Getting USB thumb drives to work with PS4’s Media Player

Quick answer: make sure the thumb drive is formatted using a Master Boot Record (MBR) partition in either FAT32 or ExFAT format. The MBR partition format is key.

If formatting a device on a Mac, the default partitioning uses a GUID Partition Map. Make sure you change this to Master Boot Record and you’ll be all set.

More discussion in these posts:

http://community.us.playstation.com/t5/Games-Services/PS4-Media-Player-Not-Reading-any-files-on-USB/td-p/45224287

Why Can’t PS4 Media Player Read My Drive? (Yes I’ve tried the Obvious Stuff)
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