Sounds good. I'd been using a direct connection to my PS4 to remote play DCUO, but lately I've been getting a ton of disconnects (despite my PS4 being only a few feet away from me). Hopefully the router connection is better.
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Holy crap, PS4-Vita Remote Play is unbelievably good.
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Sounds good. I'd been using a direct connection to my PS4 to remote play DCUO, but lately I've been getting a ton of disconnects (despite my PS4 being only a few feet away from me). Hopefully the router connection is better.
Noisepurge
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PS Vita Assist Grip turns it into a huge awesome Dualshock! Best appearance for sure.
some? as in 50% of the frames
Remote play is capped at 30fps.Baron Von Beans
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I love it. But I will say when I play BF it's great. NFS works great for a while, but then it starts to hang up. THEN, the video speeds up to "catch up". Does this every 30 seconds or so.
Granted, I just moved in to a new house, and am working things out, but it's more than slightly jarring. I need to do some router repositioning.
That aside though, it's freaking amazing. I am more jealous that all of you people that can use your cell phones to play it. I have the wifi hotspot, solely FOR the Vita, and it almost never connects. And when the rare time happens and it DOES connect....it's like I'm on 56k -_-
Granted, I just moved in to a new house, and am working things out, but it's more than slightly jarring. I need to do some router repositioning.
That aside though, it's freaking amazing. I am more jealous that all of you people that can use your cell phones to play it. I have the wifi hotspot, solely FOR the Vita, and it almost never connects. And when the rare time happens and it DOES connect....it's like I'm on 56k -_-
My Vita and PS4 is ready for this.
Mihos
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More than that, the PS4 has to be your Primary. At least I can't connect it with my kids PS4, but it works great with mine.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Yes, I played Resogun in the car over the 4G from my phone. There was definitely noticeable latency, but I was able to mentally correct it enough to beat the first level.
Dreams-Visions
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It's fantastic yes. Plug and play as well. Do recommend.
I am playing AC4 right now while at work during this crazy slow slow day. Using my phone 4g connection with no really noticeable lag. I don't know guys. When I really think about it, this tech truly is amazing to me. To think just a few years ago something like this was a pipe dream. If this existed during my ps1 days...Lord have mercy on my grades in school lol.
I am seriously considering buying most of my games digital now because of this tech...
I am seriously considering buying most of my games digital now because of this tech...
NullPointer
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Still waiting for the Diablo 3 bathroom bundle with toilet-top Vita cozy and velveteen sackboy slippers.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
Maybe 30-40ft and two walls.
I find the Vita pretty comfortable, actually. I'd only want the grip because sometimes I hit the back touchpad if I'm gripping too much.
Yeah, dude! The Nvidia Shield performs admittedly better, now that it supports 60fps, but they're almost identical in terms of latency and image quality. The Wii U is still the absolute best for latency, but both the Shield and the Vita trump it on image quality, imo.
I have this router, an ASUS RT-AC66U dual band. And actually, my PS4 is connected via WiFi, which is why it's confusing that it works better through my router than with the direct connection.
Oh HELL yeah. Skylanders is awesome with Remote Play. The only issue is trying to swap out your figures if you're away from the console. I used a USB extension cable, though. Another great game for Remote Play is LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. I'll probably play that tonight with my GF in bed - I get the Vita, she gets a controller and watches the Vita. Two player portable!
Those with connection issues in other rooms in big houses, etc. You might just have to get a better wifi router. It is what it is.
Or try adjusting some settings in your router. But more than anything you might need a better router. I had no idea until one I had started going bad a few years ago, had alot of disconnection issues with it.
Did research, got what I figured was the best at a decent price... and it made my wireless connection improve almost like night n day in other rooms.
I got the Asus N56U. Before I got it...I was in an apt...I could barely use wireless on my PS3 and 360 in the bedroom...and it was a small 1 bedroom apt. The router was in the living room. And it had a furnace in the middle, which might have interfered with things.
Or try adjusting some settings in your router. But more than anything you might need a better router. I had no idea until one I had started going bad a few years ago, had alot of disconnection issues with it.
Did research, got what I figured was the best at a decent price... and it made my wireless connection improve almost like night n day in other rooms.
I got the Asus N56U. Before I got it...I was in an apt...I could barely use wireless on my PS3 and 360 in the bedroom...and it was a small 1 bedroom apt. The router was in the living room. And it had a furnace in the middle, which might have interfered with things.
SwiftDeath
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I'm hoping that when Sony rolls out DS4 support for the VitaTV sometime this year that will naturally mean DS4 support on the Vita itself.
That would be amazing
I recommend you flash Tomato USB on your new router.... barring the upgrade I did earlier this week, my uptime has been 60+ days
mordecaii83
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I'd like to second that remote play does appear to work better if your PS4 is connected via a cable to the router instead of wirelessly, and the Vita is also connected to the router instead of the PS4. The PS4 wireless chip doesn't seem to be the best, so bypassing that gives the best responsiveness, for me at least. YMMV.
BFIB
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famousmortimer
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pokeystaples
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Wait until that magic moment when you get it working from work. Finally happened to me yesterday. I'd tried and tried and had no luck, but for some reason yesterday things clicked into place.
Playing Don't Starve at work on my Vita while my PS4 was 3 miles away? So much awesome.
Playing Don't Starve at work on my Vita while my PS4 was 3 miles away? So much awesome.
TAS
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Sorry if this is a dumb question but how do you choose the option between direct connection and WiFi? My router is the N66U.
famousmortimer
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My remote play works better through my router also. A big part of that is that you can't set your PS4's adhoc channel so if it defaults to something that is congested where you are it can be spotty. Also, of course, some routers are just freakin' fast.
I wrote up a thing with some tips... and in the comments people added more.
I wrote up a thing with some tips... and in the comments people added more.
I'm sure it works wonderfully, but what is the OP's TV display latency? It's an important metric. Pre-emptive clarification edit: A display with a higher latency will make the streaming look "better" in comparison.
Being playable is of course the more important point, and the Vita streaming seems to do just fine in that regard. Now I just need a PS4.
Being playable is of course the more important point, and the Vita streaming seems to do just fine in that regard. Now I just need a PS4.
FalsettoVibe
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It works great for me. When those PS4 RPGs hit.........Oh man. 
Gintoki313
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I agree OP, it's pretty great. I mostly use it at home when my brother wants to play my PS3, and I'll play my PS4 on my Vita in another room. I played ACIV on it and it worked pretty decently. There was some button press lag, but I adjusted to it.
My only problem is that I'm usually about 10ft away form my PS4 when I use remote play, yet it disconnects a lot. Out of my 1hr playtime of remote play, I probably disconnected about 4 times. I really hated that it disconnected in an important cutscene, but oh well.
It's not perfect, but it works.
My only problem is that I'm usually about 10ft away form my PS4 when I use remote play, yet it disconnects a lot. Out of my 1hr playtime of remote play, I probably disconnected about 4 times. I really hated that it disconnected in an important cutscene, but oh well.
It's not perfect, but it works.
Glorious Ownage
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My biggest complaint is I hate having to use the rear touchpad I wish it had true pair of second triggers
Dreams-Visions
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some? as in 50% of the frames
Ah. I wasn't sure how much and didn't want to overstate, but that makes sense. It was certainly noticeable on Resogun. I'll have to try games like AC4 which are native 30fps to see how that works.
tensuke
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I probably play on remote play more than a controller lately, I always play a bit in bed before I go to sleep, but I don't always play on my monitor every day. It's just so convenient to be laying in bed and get some game in on a portable device. Of course, by now I've beaten everything I have, and I don't play shooters over remote play--I have KZ Mercs if I want to fps in bed--but I play a ton of resogun and some other smaller titles.
Mx_Paladin
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Don't own a ps4 but I'm glad its mandatory to have remote play on every new release because remote play on the ps3 is depressing.
STA_DMAmul
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Remote play is great but I still think the latency could be improved. If the Wii U is doing it so well why can't the PS4?
Good article on the latency here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-vs-vita-remote-play
Good article on the latency here:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-vs-vita-remote-play
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
What!? That's freaking AWESOME. How much is that game?
SwiftDeath
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Every technical aspect of the relationship between the Gamepad and the Wii U was designed for that one interaction
So while the PS4 was designed with PSV remote play in mind and contains an encoding chip for video the playstation vita to my knowledge does not have similar hardware on it to decode the incoming stream and thus must use the rest of the system resources
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Certinty
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It's awesome but there are still a few issues that I hope get fixed.
1) 30fps - I said I wouldn't care much when I found out this was the case but on certain games like Fifa 14 it's very noticeable and isn't the greatest experience.
2) Latency varies - I don't get why but it does. Killzone Shadow Fall seems to have the most which makes me question why this is the case while even another shooter like Battlefield 4 has noticeably less.
1) 30fps - I said I wouldn't care much when I found out this was the case but on certain games like Fifa 14 it's very noticeable and isn't the greatest experience.
2) Latency varies - I don't get why but it does. Killzone Shadow Fall seems to have the most which makes me question why this is the case while even another shooter like Battlefield 4 has noticeably less.
plagiarize
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interesting to consider this. i'd say it's a wash between Vita and Wii U when it comes to image quality. yes, the Vita has higher resolution AND much better contrast, etc, but the feed demonstrates much more compression artifacts than the Wii U's screen does (although the compression is apparent in the Wii U also).
I'd say IQ is equally compromised overall, albeit in different ways. For the Wii U it's more about the limitations of the screen, for Vita it's more about how degraded the video feed is.
I haven't seen remote play on the Shield yet, I'm sure between it's 720p screen and 60 fps, it's easily the best IQ wise.
Alcoholikaust
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just spent an hour with my new vita and don't starve via remote play. amazing
Can anyone tell me how to setup the PS4/Router to use remote play on the go?
I have set up a fix IP address for my PS4 at my router and told the router to handle it as an exposed host (kind of a DMZ). So port forwarding shouldn´t be an issue. In the PS4 settings everything is checked what is necessary for remote play.
Over Christmas I was at my girlfriends place and connected my Vita to their WiFi. My PS4 at home was set to standby, with remote switch-on enabled. My Vita wasn´t able to find the PS4 at all (and yes, I already paired the systems at home)...
Any idea what else I could try?
I have set up a fix IP address for my PS4 at my router and told the router to handle it as an exposed host (kind of a DMZ). So port forwarding shouldn´t be an issue. In the PS4 settings everything is checked what is necessary for remote play.
Over Christmas I was at my girlfriends place and connected my Vita to their WiFi. My PS4 at home was set to standby, with remote switch-on enabled. My Vita wasn´t able to find the PS4 at all (and yes, I already paired the systems at home)...
Any idea what else I could try?
Sword Of Doom
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I recently began using it and it's great.