3 monitors, ps4, laptop, ps remote play and Simhub? Is it possible to use Simhub screen capture for this?

[Nightster]

So I have successfully used Simhub to create Rearview and side mirrors, using screen capture. I then use old tablets/phones to display them.

Thread 'Rear view mirror and side mirrors on real devices using Simhub/PS Remote play'

Jan 7, 2026

So using Simhub screen capture and PS Remote Play, I was able to create 3 separate dashboards. One rear view mirror with some telemetry added, one left side mirror and one right side mirror. Then I port each dashboard to a separate device using Wi-Fi. Side mirrors use old phones and the rearview mirror uses an iPad.

Creates more immersion. I have my side mirrors(old phones) mounted outside my rig rollbar and the rearview mirror(iPad) is mounted in the center of the dash in front of my G29 wheel.

Since the old phones went outside the rig, I have free space on the dash for 2 more...

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Thinking bigger picture now. 😆

I want a 3 monitor setup on PS4, which I understand only works on a PC. I believe this can be achieved however using simhub screen capture.

However, the problems that I see are as follows:

My Main PS4 TV will display the entire game resolution. Only way to make the entire 3 display appear to be seamless IMO would be to position the two additional monitors in front of the main monitor. In a layout such as this.
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Thus essentially cutting off the sides of the display on the main monitor while projecting those portion's of the game screen to the side monitors using SIMhub screen capture and PS Remote Play running on the laptop.

Which brings me to the real issue I foresee. My laptop is not going to be able to handle 4 external monitors. If it could, that would be great because I could define 2 32 inch monitors vertically to go along with the 50”
TV running the game (which is also connected to my laptop).

However, my thoughts are I can connect these two side monitors directly to the Internet to access my SIMhub screen captures, which I believe will work, but there is most likely going to be an orientation problem.

Can monitors be internally set up vertically without the use of windows? Haven’t found much on this topic?

When using a phone or tablet the accelerometer in such devices handle this problem.

So I am Guessing to make this work, I need the ability to rotate the screen outside of windows, not just physically.

Or find a way to rotate the screen capture from SIM hub which I’m not sure as possible.

Has anyone tried something like this? Am I out of my mind lol? I am personally not familiar enough with smart TV setup to know if orientation can be defined. My cheap 50” does not appear to have this ability

Let me know your thoughts. Hope this makes sense 😝

Thanks

EDIT: well my display of monitors did not show up Correctly.

 

[Nightster]

Well, after posting this, I decided to actually get on SIMhub and determined that I can indeed rotate my screen capture. So I’m thinking I can buy two smart 32 inch TVs, mount them vertically on either side of my 50”, connect either wirelessly or ethernet(preference) and access some predefined dashboards in Simhub, displaying the screen sides using the capture function and capturing the PS Remote Play screen.

This is a rather convoluted way of doing things, but I think it will work

 

[Nightster]

So I have created my two new dashboards in Simhub to pull this off. Will need to tweak a little further once a get a tv to test with. Already proved the theory on an old phone. Hope resolution is decent on a tv.

I also went back in Simhub and edited my Rearview mirror dashboard, side mirror dashboards and track layout dashboards. This was necessary since I changed my screen capture area. Before I was capturing just the rearview mirror and bumper cam along with the track layout to the right. Now I am capturing the entire screen off of remote play. Therefore, I had to go make adjustments to each capture used in each dashboard.

Think I’m gonna go ahead and buy a 32” HD smart TV with Ethernet jack. Can always use it in a spare room if this concept doesn’t work out. Plus, you can get a TV dirt cheap these days. $99 delivered.

I ordered a swivel wall mount as well. I believe I have a good way to mount these. If the first side works out I will order a 2nd

Here’s a random nice picture I took yesterday at sunset and a video of my under construction rig 😝

 

[Nightster]

Here’s the concept brought to to life on tablet/phones

 

[Abarth_71]

Fair play for the effort you've put in but the framerate/lag is so bad it looks unplayable.

 

[Nightster]

Fair play for the effort you've put in but the framerate/lag is so bad it looks unplayable.

For sure over WiFi, my extra TVs will be hard wired

 

[Nightster]

So I got the TV today, wasn’t expecting it. Got it hooked up and adjusted things in Simhub. Mount and ethernet cable are not even going to be here until tomorrow.

Tested it out anyway using Wi-Fi and there is a little lag with Wi-Fi. Ethernet should fix that I think.

However, instead of blocking the view of the 50 inch TV with the screen capture on the 32 inch, I believe I am just going to mount them at the edges of the 50 inch TV.

That will result in duplicated portions of the screen at the edges, but I think it will give it more of a 3D feeling. My goal is more immersion.

I’m gonna go ahead and order the other TV and mount because I believe this is going to work.

 

[Nightster]

I’ll put video when I have it all mounted and working

 

[Nightster]

Fair play for the effort you've put in but the framerate/lag is so bad it looks unplayable.

The lag may be an issue, even when hardwired. If they are in fact, so behind that it’s distracting, I can still use SIM hub screen capture to enlarge the leaderboard and the track layout.

 

[Nightster]

Here is my first TV mounted vertically. going to make game play more immersive. They will display valuable information from the race if I can’t get them to work at game speed.

 

[Nightster]

Well, unfortunately, there is too much lag even with everything hardwired with ethernet. However, the way it is set up adds a little more immersion. I’ve got the leaderboard and the track map enlarged on my side screens so they’re easier to see. Sorry for the glare I should’ve shut the curtains

I like it but not what I was hoping for

 

[Blown Camaro]

Here’s the concept brought to to life on tablet/phones

I am extremely interested in this and have been working on the same idea when I stumbled across your post! Let's work together on this. I have triple 55's, 2 15.8" monitors and phones plus a laptop with SimHub to test things as well as PS4, PS5. and Series X to test things!

 

[Nightster]

I am extremely interested in this and have been working on the same idea when I stumbled across your post! Let's work together on this. I have triple 55's, 2 15.8" monitors and phones plus a laptop with SimHub to test things as well as PS4, PS5. and Series X to test things!

I am currently running my 50 inch TV off the PS4, two 32 inch TVs vertically off the PC and SIMhib. And a variety of phones and a tablet.

As I stated earlier, the lag on the two side monitors is not acceptable for gameplay. However, it does add to the immersion and I have enlarged the track outline and leaderboard for better visibility (old eyes,lol). I run rearview mirrors, side mirrors and various dashboards on the phones and tablet.

I have it all working. But lag sometimes does play a role. Do you have any specific questions I might be able to help you with?

Good luck

 

[Blown Camaro]

I am currently running my 50 inch TV off the PS4, two 32 inch TVs vertically off the PC and SIMhib. And a variety of phones and a tablet.

As I stated earlier, the lag on the two side monitors is not acceptable for gameplay. However, it does add to the immersion and I have enlarged the track outline and leaderboard for better visibility (old eyes,lol). I run rearview mirrors, side mirrors and various dashboards on the phones and tablet.

I have it all working. But lag sometimes does play a role. Do you have any specific questions I might be able to help you with?

Good luck

I got excited and made my post before I even read the one you made at the end about the lag. But, I'd still like to mess with it.

How do you capture an area of the screen in a PS4 game in SimHub and display it? My laptop only has one HDMI out so I'm not sure how this can work.

BTW, if you had 3 PS4's I'm pretty sure we can make triple screen work by having each PS4 set to a different camera view - Left, Center, Right by moving the right joystick on the controllers. You would need a way to bind it in place but I already saw someone do it with multiple PS5's in Forza Horizon 5 and it worked! It will work in ANY game on ANY console that has joystick camera controls.

Of course, you would need to start the game at the exact same time on each PS4 if not playing something that is "open world" like Forza Horizon is.

 

[Nightster]

I got excited and made my post before I even read the one you made at the end about the lag. But, I'd still like to mess with it.

How do you capture an area of the screen in a PS4 game in SimHub and display it? My laptop only has one HDMI out so I'm not sure how this can work.

BTW, if you had 3 PS4's I'm pretty sure we can make triple screen work by having each PS4 set to a different camera view - Left, Center, Right by moving the right joystick on the controllers. You would need a way to bind it in place but I already saw someone do it with multiple PS5's in Forza Horizon 5 and it worked! It will work in ANY game on ANY console that has joystick camera controls.

Of course, you would need to start the game at the exact same time on each PS4 if not playing something that is "open world" like Forza Horizon is.

I use PS remote play on my PC and capture that. My PlayStation and my PC are on the same network. When I start the game up, I start remote play on the PC.

I assume you’re familiar with the screen capture in SIMhub, if not, let me know. But basically, I defined the area to capture in screen hub and then create dashboards. For example, I have one called left screen. In the dash studio editor, you will have to play around with oversizing it and positioning it to capture the area that you’re looking for. What I mean by that is mine are zoomed in. Depending upon if your monitors are vertical or not, you may have to decide whether to rotate the screen capture in the editor as well.

Hope that makes sense. If not, just ask me some questions. I’ll try to help.

 

[Blown Camaro]

I use PS remote play on my PC and capture that. My PlayStation and my PC are on the same network. When I start the game up, I start remote play on the PC.

I assume you’re familiar with the screen capture in SIMhub, if not, let me know. But basically, I defined the area to capture in screen hub and then create dashboards. For example, I have one called left screen. In the dash studio editor, you will have to play around with oversizing it and positioning it to capture the area that you’re looking for. What I mean by that is mine are zoomed in. Depending upon if your monitors are vertical or not, you may have to decide whether to rotate the screen capture in the editor as well.

Hope that makes sense. If not, just ask me some questions. I’ll try to help.

Okay I have it figured out. What you need to do is get an HDMI splitter - not a switch. Send one output to your monitor, and send the other to your PC to be captured by SimHub. This will add ZERO lag - however SimHub will have some lag because it is capturing. It should however be a huge performance improvement.

 

[Nightster]

Okay I have it figured out. What you need to do is get an HDMI splitter - not a switch. Send one output to your monitor, and send the other to your PC to be captured by SimHub. This will add ZERO lag - however SimHub will have some lag because it is capturing. It should however be a huge performance improvement.

My lag problem is not with receiving the gameplay on the PC, the lag occurs in the Wi-Fi transmission between the PC(Simhub) and the side monitors.

 

[Blown Camaro]

Use HDMI from PC to monitors or Display Port. Why are you using WiFi at all?

 

[Nightster]

Use HDMI from PC to monitors or Display Port. Why are you using WiFi at all?

That is how you are able to display dashboard captures on extra monitors. You connect to the PC via Wi-Fi from extra monitors, tablets, and or phones.

 

[Blown Camaro]

Did you see this thing I just finished? 5 Xbox 360's and 5 monitors all linked with zero lag. No PC's, no Simhub. Consoles connected through a switch and a router. Everything is in sync. This is Forza Motorsport 2.