we know now that apparently all this stuff is coming anyway and it was just a matter of priority, but still. I won't be pissed too much if it's just a matter of a couple of months.
Yeah, but if mp3 support was planned for so far out that the faq writers didn't feel comfortable even hinting at it, that's not that much better. We're talking about an app that's simpler than the one they do have ready for launch...
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Part of this seems to be true but Yoshida's response also bodes well.
FranXico
Member
Hmmm... That actually was ommited in the FAQ, oddly enough.
Two words: Movies Unlimited.
Silurus
Member
Doubt that is true.
FranXico
Member
FranXico
Member
I would love to see that, in order to believe it.
Hint: PS3 has never supported mkv playback.
mekes
Member
Hm, I got my dad a PS3 so he could watch certain movies and tv shows through a USB pen drive. Certain mkv files would originally have to go through his laptop to the TV, but over the past few months he assures me he has been watching everything over the PS3. I know certain recent files shouldn't be able to play but if he tells me he has seen them, he definitely has.
EU PS3 slim with Singstar.
EU PS3 slim with Singstar.
Chuck Norris
Banned
You can do it with ps3mediaserver if that's been set up to stream from the laptop to PS3
Definitely MP4, m2ts, wmv & mpeg. Videos in the PS Store & Video Unlimited use mp4. Mpeg must be suported for DVD & blu-ray playback. m2ts & wmv must also be for Blu-ray playback.
does not mention about what video formats are supported,
and just because movie unlimited supports mp4, does not mean it will play them from other sources.
I would of thought the video support on PS4 would of matched PS3's extensive video support, Hopefully it will sooner rather than later.
FranXico
Member
Indeed.
Hopefully someone will ask Yoshida about this. Or even better, they already realized an even stronger backlash is on their way unless they provide feature parity with the PS3 soon.
Videos from the PS Store/Video Unlimited use the same media player as your own personal video files.
Bojanglez
The Amiga Brotherhood
I was wondering the same thing. I haven't seen concrete information for either platform. I tweeted Yoshida a few days ago but he did not reply. I'm not sure if it is worrying there is no confirmation, or it is just such an obvious given that it will be there.
There is a reddit post showing a conversation with a Netflix customer rep stating Netflix will be there on day one ........ make of that as you will.
Any PS3 apps built on html5, should be on the PS4 day 1. HTML5 apps are easy ports.
