Playstation users are actually Recommended to do this 

This is the only youtuber who gives so much information in such a little time Edit: sorry for misunderstandings but when i said only i meant rare Edit 2: WHOA THANKS GUYS THIS IS THE MOST LIKES I'VE EVER GOTTEN Edit 3: i am still alive XD

Oh wow 0:00 John got his hands on ps4 mega pro

I have an external hdd and rebuilding the database works just fine, been doin it for about a year, and I find everything works fine

I'm glad you said you showed this before, and you're just explaining why should we do it 👍

The only person I can trust him in this stuff

Rebuilding does work!! I did that immediately after your video, I absolutely can't stand input lag!

I do this about once a month and my PS4 Pro runs like a top, I have an external HDD and I've had no problems whatsoever performing the database rebuild procedure. Thanks again for the great content.

It screwed up my custom folders, but I was able to recover it after a while.

Sometimes certain games do get taken out of your library. If that happens to you, just go to settings and press restore licenses. When I rebuilt the database on my PS4 it removed like 20 games from my library, but once I restore licenses they all came back. I don’t remember him telling this info so hopefully it helps someone :)

This really helps if you’re capturing a lot of video and editing it using the PS4 OS. After a couple of weeks disk access gets pretty clunky. I’ve gotten into the habit of just rebuilding the database about twice a month.

For the people who are concerned about rebuilding the database with a external hard drive, no nothing will happen with it still connected so you will be okay. I can say this since I did rebuild the database with my external hard drive.

I did this last night after watching your first video. And it works just fine after all. Thank you

I watch your vid on this last week and did it.. Now it runs better and loads alot quicker now so thanks

It makes a huge difference especially for someone like me with a base ps4 that’s 7 years old. I do it about once a month now. Only problem I’ve encountered is games not showing up on my main screen, they’re still downloaded but the icon just is hiding in the library.

Thanks for the clearly, nicely and shortly explained video. That reddish background is what I liked the most

Johnny you're a god sent miracle, keep up the good work and thanks for the info!

Thank you for the hard work and all the info u give us on .. getting better performance out our PS4 and 5...and all the info on controller repair...🙏💯🏀

Finally man !! I cant imagine RU-vid wthout you ❤️

Post notifications on!! Been watching your videos keep up to the great work, your always keeping it clean & simple

Thank you so much GlassCock! I could’ve never figured this out myself!

Appreciate ur work from Saudi Arabia, thanks 🙏

Been a where of this little trick for a while. It is useful.

One thing I would like to mention which I absolutely wasn't aware of before doing this.. I'm having right about 129 games on my Ps4 Pro right now and when I did the rebuild database thing some of my folders disappeared completely while others were there but no games inside of the folders themselves... Imagine having to place 130 games back into their original folders.. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♂️ I'm using a 4TB Seagate it's made specifically to give external storage for the Ps4 so it works very well.. Only thing I personally would absolutely recommend is disconnecting your external hard drive before doing the rebuild database if you like having many games at once in order all in their folders.. Unless you want to play the remember where it was before little game. 😆🤣😁😁😁 Haven't noticed any other negative impacts except this thankfully. Thanks for the tip John! 👍👍

Phew thanks for all the available information

Right on topic, good video! 🙏

This helped me so much, thanks

This guy is a literal GOD for sharing this info with us🙌

Great info! 👍

Good video Jon very informative sir 💪🏾💪🏾🤟🏾✌🏾

Thank you!

FYI. Doing a database rebuild will delete your custom folders. Also, I had around 30 to 50% of my patches deleted. I'm also using an external HDD. The patches deleted were from games both on external and internal HDDs. It's not a big deal, but I did have to spend some time creating new custom folders and downloading patches again.

Let's go! This video really helps.

I think everyone here would like a network setup update. I just recently got an s8000. We’d love to see what other tips and tricks you have for us in 2020.

I have a hybrid hard drive and a external hdd, rebuild database helps both with no side effects. Except the folder problem mentioned in the video. 1 tb in each used, longest it took with everything was ten minutes from start to finish. Hope it helps someone.

Defragging an SSD does nothing since it's not a physical drive, HDD (PC USERS CALL BOTH SSD AND HDD "HARD DRIVES") use real physical data collection (the same as a DVD but smaller and made of glass.or metal most of the time. If you had a hard drive, not a sad (SOLID STATE DRIVE) and notice fps lag or things not rendering fully, then rebuilding the data base should help, its quite literally in theory just "defragging" (organizing the data on the hard drive to be closer together to read faster then before while getting rid of corrupt or useless data)

I emailed Sony regarding external HDD. They recommended I disconnect it before entering Safe Mode as the low power output could corrupt data. I don't know to what extent this is true but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

Great video 🏆

Great video but I was wondering what’s a cheap gaming router u recommend or a decent priced one

I got my controllers to work thanks bro you are awesome

this actually happened to me and i was confused what to do i just hold the turn on button on the ps4 and i saw that on my screen and i was scared thank you for telling us john glassock you always help us on what we need to do

That OG theme at the end is beautiful

I’ve got two Pros: one with an HDD and another with a 1TB SSD; I’m gonna do it the HDD ONLY. Thanks for the tip!

I keep all my games and applications in folders so when I did this I was frustrated when the folders disappeared especially when I have a lot of games and had them in a certain order but thanks for the great tips 👍

Had to do this when we lost power at our house for a few seconds. Decided to sided step future problems and got a battery backup power supply for our game counsels.

Both answers to the SSD question are right, it can shorten the life span (it's not like giving it cancer, more like giving it a drinking problem) but it also does increase performance. SsD are like all other hard drives in the sense that they don't last forever, so in my experience getting better performance is always the way to go. What's sad is that I never knew about the database option on the ps4 until I watched your video..I instantly did it and my ps4 runs like new!

I love this vids man you help us a lot 🙌🏽

Cool, gonna try it now...

What is the stand you are using for your PS4? Also please do a video about useful PS4 accessories.

You should be perfectly fine doing this if you have and external hdd connected. I've had to do it multiple times before when required to do so after the usb cable for the external hdd got knocked by accident. Never had an issue from doing so.

oh wow my fps went SO high! thanks m8 🙏

I have done it and now I have to download some updates of my games, that I have as discs at home. As long as I saw it right, my progress is the same as before, but i think thats clear because of PS Plus. I hope the other accounts on the console have their progress too, although they have no PS Plus

Hi john , just wanna tell u something that i discovered it recently about how to get less input lag in ps4 in games or in menus Just go on settings => systeme => automatic downloads => and switch off all the options who belong to automatic downloads The ps4 will run faster then before 10 times better

Where u found the Tifa Theme? Looks Amazing ❤❤

I use external HDD, and I did this, nothing bad happens to it, so it’s a good to go! Also, makes the games load faster, so, if u have issues with the PS4 do it right now!

FOR ANYONE THAT IS WORRIED, IVE JUST DONE IT AN ITS DEFINITELY WORTH DOING, I was scared of literally countless things I thought could happen an none of then happened... enjoy!

I only rebuild if I have to because putting around 700+ games back into their folders is very tedious. I believe the reason why some folders are deleted are because those folders are from games that you have on a external hard drive. I've tested it by three times having to do the rebuild the data base and twice having to make my "BOARD AND CARD GAMES" folder and this last time I transferred one of the Mahjong games onto the consoles hard drive because it was small enough and when I recently had to do do the rebuild that Mahjong game and the folder was still there.

Can you do a vid on how to download your disc games Thank you

I thought it would be this. Defragmentation is useful

u just got a like and a sub bro 👍

Hey love the vid but I got a question I have a normal ps4 with one functional usb. I have an external portable hard drive like you might know it only works if you connect it directly to the PS4 but since I have one usb that works I can’t use my headset ( G935 Logitech ) I was wonder if there’s any extra portable usb that Will allow me to use my headset and my hard drive ?

I was thinking of doing it but once I heard some patches on games are deleted, I'm not, because I don't have home Internet and just to download an update using my phones Hotspot would take a week. Can't even play campaign mode on COD WW 2 because is a 32gb update. I did some updates to my games in a friend's house that live too far from me.

It is a good idea to rebuild data base on ssd it gives more quite I rebuild my see everyday

Thank you for help.

Mr. Glasscock. Is the PS4 PRO really worth it? I heard the difference between the standard and pro are pretty slim. Because I do not care about graphics, resolution and frames per second, is this still worth getting? Or is the standard one suffice? I had a talk with someone who has a pro and they said it was not really worth it. Your thoughts John??

Good video Glasscock

good job johnboy once again btw that might have been me in your noctification's here in your vid if so i feel some what famous lmao take care P P P Peace.

It is fine and good if you have an external hard drive. I have one and I’ve done it

Off topic question dude. What monitor are using? Looks like it performs great.

I had to do this as I couldn't connect to the PS store. Only downside was that once down my PS4 wanted to download every update for every game so I had to turn off auto update.

If you buy a usb for the PS4 pro can you use the usb to get the clips from ur capture gallery into the usb and will that make it better quality then just posting the video on twitter or RU-vid?

With doing this if you have Netflix or other Accounts app’s that you are using from a friend or yourself gotta re-sign in App to use it again.

I have an external HD, no problems. It doesn’t touch the external, as far as I can tell. I actually want to find someway to do this to the external.....I’m no computer guy myself, and don’t even know if it’s needed, but there’s a lot of data on there. Seems like it would be a good idea to clean that puppy up.

Thank you for the follow up on this. How often do recommend doing a rebuild? (Weekly, Monthly, Yearly?)

Hey John I was wondering if you could do a updated astro audio settings for modern warfare best setting for foot steps and stuff like thay

Putting in an SSD was the best thing I have ever done to improve performance in my ps4 pro.

Nice info👍, how to clean ps4 pro? Can we do it? I not dare if is complex putting back.. 😔

Yes

GS John Glasscock

I did this from watching your video and it works.But how often do we do this?

Hey, I think I found a solution on how to remove input delay compleatly on a console, want to see more testning done to see how much less it is. It's when you have a elgato (in My case hd60s) and lower all settings u can while keeping 720p and 60fps, testing this in fortnite and it almost feels like playing on a computer. Can go Into more details if i can contact you somehow

I Rebuild it Yesterday Because in Heavy Rain it Flickered like Crazy and FPS was low and Lag. So i looked up what do i do and it said that i should Turn off and on (not Rest mode) my PS4 but for a Limited time. But it Also said to Rebuild Database so i did it and it took 3 Minutes. Now its Better.

Hi Im having same monitor as you , just have a quastion about it can you send me instructions of you set up as yours looks so good compare to mine , what i meen is contrast , Colour settings etc. Please

The question is what is the only platinum trophy you have? 🙂

2:56 where did you get that dynamic theme Sir?

❤️

I did this a few weeks ago after watching your other video and I lost multiple games and patches. I have been trying to remember games that I had purchased so I can redownload them again. The only saving grace is that there ps store remembers my purchase shop I don't have to purchase them again. This has been a super frustrating experience and I have not seem any benefit from doing this.

Question. Where did get theme near the end of your video? I searched the psn store for it and could find it.

Thanks John Glasscock

7.50 software update would love to have your thoughts on it

WoW, how many people here have issues with this cache cleaning process... I don't know why actually... maybe, the 'first time' is the Killer 4 that... 🙃

Do you have video why old PlayStation some times turns off when playing a game?

So basically its like de-fragmenting your computer... Never knew that thanks gonna do that tonight!!

After i rebuilded my database all my Destiny 2 and Modern Warfare Patches were gone. Base game was still there. Bur it payed off cause i notice that i got better performance after rebuildung.

The feeling of getting a new ps4 😊

When I get a PlayStation 4 I am trying this

Folders are still there, but they are in your library instead of on the desktop.

I do this once every week. Especially my 2016 ps4 pro sounds like a jet. I do have a 2tb internally 5400rpm I have had no issues doing this.

Please make a video on why does PS4 Slim , Pro , Fat , heat up and sound like a jet plane and How to prevent this heat up issue please make it in detail and yes one more thing when I play Apex or any online game my PS4 goes loud please tell why Thank You

It did screw my game folders, but nothing was lost. I just had to reorganize a little

I know this will help my buddy Bore out a lot! He seems to think His PS4 is some kinda portable oven 😂 @JohnGlasscock Hey I had another idea for a video you could do, i’ve recently been looking into updating my streaming rig, and I’ve been doing a lot of research though it’s kind of confusing trying to find out exactly what things I need, it be great if you did a video that’s all about what you need to stream on PS4, maybe talk about Elgato and how to optimize OBS?