

You can now go into the Media Player and select the USB stick from the list to watch your videos.Audio needs to be in a folder called Music.It doesn't need to be called PS4, just needs to be a folder, else you won't see anything. Create a folder on the USB stick, and place all videos into this folder.Press enter and it should start formatting, but it will take a few hours depending on the size of the drive. Type "format i: /FS:FAT32" without the quotes, where i is replaced with whatever the USB drive is, be sure to get the right drive.ĭ. Right-click Start button -> Select Command Prompt (Admin) Ĭ. Go to Start Menu -> Type CMD in Search Programs and Files, right-click to run as admin ī.

#SETTING UP UNIVERSAL MEDIA SERVER FOR PS4 FULL#
If this still doesn't work, you may have to go for a full format.Ī.FAT32Format will allow you to format the drive very quickly to FAT32.Windows 7/8 don't make it easy to format your drives to FAT32, so you will have to download a third party piece of software here: FAT32Format.This means that 4GB+ files may be an issue so cut them down to size if need be. Your USB stick needs to be in FAT32 or exFAT.You can use a USB stick to copy and play your favourite videos on PS4, and here's how Part 1: Stream PS4 Supported Video Formats Here offers you 3 nice methods to play movies on PS4 from PC/Mac. If you have a PS4 gaming console in the household, you may be pleased to discover that it's really quite easy to stream video and audio from a local Windows PC or Mac to play directly on the PS4.
