v0.1Tested on PS5 firmware 13.60

Your PS5 screen,
live on your PC.

PSCapture turns a jailbroken PlayStation 5 into a capture card. The console streams its own screen over your LAN, and Windows sees it as a camera called PS5 Capture, ready for Discord, OBS and ffmpeg.

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No capture card No Remote Play No cloud One .exe
1920×1080
full HD in OBS
~30 fps
over a plain LAN
0
re-encodes on the console
1 file
driver and payload inside
Why PSCapture

A capture card, without the capture card.

Everything runs on hardware you already own: the console, your network and your PC.

A real camera device

A DirectShow source filter named PS5 Capture. Any app that can open a webcam can open your console.

Straight from the display engine

The payload reads the console's scan-out buffer and sends raw NV12 frames. Nothing is re-encoded, so nothing waits for an encoder.

One file, one window

PSCapture.exe installs the driver, sends the payload, registers it in the autoloader and connects, all on its own.

Recovers by itself

Console still off? It retries every 2 seconds. Stream dropped? It reconnects. You don't have to babysit it.

Live tuning

Colour gain and horizontal shift apply in about a second and are saved in pscapture.ini.

Stays on your network

No accounts, no cloud relay, no Remote Play. Frames go from the console to your PC and nowhere else.

How it works

Three small pieces, one camera.

A payload on the console, a feeder and a driver on the PC. The apps you already use just see a webcam.

PS5

Payload

Reads the display engine's scan-out ring, builds NV12 frames and serves them on TCP 5599. Pops the toast “PSCapture is streaming on:5599”.

TCP · NV12
your LAN
PC · PSCapture.exe

Feeder

Receives the frames and publishes them into a shared-memory ring.

shared
memory
PC · pscapture.dll

Driver

A DirectShow source filter that exposes the ring as the camera PS5 Capture.

DirectShow
Your apps

Any camera app

Pick PS5 Capture like any webcam.

DiscordOBSffmpeg
Before you start

What you need.

On the PS5

  • A jailbroken consoleBuilt and tuned on firmware 13.60. See the FAQ for other versions.
  • Payload loader on TCP 9021elfldr-style, as in every current jailbreak setup.
  • Anonymous FTP on TCP 2121The app reads and writes a few files on the console.
  • pldmgr autoloader optionalStarts the payload on every boot, so you never deploy by hand.

On the PC

  • Windows 10 or 11, 64-bitThe camera is a DirectShow device, so the PC side is Windows-only.
  • Same network as the consoleWired recommended. Gigabit is plenty for 1080p at 30 fps.
  • Admin rights, onceTo register the camera for every program on the machine.
  • PSCapture.exe from ReleasesOne single file: the payload and the driver are inside it.
Setup

From zero to live in five steps.

After step 2 you mostly watch: the app does the rest and tells you what it's doing.

  1. Jailbreak the console

    Run your usual jailbreak so the payload loader (9021) and FTP (2121) are up.

  2. Double-click PSCapture.exe

    Windows asks “Do you want to allow this app to make changes to your device?”. Click Yes. The app elevates itself, no right-click needed.

  3. Check the IP

    The default is 192.168.0.36. If your PS5 has a different address, type it in PS5 IP and press Apply. It's remembered. You can find it on the console under Settings → Network → Connection Status → View Connection Status.

  4. Hands off

    On the first run the app installs the driver, then sends the payload and connects. The console shows “PSCapture is streaming on:5599” and the status pill turns green: STREAMING.

  5. Pick PS5 Capture in your app

    Discord, OBS or ffmpeg. See where to find it below.

Reading the log

The app's log is in Italian. Here's what each line means, in the order you'll see them.

pscapture-app.log
driver gia' installatoThe camera is already registered. Nothing to do.
driver non installato: lo installo ora (primo avvio)
driver estratto dall'eseguibile (… byte)
driver registrato - la webcam 'PS5 Capture' e' prontaFirst run: the driver is unpacked from the exe and registered.
payload dall'eseguibile (… byte)
payload … byte, invio a 192.168.0.36The payload is on its way to the console.
autoloader aggiornato (pldmgr)The payload was copied to the autoloader, so it'll start on every boot.
payload avviato - la PS5 deve mostrare la notifica PSCaptureThe payload is running. Look for the toast on the TV.
porta stream: 5599
collegato a 192.168.0.36:5599Connected. The pill reads STREAMING with the live fps.

Pill stuck on “IN ATTESA DELLA PS5” (“waiting for the PS5”)? The console is off, not jailbroken yet, or the IP is wrong. You don't need to restart anything: the app retries every 2 seconds and connects the moment ports 9021 and 2121 answer.

Use it

Works wherever a webcam works.

Discord

Settings → Voice & Video → Camera → PS5 Capture

Discord asks every camera for 720p, capture cards included. For 1080p60 use screen-share (Nitro).

in calls 1280×720

OBS Studio

Sources → + → Video Capture Device → PS5 Capture

Full resolution, ready for recording or streaming.

native 1920×1080

ffmpeg

ffmpeg -f dshow -i video="PS5 Capture" capture.mkv

Scripted captures and quick tests.

native 1920×1080
Daily use

Open it and play.

every day

Open PSCapture.exe and accept the UAC prompt. With the autoloader the stream starts by itself.

  • Deploy payload: re-sends the payload by hand, after a reboot without autoloader.
  • Install driver: re-registers the camera if the log shows a driver error.
  • STOP or closing the app: the camera freezes on the last frame and stays listed.
gain

Colour (chroma) strength.

  • 1.0 is raw and correct.
  • Only touch it if colours look off.
shift px

Moves the picture left or right.

  • Even numbers only: an odd value swaps the colours.
  • The console's title text makes a good reference.
Troubleshooting

Symptom → fix.

Type what you see, or paste a line from the log.

Pill stays on AVVIO… or IN ATTESA DELLA PS5
console off, not jailbroken, or wrong IPTurn the console on, run the jailbreak (ports 9021 and 2121 must be up), check the PS5 IP field. The app keeps retrying.
Log repeats PS5 non raggiungibile (…), riprovo
console not reachableSame as above. It connects by itself as soon as the console answers.
Log: elfldr :9021 non raggiungibile
payload loader not runningRun the jailbreak again, then press Deploy payload.
No PS5 Capture camera in Discord or OBS
driver not registeredPress Install driver and read the next log line: it reports the real error.
Log: ERRORE: driver non scrivibile in C:\Program Files\PSCapture (serve admin?)
app not elevatedClose it, start PSCapture.exe again and answer Yes to the UAC prompt.
Log: elevazione rifiutata: continuo senza privilegi
UAC prompt answered “No”Streaming can still work, but the driver can't be installed. Restart the app and click Yes.
Log: ERRORE caricamento dll (err=126)
antivirus quarantined the driverRestore and allow pscapture.dll in your antivirus, then press Install driver again.
Log: autoloader: copia FALLITA (pldmgr c'e'?)
pldmgr not installedHarmless: streaming works now. Without the autoloader, press Deploy payload after every console reboot.
Camera is listed but the image is black
stream not runningCheck the pill. Press Deploy payload and/or START STREAMING.
Log: stream caduto, riconnetto
network hiccup or console went to rest modeThe app reconnects by itself. If it happens often, use a cable instead of Wi-Fi.
Colours look wrong (reddish skin, orange sky)
gain was changedSet gain back to 1.0 and press Apply.
Colours inverted, black bar, picture off-centre
alignmentTune shift px using even values only. An odd value swaps the colours.
Discord shows only 720p
Discord's limit, not PSCapture'sDiscord caps every camera at 720p in calls. Use OBS for 1080p, or Discord screen-share (1080p60 with Nitro).
OBS sees the camera, Discord doesn't
Discord was open during the driver installQuit Discord completely (tray icon too) and reopen it.
Anything else
read the logspscapture-app.log (next to the exe, or in %TEMP%) and the console log /data/pscapture.log over FTP. Then open an issue with both.
Build from source

Two halves, two toolchains.

The repository holds sources only; ready-made binaries are on Releases. The full walkthrough (toolchain install, checks, pitfalls) is in BUILD.md.

Step 1 · console

Payload → pscapture.elf

Needs Docker and the PS5 payload SDK image (prospero-clang; any tag works, here ps5sdk:18).

$ docker run --rm -v "$PWD/payload:/payload" -w /payload ps5sdk:18 make
Step 2 · PC

App and driver → pscapture.exe + pscapture.dll

Needs MinGW-w64 (gcc + windres). The order matters: the .res embeds the driver and the payload exactly as they are on disk.

# from the repo root
cp payload/pscapture.elf pc/
cd pc

# 1) the capture-card driver (DirectShow source filter)
gcc -O2 -shared -static -static-libgcc -o pscapture.dll ps5cam.c \
    -lole32 -loleaut32 -luser32 -ladvapi32 -lws2_32

# 2) bundle icon + payload + driver into the resource object
windres pscapture.rc -O coff -o pscapture.res

# 3) the single-file app
gcc -O2 -mwindows -o pscapture.exe pscapture.c pscapture.res \
    -lws2_32 -lshell32 -ladvapi32 -luxtheme

The two classic mistakes. Rebuilding the DLL or the payload after windres leaves the old ones inside the exe, so always go DLL → windres → exe. And -static -static-libgcc on the DLL is mandatory: without it Windows may refuse to load the driver with “the specified module could not be found” (missing MinGW runtime).

FAQ

Questions.

Does it work on firmwares other than 13.60?

The PC side works with any firmware: the app and the driver only use TCP, FTP and shared memory. The console payload is the version-specific part. It was built and tuned on 13.60 using display-engine anchors found on that firmware. Other versions may need a small porting pass to find the same anchors. Open an issue with your firmware version.

Why is the camera 720p in Discord calls?

That's Discord's voice engine: it requests 1280×720 from every camera. In OBS, PS5 Capture runs at the full 1920×1080. Discord's screen-share goes up to 1080p60 with Nitro.

Do I need a capture card or Remote Play?

No. PSCapture never touches Remote Play. The payload reads the display engine on the console itself and sends raw frames over your LAN.

Does it capture game audio?

Not yet. PSCapture is video-only for now.

Does it work on macOS or Linux?

The PC side is Windows-only, because the camera is a DirectShow device.

How do I uninstall it?
  1. Close the app.
  2. Run rundll32 "%ProgramFiles%\PSCapture\pscapture.dll",DllUnregisterServer to remove the camera.
  3. Delete C:\Program Files\PSCapture.
  4. Optional, on the console: delete /data/pldmgr/payloads/pscapture/ so the autoloader stops starting it.

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