PlayStation 4 has lots of awesome exclusive games, and now you can enjoy those masterpieces from your PC thanks to Remote Play. Although, it's way more comfortable to play games in PS4 Remote Play with keyboard and mouse. That's where reWASD can save your day!
First of all, you can use PS4 Remote Play without controller at all. You only need to create a PS4 Remote Play keyboard and mouse preset with the settings that fit you the most, Apply, and roll. We also have made the preset for you that can emulate PS4 controller for Remote Play, you can find it in PS4 Remote Play profile inside reWASD after installation. But it might need some adjustments for mouse sensitivity, so feel free to use or config as a base for your PS4 Remote Play keyboard and mouse layout.
Second of all, if you still want to use the controller, but don't have a PS4 gamepad near, you can launch emulate PS4 controller for Remote Play with any physical gamepad plugged in. That way PS4 Remote Play Xbox controller settings can be the way you want them to be!
Feel free to check out the PS4 Remote Play keyboard and mouse profiles we have here in reWASD Community.
Remote Play is a feature of Sony video game consoles that allows the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 to transmit its video and audio output to another device; previously this could only be a PlayStation Portable or PlayStation Vita.In 2014, it was expanded to include the use of PlayStation TV, Xperia smartphones and tablets (Z2 and later), and PlayStation Now.
Sony has brought out an update for the new PlayStation 4 which allows you to stream and play PlayStation 4 games on Windows and Mac systems. This also enables you to play parallel on both the systems. One person can play on PC while one more person parallelly can play on the linked PS4 as a local multiplayer game via PS4 Remote Play.
Apr 15, 2021 Turn on your PS4 system or put it into rest mode. Connect a controller to your computer with a USB cable, or pair it using a DualShock 4 USB wireless adaptor. Launch (PS4 Remote Play) on your. Uninstalling the PS4 Remote Play Application from your PC: For the windows users: Go to the control panel and click on the programs and features, there you will find the PS4 Remote play program. Right-click on it and then click on uninstall PS4 Remote Play. For Mac Users: Drag the Remote Play from the Applications folder to the Trash.
Table of Contents - Article HierarchyFrom the function screen on your PS4 console, select Settings Remote Play Connection Settings Add Device, and a number displays. Launch the Remote Play app on your PC or Mac. Enter the number displayed on the screen of your console to add the device to Remote Play. On the PS4™ system's function screen, select (Settings) Remote Play Connection Settings, and then select the Enable Remote Play checkbox to set a checkmark. On the PS4™ system's function screen, select (Settings) PlayStation™Network/Account Management Activate as Your Primary PS4.
The update has opened up a bundle of opportunities for people who share the TV or play games. The setup of this futuristic feature is general and easy provided you are provided with a good internet connection. Games can be played even when you are not at home.
There are 2 main features announced for the Sony PlayStation in the PS4 Remote play version 2.0.0 update is:
Before beginning with the setup lets learn about the basic requirements for setting up your PS4 Remote Play. Below given is the list of thing you need before starting the setup:
System(Windows or Mac) with some given below elaborated basic specifications.
If it is a Windows PC:
If it is Mac OS system you will need a computer with either of the following specifications:
If you are using a system that has a built-in microphone or supports it, remote play can be used to send the signal to your PS4 so you can join in using voice chat. The mic can be controlled on or off by the mic icon on the screen.
Now that you have all the required things in the list to start with the setup of your new PlayStation 4Remote play update lets go through the steps to update this futurist feature step by step.
It is a pretty straightforward procedure which you just need to follow.
Here are few steps to follow if you wish to connect your PS4 to any system other than your primary system, you can in that case manually register or pair with the system.
But, in cases where ‘Register Manually’ didn’t appear in the bottom, do the given below steps:
Now, you should be good to go. You will see the notification on the PS4 system telling you that you have joined via Remote Play.
For the better results and hazel free gaming experience Sony has recommended that you connect the console directly to your router using a wired network connection. Your Remote Play also works on the internet if you have at least 5mbps speed connection in both upstream and downstream.
In the beginning, you could be a little disappointed with default resolution and framerate but this has its fix.
Launch the Remote Play app while your PS4 is off. Hit the settings and bring up the resolution setting options and tweak it as per your desire.
After the initial disappointment, once you do the required setting as given above. On a pretty decent network connection, Remote Play is what people who wanted to relinquish the TV for whatever reason had dreamt for.
Occasional frame skip or audio block has been noticed. These things get even worse when you tend to leave Remote Play App active in the background and start doing other things.
Better experiences noticed on OS X. Latency seems to be imperceptible over a local connection.
Things are little messed up at some points because of the compression used. If you are forced to stick to anything below 540p, seems like you are gonna get disappointed with the quality of the image. Whatever the conditions, not at any point does the user feel unplayable.
Finally would sum it up, with saying that this is indeed the futuristic feature awaited by most of the gamers. With flawless gaming experience. Giving gamers the highest level of comfort and also feel realistic.
Also, coming to the final leg. We need to be aware of the procedure to uninstall the application safely.
For the windows users:
Go to the control panel and click on the programs and features, there you will find the PS4 Remote play program. Right-click on it and then click on uninstall [PS4 Remote Play].
For Mac Users:
Drag the Remote Play from the Applications folder to the Trash. Then go to finder and Empty Trash. The application will be uninstalled from your Mac.