Windows has an integrated DLNA server you can enable. To activate it, open the Control Panel and search for “media” using the search box at the top right corner of the window. Click the “Media streaming options” link under Network and Sharing Center. Click the “Turn on media streaming” button to enable the media-streaming server.
PS4 is a step down from its predecessor, the PS3 in the capabilities as home media servers. People who want to play your local media files with PS4 can take a look at PS4 supported files formats as below:
Audio:
MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2)
MPEG-2 PS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AAC LC, AC3 (Dolby Digital), LPCM)
MPEG-2 TS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2) AVCHD (.m2ts / .mts)
Video:
Memory Stick™ Video Formats
MPEG-4 SP (AAC LC)
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Main Profile (AAC LC)
AVI
Motion JPEG (Linear PCM)
Motion JPEG (u-Law)
MP4 File Format
Download spotify for mac free. H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile (AAC LC)
DivX and VC-1 (WMV)6
Although PS4 has added playback support for various media file formats, the bad news is that it lacks the ability to play local media from your personal library, homemade videos, photos or even music from an MP3 player. The good new is that if you happen to own above mentioned PS4 supported media files, you can play them on PS4 from media server's via PS4's web browser. The following article will take Plex Media Server as an example to show you how to play media files on PS4 via Plex Media Server:
1. Download, install and run Plex Media Server on your PC and register an account from www.plex.tv. Once you run it, there is a new icon in the task bar.
2. Sign your Plex Media Server in to your Plex account and connect your server to plex.tv. Go to http://127.0.0.1:32400/web/, you will see the Plex interface and add video folders to it by clicking the '+' button. Following the instruction step by step, you will easily add video folders to Plex Server Library.
3. Turn on your PS4 and run your browser. For the first, you should know your pc's local IP address. For example, my IP is like this: 192.168.1.245. Now input the 192.168.1.245:32400/web in the PS4 browser, and you will find all videos on the PS4 screen. It's amazing, isn't it? Now you can enjoy videos on the PS4.
But we can only watch PS4 supported media files with the methods above, how about some HD videos such as TS, TOD, MOD, MXF, XAVC, etc? To stream PS4 not supported HD videos on PS4 via Plex Media Server, you can use Pavtube Video Converter, which can perfect convert all HD videos to PS4 best compatible formats H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile format and other formats for better streaming. For Mac users, you can turn to help from Pavtube Video Converter for Mac.
How to convert HD videos to PS4 for streaming via Plex Media Server?
Step 1: Load HD video files.
Click 'File' menu and select 'Add Video/Audio' to import source HD video files to the program.
Step 2: Select output profile format.
Click 'Format' bar, from its drop-down option, select 'H.264 High Profile(*.mp4)' as the output format for streaming to PS4.
Step 3: Adjust output profile parameters.
Click 'Settings' button to pop out 'Profile Settings' window, you can adjust output video codec, size, bit rate and frame rate and audio codec, sample rate, bit rate and channels.
Step 4: Start HD video to PS4 Conversion.
Hit right-bottom 'Convert' button to start to convert HD video to PS4 for streaming via Plex Media Server.
Further Reading:
How to Easily Access American Netflix on PS4 when you live outside of the US
Upgrade TV Picture Quality with PS4 by Operation Mode, Matching Color and Black Level Settings
Hero Plex: Stream Your Personal Media to PS4 without DLNA
How to Take, Upload and Share PS4 Screenshots Online?
When game consoles like Playstation and Xbox first came into existence, people hardly wanted to do anything else with them other than playing games. Not anymore. Today, the new age devices like PS3, Xbox 360 and Kinect go beyond their primary offering. You can watch TV and movies using them, connect them to internet to do other things…they are much more than just game consoles now.
Sophisticated gaming machines like the PS3 have multiple capabilities. If you are a Windows user, you have got the Windows Media Centre that is able to push media to your PS3. It isn’t that difficult really.
Not for Mac users though.
That’s why I have put together this how-to that guides you through the process of streaming your media library from your Mac to Playstation 3.
Time to Get Started
Step 1: The basics – you need an Apple computer (obviously), a PS3 (obviously again), a wireless router, and an internet connection.
Step 2: Download PS3 Media Server for Mac. This is the software we will use to get the job done. It’s available for free on CNET’s download.com.
Step 3: Once you click on “Download Now”, the download will start immediately. After its done, locate it in your downloads folder, and open up the file. It will be named “pms-macosx-1.20.409-BETA.dmg” by default.
Step 4: A new window will open up that looks like the one below. Click and drag the icon that looks like a Playstation 3 into the “Applications” folder to install it.
Step 5: Turn on your PS3 and just leave it on the home screen. This ensures that it will be recognized by the media server program once it is opened.
Step 6: Locate the PS3 Media Server icon in your Applications folder. It won’t have the PS3 icon at the moment, but go ahead and click on it anyway. When the following window pops up, press open.
Step 7: Once the PS3 Media Server detects your Playstation console, a picture of the PS3 will show up in the main window, as shown below. If it doesn’t show up after a minute or so, navigate to the video tab on your PS3 menu and select “Search for Media Servers” to ensure that your computer and Playstation 3 are connected.
Step 8: Now, it is time to choose the folders containing the files on your computer that you wish to access on your PS3. Select the “Navigation/Share Settings” tab and click on the green plus sign, underneath the Shared Folders heading.
Step 9: Select as many folders as you want and add them to the list of shared folders. The folders in that list, and the files within them will then be directly accessible by your console.
Step 10: Look under the Video section of your Playstation’s menu for the PS3 Media Server icon, within that folder will be the shared folders that you specified in Step 8.
Step 11: Simply clicking on a file will initiate video playback. Reverse, rewind, pausing and chapter skipping are all supported functions. Subtitles work, but they are pretty buggy, and disrupt the overall viewing experience.
In my experience, this program works really well. Video quality is decent and it can play HD movies with little to no stuttering. For a free media streaming program, you really can’t ask for more than that.
So, get some popcorn and coke, and use your PS3 to watch a movie from your Mac. And lets us know how it worked.
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HD-DVD and Blu-ray technology were introduced in 2006.