Stream games from your PC to your PS Vita – Moonlight Vita released (Proof of Concept release)
Since the release of Henkaku, there are only two things that have been on my mind for the most part and now one of them has finally proven to be actually possible! I couldn’t be more excited to talk about the PoC/Alpha release of Moonlight for the Vita, all thanks to developer xyz!
For those that aren’t aware of it Moonlight is an open-source implementation of the nVidia GameStream client that allows you to stream your Steam games (and some non-steam ones) to a mobile device of your choice. It allows for high-quality streaming with minimal to no input lag of your games and a few YouTube searches should be enough to prove that to you. Originally the GameStream system only allowed to stream to nVidia Shield devices, but Moonlight allowed people to stream to their favorite devices and I can only say I was mindblown when I tested it on my Nexus 5.
However you know what that device lacked? Physical buttons. You know what the Vita has? Buttons! With this release – and subsequent development – you won’t need to get a cheap Chinese Android console or carry a controller around with you and your phone/tablet.
Now that’s enough of my excited talk, let’s get down to brass tacks and see what this Proof of Concept release can do:
This is a super pre-alpha. What works:
- Initial setup and pairing
- Starting steam
- Input
What’s missing:
- Sound
- Proper UI
- Starting apps other than steam
For something that is a pre-alpha, I’d say that’s already pretty damn good. However there are a few things you need to take into consideration before trying this out: Make sure you have a decent wifi router if you are testing within your house, and if you are going to test it outside (even if that’s not worth it, at the moment) make sure you have a very good 3G connection depending on how high the quality of the streaming you are trying to achieve. Here are further instructions by the developer:
There are two vpk files available: moonlight-2000.vpk uses 2000 kbps, moonlight-5000.vpk uses 5000 kbps. If the 5000 version stutters for you, try the 2000 one, if the 2000 one looks too crappy, try the 5000 one.
Before you launch the bubble, create ux0:data/moonlight/server.txt using FTP and type in your server IP address (e.g.
192.168.140.1)If the app freezes (most often happens on a GET request), just restart the bubble.
However, not everything is good news: apparently developer xyz says he is very busy and unable to continue to work on this port actively. However he feels the groundwork has been laid for someone else to pick up his torch and finish his work.
Nonetheless this is great work and deserves kudos still. Hopefully someone will come in and fill-in the blanks of his work.
With all of this said head here to grab the PoC release and if you are the developer that will pick up the torch and continue work on a release that could breathe new life into the Vita, head to xyz‘s Github and fork it!
Hopefully Henkaku will continue to give the Vita the life it never actually gave it, despite the namesake.
Bonus: Courtesy of reddit user MonoAudioStereo, here is this port running a game
Can be possible play Pokemon Uranium?
add to steam as shorcut
Is there a brew to do this the other way around?
Streaming your Vita screen to your pc?
The vita doesn’t have the hardware needed for such. It would require using the same processor as the game which would lead to the game running poorly.
That is not what Muzzle was asking. He was asking if there was homebrew to stream Vita games to PC.
He responded exactly to this question.
does it only stream steam games? or can it stream my regular pc games? thanks for anyone who answers 🙂
HENKAKU may be serve to enable PS Vita 3g?
edit my question, there will be people working on some software to use any sim card in a psvita 3g at&t? Thanks
im having an issue trying to run this.
its still giving me the error to put my IP address in app/moonlight/server.txt when it is in that location.
maybe im missing something. i have a 970
is bumping acceptable
i still cant get this to work
this is not app/moonlight/server.txt but data/moonlight/server.txt
So…. what’s the other thing that’s been on your mind?
IT IS A SECRET. Although I’ve been told that it is actually possible 😛
Let me guess…..Its something related to linux on vita isn’t it?
Nah, it’s actually much simpler.
It’d be a stick in Sony’s eye if you were remotely streaming the PS4 flavor of Remote Play to your outdated Vita.
Is it possibe to stream Android Games from your Phone to your PS Vita with this?
Just use an Android emulator on your PC and you can.
Omg ive wanted this since i bought my vita.
Little excited
Yesss! ive been asking for this for about 2 years.
now u should be able to do what every1 has been asking…. psp iso thru ppsspp……
I assume one needs an nVidia GPU to run this since apparently it works through its “GeForce Experience”?
Just got Cemu running with this and there is something rather satisfying about playing MK8 on my Vita.
Is there any intention to make it able to directly connect to the PC without having to connect to the router?
You mean via bluetooth? i don’t think it’s possible.
Any way possible, just direct connection
So you expect it to perform magic next? it’s not like the vita has an ethernet port or anything so anyone in their right mind would know something like that isn’t even feasible plus who wouldn’t even own a router anyway? the fact that you’re asking that tells me you don’t even meet the requirements to use nvidia shield you need to be running a gtx 600 series or later for it to work.
Something tells me you’re missing out that the Vita has USB. So, much like the PSP could, someone could try working on a way to stream to it via USB.
But what’s the point of a USB connection if you’re just gonna be sitting right in front of the computer anyway? in that case you’re better off just using the PS vita as a controller instead.
If you have a wireless card in your PC you can create a hotspot and connect the vitA directly to that. Thus negating the router. Much faster as it is direct connection so no other traffic to interfere 🙂
Not all wireless cards are supported but yeah that would pretty much be the closest you would get to a direct connection.
The Vita doesn’t have an Ethernet port, but you know what does? The Vita TV!
You know where a Vita TV is likely to be inside a household? In a different room to where the pc is! Possibly connected to the biggest TV in the household too!
You know how much a decent secondary Lan card costs (presuming your PC doesn’t already have more than one to begin with)? Peanuts!
Can you see where this is going and why being able to connect directly to the pc would be a huge benefit? Especially through something like an ethernet cable or Wi Fi direct?
Yeah but that is up to someone else to sort out as xyz is too busy to keep working on it but i agree that a PSTV would definitely benefit greatly.
Create an adhoc network from your pc that way you can bypass using a router
I hate to be pessimistic, but no one is ever going to take up this homebrew. The vita scene is severely lacking in willing hackers and developers, it stands as the antithesis of the overly saturated 3DS scene.
Also nice article Wololo. You never fail to entertain me with them.
does it use internet connection or it just needs the router?!
’cause my internet is limited…!
It would need an Internet Connection.
No just a LAN
It uses both. It uses LAN if you’re at home, Internet if you’re outside of it.
Why do you censor my comments, even when they aren’t about piracy, wololo? I’ve been reading your blog for four years, and I read it regularly and recognize that you can do whatever you want in regards to moderation, but what gives?
Oh god I’m an idiot, my comment didn’t get deleted. Sorry. I didn’t see it, haha.
It’s called cache you silly…
Thanks! This was the first thing that came to my mind when i saw henkaku. Awesome!
I am really pleased about this being made a big thank you to xyz.
Before you launch the bubble, create ux0:data/moonlight/server.txt using FTP and type in your server IP address (e.g. 192.168.140.1)
type IP adress of my PC in server.txt? or IP of vita in FTP?
IP addres of PC in server.txt
private or public?
Local IPv4
http://i.imgur.com/Sa58ffw.png
hope it continues to be supported, so much potential, cant wait to try it out
“there are only two things that have been on my mind”
The other one beeing… ?
It does nothing after it shows “Stream 1280 x 720 , 30 fps , 2000 kbps”
you need an Nvidia GPU for this :/
Can’t connect to server (null) Whyyyyyy?
app crashes every 20 seconds. there’s only a black screen on my vita, but for the 20 seconds before crashing, I could use it to control the steam big picture mode on my monitor, but nothing shows up on the vita. then, it crashes :s
Same thing, did you find a solution ?
pls add guide for this. do u need a nvidia card supports gamestream for this? i have 750m sli and says doesnt support even requirement is 700m and above.
“make sure you have a very good 3G connection”
I’m not really sure if it will work, since I don’t use the hack to test it on my own, but usually connecting my Vita to my phone’s WiFi hotspot powered by 4G connection gives me much faster connection and the latency is pretty much the same. IDK what is wrong with Vita, but both the 3G and the WiFi have quite low speed (cheap hw or security bottleneck?) and Vita’s 3G is just a joke. +50$ on day 1 for nothing.
Can I use a Nvidia 550ti with it?
You should. Check your geoforce app to see if your gpu allows streaming
i keep getting error 1 handshake errors when i select a game to stream on my vita after pairing.
i’m useing a gtx980 api v7
does anyone know if there is that kind of software for amd graphiccards? 😀 xD