Announced during the pre-conference livestream, Sony confirmed that a media player is coming to the PlayStation 4 and will be available this evening.

Here’s what they had to say:

If you were watching our E3 press conference pre-show, you probably heard the good news – Media Player for the PS4 will be available to download from PlayStation Store this evening. A Media Player icon will appear in the PS4 content area, simply select the icon and you will be taken to the PS Store where you can begin the download.

The Media Player works with both your home server and when plugging a USB stick with media into one of the available ports on the PS4. Your home server will appear as a media option in the player automatically and finding your media is simple and quick. You may also simply enjoy music as background music on your PS4!

Of course, we know what you really want to see: look below to see supported video and audio file formats and codec details.

File Formats and Codecs

Video

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)

Photo

• JPEG (based on DCF 2.0/Exif 2.21)
• BMP
• PNG

Music

• MP3
• AAC (M4A)

[Source: PS Blog]