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Remote Play Thread: Play PS4 games on Vita/VitaTV via WiFi at home or away
- Thread starter DieH@rd
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Do I need to enable uPNP for remote play on the PS4 anywhere? Right now I've got it setup with a static IP and had the ports manually forwarded on my router.
Interestingly enough, I just purchased a game on the web store and had my PS4 download it, and it created an entry in uPNP when it woke up:
I wonder if there will be more once I try to remote play.
Yes it does create more uPNP entries when remote play is used
bigninja
Member
Add me to the list of Apple Airport Extreme users that can't get Remote Play to work over the internet.
I gave the PS4 a dedicated local IP. I have used the Airport Utility to port forward based on the ports listed here:
http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/psvita/ps4link/viainternet.html
No dice.
Anyone else with an Airport get it to work? Seriously considering a new AC router with uPnP for this feature. I needs it.
I gave the PS4 a dedicated local IP. I have used the Airport Utility to port forward based on the ports listed here:
http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/psvita/ps4link/viainternet.html
No dice.
Anyone else with an Airport get it to work? Seriously considering a new AC router with uPnP for this feature. I needs it.
I'm starting a list of titles and how they handle PSVita control. This is what I have so far. I'd be interested in what Killzone, BF4, NFS, etc do.
Note - none of the games attempt to explain their remote play buttons - even Warframe which has a different scheme compared to the others I played.
Resogun - Translates Directly*; allows button remapping
Flower - Translates Directly*; pretty simple - tilting the PSVita is just like tilting the DS4 - and pressing anything including backside causes petal acceleration (forgot to test touching the screen)
Contrast - Translates Directly*
Lego Marvel - Translates Directly*
Warframe - Overrides button mapping - There are actually two DS4 button configurations, but when playing remote play - the PSVita uses a single specific one that is unaffected by the DS4 button layout chosen (I don't know how to create tables here, so I'll just drop this in a code block)
*Translates Directly - uses the button configuration you see from pressing PS button on the Vita and looking at the Button Layout image (can't screenshot this screen on the Vita); that is L2/R2 to top back corners of PSVita; L3/R3 to bottom back corners of PSVita; and the touch pad to the screen of the PSVita;
Note - none of the games attempt to explain their remote play buttons - even Warframe which has a different scheme compared to the others I played.
Resogun - Translates Directly*; allows button remapping
Flower - Translates Directly*; pretty simple - tilting the PSVita is just like tilting the DS4 - and pressing anything including backside causes petal acceleration (forgot to test touching the screen)
Contrast - Translates Directly*
Lego Marvel - Translates Directly*
Warframe - Overrides button mapping - There are actually two DS4 button configurations, but when playing remote play - the PSVita uses a single specific one that is unaffected by the DS4 button layout chosen (I don't know how to create tables here, so I'll just drop this in a code block)
Code:
Normal Controls PSVita
Abilities Touch swipes Front face touch swipes
Shoot R2 RB
Fine Aim L2 Left D-pad
Agile Mvmt L1 (hold toggles crouch) LB (crouch disengages on release)
Sprint L3 bottom left backside
Melee R1 Down D-pad
other buttons are a direct mapping*Translates Directly - uses the button configuration you see from pressing PS button on the Vita and looking at the Button Layout image (can't screenshot this screen on the Vita); that is L2/R2 to top back corners of PSVita; L3/R3 to bottom back corners of PSVita; and the touch pad to the screen of the PSVita;
NoctisVsStar
Member
No psvita deals for Black Friday on amazon ;/
brianmcdoogle
Member
Interesting. Thanks for the information! Any power line adapter you recommend? Does anyone here use one already for this? Does it work well?
Edit: wow, so this worked really well turning off the ps4 internet! I can actually play via the vita! Now I just need to test the range of it. I will still order the powerline because I can get one fairly cheap and I want the ps4 to still have an internet connection.
Cheesecakebobby
Banned
Still no luck here. Do you think we ought to ask Sony or Apple for tech support? Maybe a small patch or firmware update could solve the issue, if there are enough of us...
petethepanda
Member
Weird, local RP working terribly for me today. Direct connection enabled, less than 10 feet from the PS4, dropping all over the place.
Is your PS4 plugged in with a LAN cable? If not then it automatically defaults to Vita > Router > PS4
SwiftDeath
Member
Great to hear
Guess a wired connection is really the way to go regardless if internet is actually coming through
Odd
jeremy1456
Junior Member
I was having some problems with remote play even with an Ethernet cable in. With direct connection enabled.
I was playing Knack and the Vita kept skipping frames.
I was playing Knack and the Vita kept skipping frames.
Did you check wifi channels and any conflicts with your wifi router's channel? Manually set the channels to be far apart to minimize interference.
eBay is going to have them for $150, maybe Amazon will match it.
Apple won't do anything about it unless their port forwarding is broken, and afaik it isn't.
They're not going to implement UPnP all of a sudden just for this, and otherwise Sony gives explicit instructions right there for non UPnP routers. If Sony's own instructions don't work it's their problem...and if users aren't setting up the router right then it's a user problem of course, but it doesn't sound like that's the issue here (...then again most people aren't too knowledgeable about setting up their network so who knows).
CyberChulo
Member
Oh man, remote play works like a dream. I was always blocked by the firewall for Vita to PS3 connection at work, but with the PS4, it connected on the first try. So far I spent 19 hours on AC4 and about 15 of those hours was done at "work" lol.
Are you downloading anything in the background on your PS4? I find that if my PS4 has downloads going that it sometimes seems to mess with my RP connection.
SwiftDeath
Member
Odd question here, but when playing PS4 games, how are people holding their Vitas to make best use of the rear touch pad?
In other words, are you using your index finger for both the shoulder button and the rear touch pad, or are you using your index finger for the shoulder button and your middle finger when hitting the touch pad?
I am not used to using the touch pad when playing the Vita, so I'm finding that I'm hitting it a lot unintentionally.
In other words, are you using your index finger for both the shoulder button and the rear touch pad, or are you using your index finger for the shoulder button and your middle finger when hitting the touch pad?
I am not used to using the touch pad when playing the Vita, so I'm finding that I'm hitting it a lot unintentionally.
JimtotheHum
Member
I after a week of messing with it, I finally got remote play working via the internet! Turns out, even though I had my PS4 connected directly to the router, I was still using WiFi. Switched my settings to a direct connection, and now it works flawlessly.
Little or no lag playing Black Flag at work via the internet!
Little or no lag playing Black Flag at work via the internet!
Askherserenity
Member
So my Vita finds a PS4 wifi connection, should I connect to that instead of connecting to my home network? It's asking for a password and I have no idea what it could be. Tried my home network password and that didn't work.
Question for you guys. I tried tethering my Vita to remote play with the ps4, but I can't get the wifi to connect to PSN. It gets the IP, finds the connection, but times out trying to sign into psn. I tried it at home with tethering and on my home WiFi so I know it wasn't a problem with PSN.
Something's wrong with my remote play apparently. For some reason i can only use remote play for about 2 mins or so, give or take a couple of seconds, no matter where I am. I have the setting to connect directly to the ps4 and when it begins it works very well, very responsive then just starts to stutter heavily for no reason. even if im right in front of the ps4. Is anyone else experiencing this? also when i do try to reconnect, it says that connection speed of my vita might be too slow.
Remote play is setup entirely through the PS4 Link app... Do not try connecting to the PS4 WiFi network manually
Sounds like some kind if signal degradation. Did you try to put your Vita into fixed WiFi chanel, one that is free from interference?
http://doddscientifics.com/2013/11/17/ps4-remote-play-fix/
Iorv3th
Member
If you are getting the error "can not sign in" on your vita when turning the ps4 on there is one solution.
Unplug any USB headsets. It will for some reason try and ask who is using the headset before letting you sign in. So that stops you from signing in with your vita over remote play.
Sweet, thanks man, will try it.
neogaf_cage_free
Chimera Apologist
I had the airport and suffered the same problem as everyone else apparently. No matter what I did, could not get it to work. I swapped it out with a Netgear Nighthawk and it seems to have cleared up the issue.
I can't get this to work over the internet... My PS4 is connected via a cable, but my vita can not find it and turn it on when I'm outside. The "allow network to power console" is checked on the PS4 and it is in stand by mode.
It works perfectly fine on my home router but I can't get it to work anywhere else. For example, I'm at my girlfriends right now and it won't work. Using a Trendnet TEW-731BR router here. UPnP is enabled.
Any help? This is getting on my nerves.
It works perfectly fine on my home router but I can't get it to work anywhere else. For example, I'm at my girlfriends right now and it won't work. Using a Trendnet TEW-731BR router here. UPnP is enabled.
Any help? This is getting on my nerves.
Zoe
Member
Restricted to that account.
Coolbgdog12
Member
I can't get it to work via internet either. It just searches for PS4 and then doesn't connect.
baxter2231
Member
Does anyone know how the vita chooses between the three channels when its set to auto? Is it the least interference, strongest signal etc???
Pierre Levegh
Member
I've got similar issues. Remote Play in the home directly connecting from Vita to the PS4 works fantastic. But, I'm not able to connect using the internet when the PS4 is on or in standby mode. I've got all the appropriate settings ticked off and I have my PS4 in the router's DMZ. My ATT Uverse router apparently does not support UPNP so maybe that is why it is not working.
MeBecomingI
Member
I love Remote Play. I was watching hockey earlier this evening and during the first period intermission I felt like playing Knack but I didn't want to play out in my living room and be away from my comfy bed... so I went and turned my PS4 on, went back to my room, grabbed my Vita, linked up with the PS4 and started playing Knack no problem. It just works so well and is so very, very painless. Sony did a great job with this.
The video quality takes a hit, but the controls were still very, very responsive and completely playable from a few rooms away.
The video quality takes a hit, but the controls were still very, very responsive and completely playable from a few rooms away.
There are some media apps that are actually Remote Play compatible =D We should start a list. I can only imagine these are on purpose though... At least with Crunchyroll at the very least. They owe me.
Works
Does Not Work
Ummmmm.... The rest I haven't/can't try. I'll try to try again later. But ima go to sleep.
Works
- Crunchyroll
- NBA Game Time
Does Not Work
- Hulu Plus
- Netflix
Ummmmm.... The rest I haven't/can't try. I'll try to try again later. But ima go to sleep.
Coolbgdog12
Member
WOW! It finally worked online and at my job with it's SHITTY wifi. Seriously this is amazing, I was able to stream killzone mp with a terrible connection. I don't know what I did different but I think I left direct connect to vita unchecked on the PS4. The PS4 has a static ip i.e. 192.168.1.4(it's connected to my e1200 linkys router). On the router UpNp is enabled, DMZ is not and my router dhcp range starts at 192.168.1.2.
ToVenusAndBack
Member
This is what I want to know. This will definitely push me towards creating a US account if it won't get in the way of Remote Play or multiplayer or trophies etc
Very interesting solution [sub-account].
Ok, so all we need is a grip or something to combine a Vita and DS 4 controller. Just use the OLED as a screen.
Also was thinking if it's possible for grip makers like HORI to build triggers onto the back of the Vita. Click on the trigger would simulate a finger touching a quadrant.
Also was thinking if it's possible for grip makers like HORI to build triggers onto the back of the Vita. Click on the trigger would simulate a finger touching a quadrant.
Zoe
Member
It doesn't need a sub account, just any account that's not your own. If you want to use the controller under your own account, sync the Vita with someone else's.
The vita becomes a controller, and you can only have one controller per player, so I don't see how this is surprising or unexpected.
The vita becomes a controller, and you can only have one controller per player, so I don't see how this is surprising or unexpected.