I wonder which are the settings for the best result (highest quality)? Unfortunately, there is a preset for the Xbox One but not for the PS4… Due to the fact, that the ReadyNas 212 is to slow to transcode anything higher than 480p on the fly I’m thinking about pre-transcoding my whole libraries using the media optimization tool. However, I’m not sure if the option “original” will work out fine for me (for the Playstation). Any hint or even experiences so far?
1.5 for mobile works for me great
Using a Beamer to watch movies (with the Playstation Plex App) I was thinking about a higher resolution… Anyway, thank you for your reply kmbarnette! Anyone else with helpful experiences?
Basically it’s a matter of knowing what the supported codecs and file formats of the Playstation 4 are, then understanding what your media is in.
So my understanding is the below outlines what your formats would need to be in (or less) because I ‘assume’ it will also support Profile Level’s lower than 4.2 as well. It wouldn’t be too hard to test that by watching the server CPU when playing something.
MKV
Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2
Audio: MP3, AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital)
AVI
Visual: MPEG4 ASP, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2
Audio: MP3, AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital)
MP4
Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2
Audio: AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital)
MPEG-2 TS
Visual: H.264/MPEG-4 AVC High Profile Level4.2, MPEG2 Visual
Audio: MP2 (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2), AAC LC, AC-3 (Dolby Digital)
AVCHD (.m2ts, .mts)
This is official info from the PlayStation site. So actually it looks like it supports quite a lot. The obvious exception is DTS audio - I guess that would work as pass through or something.
Marshalleq.
Thank you!
@marshalleq those are formats supported by PS’s native video player, 3rd party apps have a more limiting format support
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/204377253-What-media-formats-are-supported-
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