How To Use Mac As A Monitor For Ps4 Windows 10
Use (PS4 Link) to connect from PS Vita or PS TV systems. For details on how to connect, refer to the user’s guide for PS Vita system or the user’s guide for PS TV system. Use (PS4 Remote Play) to control your PS4™ system from a computer (Windows PC or Mac), Xperia™ Smartphone, Xperia™ Tablet, iPhone, or iPad. Come along with me as I show you the best and super easy ways to use your laptop as a monitor for PS4 (play station 4) gaming console. Using a video capture card. You need to buy a video capture card from any gaming store you trust to sell original gaming equipment. How to Use Laptop as Monitor for PS4. Yes, you can use your laptop’s HDMI port to plug in your PS4 and enjoy gaming on-the-go. There are a couple of things that you need to do in order to finally sit back and play your PS4 games through a laptop screen.
To use iMac with Mini DisplayPort for monitor, you will need one of the following devices: A PC that has a video card with a Mini DisplayPort and a supported video cable; A PC with HDMI port and a HDMI to Mini DisplayPort converter. A PC with Display Port and a Mini DisplayPort to DisplayPort adapter. You can Airplay MacBook screen in two different modes, mirror mode or extend mode. The airplay mirror mode simply displaying the mirror image of the primary monitor to secondary monitor. In extended mode, you can extend your Mac screen to Windows as a second monitor. Go to AirPlay menu Use AirPlay Display to Select Extend Desktop.
In late 2018, Sony announced the Remote Play feature for Windows 10. However, it comes with a lot of pre-requisites like a faster Wi-Fi network with a minimum download speed of 15 Mbps. And to top that, the sluggish response time with the PS4 controller. All of these could be eliminated by using a capture card like Elgato HD60s and directly game on your laptop without remote play.So, let’s see how to play PS4 on the laptop without remote play.
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How to Play PS4 on Laptop Without Remote Play
The process is quite simple and all you need is an HDMI cable and a USB-C to USB-A cable. Do keep in mind, the USB-C to USB-A cable needs to be USB 3.0 compliant.
1. Depending on your capture card, download the desktop application the game capture or control center application from the official website. For example, I am using the Elgato HD60s for this demonstration, so I have downloaded the Game Capture application for Windows. Similarly, you can get the Mac version from this link.
2. After downloading the application, connect the PS-4 HDMI Out port to the HDMI In port on the capture card via an HDMI cable.
3. Now, the Elgato HD60s has a USB-C port which is capable of carrying video signals. So, I can plug in the USB-C cable into the capture card with the USB-A port going into my laptop. This way the laptop can supply power to the capture card as well as accept video signals through the same cable. Just, make sure you plugin the USB-A cable in the USB 3.0 port of your laptop.
4. Once you have connected the laptop, capture card, and PS4, launch the Game Capture application. The application takes a few seconds to initialize the capture card and then start accepting video signals.
Mostly, the capture card recognizes the gaming device. In case, you have problems with the capture card-accepting signals, you can manually set the gaming device. Click on the gear icon just below the capture card and select the gaming device as PS-4.
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The best thing about this method is you can use your keyboard as the input device. It might not be an amazing experience unlike the controller but it comes handy if you forget the PS4 controller back home. Also, since all the processing runs on the capture card, you don’t need to have a spec-heavy laptop to game on PS4.
If you are an avid PS4 user, read our other articles on best local Co-Op PS4 Games or best Puzzle Games for PS4. For any issues or queries, let me know in the comments below.