It's fairly easy to start streaming your PS4 gameplay to several platforms with Restream even if you don't have a capture card. To do this you'll need to capture Remote Play client on your computer, and stream it with any software, like OBS. It will allow you to add overlays to your stream, and also to stream to Restream to send your video to several platforms at once.
In this guide, you are going to use PS4 Remote play and StreamLabs OBS to set up your stream. Definitely usable and certainly more stable than the problems I had with remote play which would have weird artefacts, bad motion detection/update regions and a real pain with the controller configuration if you actually still wanted to game on the. PS4: settings, devices, audio device, output device, this option now available after several system updates. Note that PS4 can only output one at a time. If set to 'TV or amplifier' then PS4 does output everything to both HDMI and optical SPDIF audio at the same time. 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. If you're attempting to use Remote Play on a PC or Mac from a different location to your PS4 over the internet, and you can't use Remote Play, or it's unstable, then you should check two things.
How to stream your PS4 gameplay without a capture card
Start with downloading Remote Play client for Windows or MAC and install it:
2. Select a path fror installation and proceed:
3. Let the system check for the updates:
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4. Connect your DUALSHOCK 4 controller over USB to your PC, then click Start:
5. Familiarize yourself with Sony data collection policies and continue:
6. Log in to your PSN account you have set up on your PlayStation 4:
7. If both PC and PlayStation 4 are connected to the Internet, you will have to wait for a minute for them to sync:
8. You will see your PlayStation screen in a window on your PC.
9. This window can be used as a source in any encoder, OBS for instance:
10. Name the source to make it clear what it is, and confirm it's addition:
11. Select the proper window for the window capture source - it's called RemotePlay.exe:
12. You now have your PlayStation 4 screen inside your encoder, and you can start streaming:
Note: If you have a wireless connection between ps4 and pc you may have bad video quality. For the best experience connect both devices with Ethernet cables.
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