Solve Can't Play MP4 on PS3/PS4

Though PS3 and PS4 claims to support MP4 files, sometimes we still run into PS4 won't play MP4 files or cannot play MP4 on PS3 issues. Can PlayStation 3/4 play MP4 videos? Why cannot play MP4 on PS4 or PS3? How to successfully transfer and play all kinds of MP4 on PlayStation 4/3?

The following article just aims to explain why PS4 doesn't play some MP4 movies as well as provide an easy solution to play various MP4 files on PS4. This reason and solution for PS4 won't play MP4 also applies to PS3 MP4 issues at http://www.idealshare.net/video-converter/ps4-mp4-solution.html

Although PS4 do support MP4 files, they have strict requirement for this kind of format.

If your video is recorded in a Memory Stick by a camcorder, the video must meet following standard:

Video in MPEG-4 SP (Simple Profile) and audio in AAC LC (Low Complexity) format.

Video in H.264/AVC HP (High Profile) and audio in AAC LC (Low Complexity) format.

MPEG-2 TS format with video in H.264/AVC and audio in AAC LC (Low Complexity) format.

If your MP4 file comes from other source, eg. converted from DVD, it must meet following requirement:

Video in H.264/AVC HP (High Profile) and audio in AAC LC(Low Complexity) format.

In order to successfully play various MP4 files on PS4, a widely used solution is to convert MP4 to PS4 recognized formats. Learn how to realize in this article.

http://formatplayable.jimdo.com/2015/06/17/ps4-mp4-solution/

I've also been bothered by this, and then I found a universal conversion software, called Pavtube HD Video Converter 

If the MP4 video is not encoded with PS4 compatible codec, we will fail to stream MP4 to PS4 or cannot play MP4 on PS4 even if successfully transferred MP4 to PS4. You can change MP4 into playable one and follow the steps below to copy and play movies on PS4:

Insert USB Drive into USB port, turn PS4 on and then go to the main menu, select “Video” and find your USB Drive, select “Display All” to see the video files that exists on your PS4, please choose the file that you want to transfer and press the triangle button, choose “Copy” and confirm the transferring, the movies are transferred to your PS4 hard drive, and then you can play MP4 movies on PS4 from USB Drive.

http://www.ifastime.com/transfer-mp4-to-ps4.html

You can have a try on Brorsoft Video Converter to set an optima preset for PS4 for playback without any issue.

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