PS4 H265 Support – How to Play HEVC on PS4/PS4 Pro?

According to the PlayStation 4 User’s Guide, HEVC isn’t one of the supported file formats, and you can’t play HEVC on PS4/PS4 Pro directly. Check the PS4 compatible video formats below.

PS4 Supported Formats:

However, though PS4 does not play H265/HEVC, it is possible to convert HEVC to H264 to play the media content on PS4. In the next part, you’ll learn more about how to convert HEVC video to PS4-compatible format and then play the converted file in the PS4 Media Player. Please read on.

We cannot watch H265 on PS4/PS4 Pro without converting the video to the PS4 supported video format, which is H264. Fortunately, the conversion can be easily done with a dedicated video converter WonderFox HD Video Converter Factory Pro. This converter software supports HD/4K H265 videos and can output H265 to the preset PS4 profile (MP4 - H264/AAC) with the same video quality. And thanks to its hardware acceleration support, it has a rather fast conversion speed. Here are the steps to convert HEVC to play on PS4:

Before start, please free download free download the software to your PC.

Launch HD Video Converter Factory Pro and enter the Converter module. Next, click Add Files to import one or more HEVC-encoded files into the conversion list. A direct drag-and-drop is also supported.

Open the output format page on the right side of the program. Then, head to the Sony device section and select PS4 as the output profile.

Tip. You can also keep the same video format in the Video format category and then go to the Parameter settings and change the video encoder to H264 and the audio encoder to AAC/AC-3.

Finally, click the bottom triangle button to set an output folder and press Run to convert the HEVC video to the PS4 format.

Now, transfer the converted files to your USB and play the video on the PS4 Media Player.

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Converting H265 to H264 is not the only way to play the video on PS4 and PS4 Pro. You can also use Plex to stream HEVC files to PS4.

What’s good about Plex is that it offers real-time transcoding of the unsupported HEVC file to the PS4 video format, so it’ll be faster to watch the content on PS4. But keep in mind that the quality and the playback experience aren’t guaranteed, especially if the Plex server runs on a low-end device or you have a poor network connection.

Here is a Guide on How to Use Plex.

It is quite simple to fix the PS4 HEVC problem by converting HEVC to H264. And besides using the professional video converter program, you can try Plex transcoding. Just beware of the system requirements and network conditions when using Plex.

That’s all I want to share about the PS4 H265 issue & fix. I hope this article has solved your problem. Thanks for reading. Have a nice day!