This has been a question that has been around since the feature first launched and will likely remain something that will be an issue for a lot of people in the future. Remote play is running slow and you want a way to make PS4 remote play faster. Like any network related issue, this one can have a large number of causes and solutions. In this guide, I will try to give a few useful tips to know about when you are trying to sleep up remote play and make the connection faster.
The first thing you need to know with the speed of remote play is that its slow in general. Even when it’s working at 100% peak performance, there can still be some lag. Particularly with the PS TV. Getting a perfect, full speed, real-time response from the remote play feature is not something I was ever able to achieve on the vita or PS TV, but I was able to get some good results by taking the following steps.
But at least it works for those desperate enough to play PS4 games on a PC. Remote play on PC & Mac - Operating System. Windows 8.1; Windows 10 or later; OS X 10.10; OS X 10.11; Remote play resolution & frame rate options: Resolution options: 360p, 540p, 720p (Default: 540p) Frame rate: Standard (30fps), High (60fps) (Default: Standard). Gather your supplies! You will need the following list of things before you start: 2 HDMI Cables. With remote play, the game still runs on the console, you just get a video of it on whatever device you're using. The video you get is a 60fps recording of what's happening on the console. Think of it this way: if you ran a 30fps game, then filmed your TV with a 60fps camera, what would be the resulting framerate?
- I got a Remote Play update and before I could select 1080p and 60FPS. Today I'm locked at 720p 60fps. User account menu. No more PS4 Pro 1080p Remote Play? General Discussion. Posted by 9 hours ago. No more PS4 Pro 1080p Remote Play? General Discussion. I got a Remote Play update and before I could select 1080p.
- PS Remote Play is a free to use feature on all PS4 and PS5 consoles. All you need is: Your PS5 or PS5 Digital Edition, PS4 or PS4 Pro 1 connected to your home wired broadband network. A compatible device — also connected to your network. The free PS Remote Play app. A DUALSHOCK 4 wireless controller or DualSense controller 2.
Connect directly to the PS4…or don’t
I apologize for the lack of a concrete answer here. Depending on the location of your PS4 and router, it may be faster to choose one over the other. To make this worse, it can even vary from within the house. For example, my PS4 is upstairs. When I am downstairs it’s faster to connect via the internet, when upstairs its faster to connect directly. It is annoying as hell if you move around the house, but it is the price to pay. You can set this setting in the remote play section of the settings.
Use a wired connection
This, of course, doesn’t apply to the vita, but if you are using a PC or the PS TV, you will likely have the ability to use a wired connection to connect directly to the network. A wired connection is always faster and more reliable than a WiFi connection. The same is the case for the PS4. If you have the option, connect the PS4 to the network using a wired connection to make there is one less signal to worry about.
Optimize the wireless connection
If you are unable to use a wired connection, there are some things you can do to boost the wireless connection. WiFi signals sort of work like sound waves, they bounce off walls easier than they travel through them.
- Open doors so as not to obstruct the signal.
- Put the WiFi router in an open location so the signal doesn’t get lost.
- Get a WiFi repeater to boost the signal around the house.
- Place the device in a location where it can get a good signal.
- Make sure the PS4 is in a location where it isn’t being blocked.
Does the game support remote play?
So, yes, all games support remote play, but this is built in support on the operating system level. There is, however, the option for developers to add dedicated support for remote play. In most cases that I have seen, this will do great things for the performance. With all of the same variables, the performance can improve massively if you are playing a game that has dedicated remote play support. This is, of course, nothing you can control, but it is a good piece of information to know if you are doing everything you can and it isn’t improving performance.
Earlier this week, Sony released PS4 firmware 2.50 dubbed “Yukimura.” There are numerous changes with this latest version, but the biggest two are definitely the addition of suspend/resume and 60fps Remote Play. Of course, we knew that this update was coming, but I wanted to know how well these features actually worked. Is the process seamless? Does the higher frame rate cause any problems? Here’s what I found.
Installation
First thing’s first, you need to update your PS4. Navigate to the Settings menu, and then scroll down to System Software Update. Select Next, and then Update. Wait for the installation process to finish, and your PS4 will reboot itself. When you see a notification that the new system software was installed, you’re good to go.
Suspend and resume
Now, rest mode has been a feature of the PS4 since day one, but it never worked the way everyone wanted it to. Sure, it would put your console into a low-power state, but it shut down all of the active applications while doing so. Thankfully, this update to rest mode finally allows you to quickly return to what you were doing.
To suspend, simply press and hold the PS button on your controller, and then scroll down to Enter Rest Mode. Your PS4 will put itself to sleep, and you’ll hear the fans spin down. To resume, simply press the PS button once more. At least for me, it only takes about 23 seconds to resume playing — not bad.
I had heard complaints about this feature being unstable on the Xbox One, so I tried this out over and over again. From my experience, it always suspends and resumes exactly how you’d imagine. Based on that, I’m pleased with how it works. It’s not nearly as quick to resume as the PlayStation Vita or Nintendo 3DS, but that matches my expectations.
List Of 60fps Ps4 Games
60fps Remote Play
For this Remote Play update to work, you’ll need to update your PlayStation Vita or PlayStation TV as well. Head to the Settings app, and select System Update to accomplish that. Once you’re patched, launch the PS4 Link app.
Ps4 Remote Play 60fps Pc
Now, you can connect to your PS4 over Remote Play like you would before, but to enable the 60fps streaming, select the ellipsis in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen, and enter Settings. From there, select Video Quality for Remote Play, and then change the Frame Rate to High
I happen to have a Vita and a PSTV hooked up to my network, so I tested them both. First, I tested Remote Play on the Vita over my 802.11n WiFi connection. For all intents and purposes, it was a seamless experience. The lag seemed very minimal, and the video was smooth.
Genshin Impact 60fps Ps4
Next, I tried it on my PlayStation TV over Ethernet, and the experience was even better. The screen was bigger, and the PSTV allows for a higher resolution stream since it can output at 720p. At the very start, I noticed some macroblocking, but that soon smoothed out, and I completely forgot that I was streaming after a while. It all worked very well with my set-up, but don’t expect the same results from Remote Play on wonky WiFi, or Share Play over the internet. Without good network conditions, you’re bound to face major issues.
Is The Ps4 60fps
Mind you, I recorded the video above at 60fps, but my video production pipeline isn’t capable of outputting 60fps video just yet. If you want to see the raw 60fps footage for yourself, you can watch the video on YouTube.