How to Play Subtitles on PS4 Media Player

Sony has finally released a media player for the PlayStation 4, only a year and a half after the console launched. The media player, if you’re not aware, should show up on your main PS4 screen, but you will need to first download it in order to use it. Sony has given users the opportunity this time round to play a lot of file formats, including the increasingly popular MKV container. However, despite allowing you to play these formats, the PS4 media player doesn’t at the moment (as of 10 August 2015) allow you to play the embedded subtitles in the files. You have to have external subtitle files named the same as the media file, in the same director. At the moment only external SRT files work, SUB/ASS/SSA/MKS files do not work.

[XisThatKid]

Make sure you have the fires in same folder and press options when the video is playing goto cc and on? Works fine for me

[antikbaka]

this madea player works much better than the one i havein Sony Bravia TV

[maybelovehate]

Very helpful article, thank you.

[frenchtoast]

Hopefully they update it as it needs more features.

[Blasphemy]

That's like way to much work, there needs to be an update for this option.

[gaffyh]

I agree, it just needs to be able to play embedded subs. Also, font styles are pretty terrible at the moment, and the gap between lines is massive so looks stupid

[Ahytys]

It's a shame subtitles look like shit... They have a thick black background around the letters... and they should also add support for subtitles included in .mkv files!

[gaffyh]

You can change that if you switch off the "let subs decide how they look" option, or whatever it actually is, in the settings section. They still look like crap though.

[Master-H]

If only they add an HEVC codec to it.

[Viryu]

Problem is, extracting subtitles is such a bother, especially when you watch a good number of anime series, each releasing weekly new episodes. Currently the PS4 media player can do what my 7-8 year old Samsung TV can do, and it was one of their first TVs with mkv support. It's already 2015 Sony, wake up.