On my home network it plays fine in single player applications. I tried playing a game online, it's horrendous. My connection is more than adequate but the input lag is really bad on the controller.
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Sony's PlayStation Remote Play Feature Expanding to Mac and PC Tomorrow
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This works very well for me on my home network. Filmed a couple of seconds so one can see how much lag there is compard to the original signal going to the tv. As you'll notice there's pretty much none at all. I've got my PS4 on ethernet and MBP on Wifi, connected to a 4th generation APE on the 5ghz band.
It needs to be able to stream at about 1.2Mb/s to work like in the video, settings are 720p @ 60hz.
It needs to be able to stream at about 1.2Mb/s to work like in the video, settings are 720p @ 60hz.
I assume you don't share the main TV with anyone else in the house. But when the wife or kid want to watch something else, you still get to play.
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Nothing. Sony handles everything for you. The PS4 connects to the internet, the remote player connects to the internet. Your home network doesn't need and special ports open.
Works perfectly for me too. My big bluetooth headphones on (paired to MacBook), and 720p Remote Play over home network play The Division the past few nights (on a 15" MacBook Pro). No lag what-so-ever. Means I can actually get some time to play as the big TV is invariably in use by spouse and daughter.
I notice all the sounds that were previously coming from the controller appears to be routed via the BT headphones too, which is great as means I can play without disturbing anyone.
With Wake On LAN enabled, PS4 starts automatically when the connect button hit in the desktop app — incidentally, they've been pretty clever here and when started remotely like this it *doesn't* trigger the Sony TV & amp switching channels (this -very usefully- does happen if I start the PS4 from the PS button on a controller), so they've really thought about the various use cases.
I did move my PS4 off of WIFI and onto my wired LAN to help reduce the network being flooded with traffic, but the MacBook is never wired.
I notice all the sounds that were previously coming from the controller appears to be routed via the BT headphones too, which is great as means I can play without disturbing anyone.
With Wake On LAN enabled, PS4 starts automatically when the connect button hit in the desktop app — incidentally, they've been pretty clever here and when started remotely like this it *doesn't* trigger the Sony TV & amp switching channels (this -very usefully- does happen if I start the PS4 from the PS button on a controller), so they've really thought about the various use cases.
I did move my PS4 off of WIFI and onto my wired LAN to help reduce the network being flooded with traffic, but the MacBook is never wired.
You can leave a disc in and play it.
I've played a lot of battlefront recently while away with work and it works well. I have tried it on a PS Vita, a Galaxy S5 (I'm not a great fan of the touch controls, I would rather us a controller), and recently on my mac. This was all done using crappy hotel Wifi and vpn'd into my home network.
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Because it's not going over LAN. Remote play means just that, you can play remotely, away from home. You just need a device that supports it and an internet connection (broadband or mobile).
720p will be fine for most users, especially on a non retina MacBook (like me)
The remote play app (at least the VS Vita and mobile versions) does try to connect to your PS4 locally first before trying to establish a connection over the internet.