Sony Playstation Remote Play

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A PS5 console or PS4 console is required for Remote Play.

With Remote Play, you can control your PlayStation® console remotely wherever you have a high-speed internet connection.
Using the [PS Remote Play] app, you can control your PlayStation®5 console or PlayStation®4 console from a device in a different location.
For example, you can use a computer in another room or a smartphone^* when you’re out to enjoy PS5™ and PS4™ games.

*: You can’t use Remote Play on your mobile device’s cellular data network. A high-speed Wi-Fi® network is required.

Sony has renamed the PS4 Remote Play app as well; it's now simply called PS Remote Play and will presumably allow for HDR game streaming @1080p on the PS5 when the console launches next month.

With Remote Play, you can control your PlayStation® console remotely wherever you have a high-speed internet connection. Using the PS Remote Play app, you can control your PlayStation®5 console. 9, 2020, 8:02 p.m. Sony surprised everyone today by quietly launching a PS5 Remote Play app for the PS4, and with it, opened the way to stream PS5 games to the current-gen console. The Xbox One lets you hook up a controller to your Windows 10-based PC and stream your Xbox One's screen to that PC. On the PS4, though, remote streaming only works on the PS Vita and PlayStation TV, as well as Sony Xperia devices, but not to a PC. App developer Twisted didn't want to wait for Sony, and created a workaround known as Remote Play PC.

The following are the different combinations of compatible devices and PlayStation consoles for using Remote Play. For instructions on downloading the app and getting started with Remote Play, go to one of the links below.

Control your PS5 console

Control your PS4 console

Control your PS4 console from your PS Vita system^*
Control your PS4 console from your PS TV system^*

*: With the [PS4 Link] app, you can remotely control your PS4 console with a PlayStation®Vita system or PlayStation®TV system.
Find out more about how to set up and use Remote Play on your systems in the PS Vita User’s Guide or the PS TV User’s Guide.

Depending on the content or how it’s used, Remote Play may not be available. For details, see “Restrictions”.

[PS Remote Play] Update Information

Windows PC version 4.1:

Stability during use of some features has been improved.

Mac version 4.1:

Stability during use of some features has been improved.

Mobile version:

Visit Google Play™ or the App Store for update information.

Restrictions

Some games do not support Remote Play.
Games that require peripherals such as PlayStation®VR or PlayStation®Camera aren’t compatible with Remote Play.
You can’t use Remote Play on your PS5 console or PS4 console in the following situations:
- When you’re using Share Screen or Share Play, or broadcasting your gameplay
- When users are using Remote Play, Share Play, or Share Screen, or broadcasting their gameplay
- When you’re playing a Blu-ray Disc™ or DVD
- When you’re using PS VR in VR mode
The following restrictions apply when using Remote Play:
- You can’t use Share Screen or Share Play, or broadcast your gameplay.
- You can’t play a Blu-ray Disc™ or DVD.
- You can’t play music with Spotify®.
- Some or all video content might not be displayed on your device depending on the game or video service.
For details on audio input and output during Remote Play, visit our support website.

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With the launch of Google Stadia, more and more games and gaming content is being directed towards stream gaming or gaming over network. Google Stadia took the concept of game streaming to a whole new level, albeit issues many users faced. But long before Stadia was launched, console biggies, Sony and Microsoft have been offering game streaming (on local LAN and remotely) via their proprietary applications like Remote play and Xbox streaming on Windows 10 respectively.

The basic idea is that whenever you are playing a game on a console (either PS4 or Xbox), can you continue playing the game on other supported devices within your network (and remotely in some cases) even if you move away from your console without interruption. Your console behaves like a streaming game server (imagine it like a Google Stadia server inside your home 😉) streaming and supporting your game or any remote activity on your console. This however is limited to conditions like:

The game you are playing
The device to which the game will be streamed
The platform on which the game will be streamed
The network bandwidth (ideally the minimum requirement is 5Mpbs over LAN, and 10 Mbps over Wi-Fi) and so on

However, even if all the above requirements tick the box, then you are left with one major limitation, the application that supports the stream play (the game streaming agent on your console and the client agent on your PC/phone/TV). Most these agents or applications are proprietary to respective console manufacturers and hence have many limitations and nothing much can be done about it or I thought so until I stumbled across something on GitHub, by a developer named thestr4ng3r

The application is called Chiaki. It’s a free, open-source, multi-platform, remote play client for PlayStation 4. The thing that drove me to it, was the support for Android OS which was released a month ago. The application can be downloaded from Google Play here. The complete release list and fixes can be found here.

The application supports complete setup process, right from registration using PSNAccountID to full streaming (supports 1080p for PS4 pro and 720p for non-pro PS4) and also remote PS4 wakeup. To setup the remote play, Chiaki and your PS4 must be on same network. Ideally, the PS4 discovery is automatic via Chiaki application but if automatic discovery fails, then this can be done manually by adding a device (by clicking + in discover new devices) and entering the IP address of the PS4 (see PS4 ->Settings -> Network -> View Connection Status). I always keep my PS4 IP static (have registered my PS4’s MAC ID in the reserved IP table in DNS of my router) hence discovery is always a guarantee. Also, previously PS4 registration was possible via online-ID but after PS4 Update 7.0, the registration can only be done using the PSN AccountID and PIN. You can see the screenshots below for the application setup taken from PC and phone.

The PSN AccountID is a new requirement available for PS4 System update 7.0 and beyond.

The complete steps to obtain the PS4 AccountID are available in the original GitHub repository.

The PIN can be obtained from the Settings menu in PS4 Console. Go to Remote Play Settings and then Click “Add Device”. A pin appears for about 300 seconds. Just type the PIN from the PS4 in to the PIN field and the device gets registered. This process has to be done just for the first time.

Once the registration of the device is completed successfully, the following registry screens are generated.

Key mappings are not an issue as Chiaki is built with SDL Gamecontroller API and hence will typically support any USB controller and key bindings. With DualShock controller though, Touchpad is not enabled. Another desired feature currently lacking but has been promised as part of future releases is the ability for congestion control (a feature where you can essentially control your network bandwidth, prioritizing your network for gaming or game streaming) for a lag-free gaming experience.

Ps3 Remote Play

Another feature that I have to test, but suggested by the author is, once the PS4 is registered with Chiaki, the remote play and remote wake-up functionality is supported via Internet as well. I have tested the application in my local network. Below is a set of screenshots of my test and it works very well considering I have fairly poor network bandwidth in my home.