u/Emergency_Pianist_78

Hey everyone, looking for some help with my living room couch gaming setup.

My Setup & Goal:

• PC is in my bedroom, connected to my living room TV via a long HDMI cable 20m away.
• I want to play non-Steam offline single-player games (like Mafia, 007, etc.) on the TV.
• I paired my PS5 DualSense controller directly to my Smart TV via Bluetooth.

The Problem:

• My PS5 controller connects to the TV, but it only controls the TV’s UI/operating system (navigating TV menus/apps). It does not forward input through the HDMI cable to control the PC or the game.
• I tried setting up Sunshine on the PC and Moonlight on the TV, but I still can't get the TV to properly forward/pass through the PS5 controller inputs to the PC stream.

What I need advice on:

1. Is there a specific setting in Sunshine/Moonlight (or Virtual Gamepad drivers like ViGEmBus) to force the Smart TV app to capture and forward controller inputs to Windows?
2. If TV Bluetooth passthrough isn't viable, would getting a 20m active USB extension cable + Bluetooth dongle (or playing wired) be the best solution?

Any help or configuration tips would be appreciated!

Hey everyone, looking for some help with my living room couch gaming setup.

My Setup & Goal:

• PC is in my bedroom, connected to my living room TV via a long HDMI cable 20m away.
• I want to play non-Steam offline single-player games (like Mafia, 007, etc.) on the TV.
• I paired my PS5 DualSense controller directly to my Smart TV via Bluetooth.

The Problem:

• My PS5 controller connects to the TV, but it only controls the TV’s UI/operating system (navigating TV menus/apps). It does not forward input through the HDMI cable to control the PC or the game.
• I tried setting up Sunshine on the PC and Moonlight on the TV, but I still can't get the TV to properly forward/pass through the PS5 controller inputs to the PC stream.

What I need advice on:

1. Is there a specific setting in Sunshine/Moonlight (or Virtual Gamepad drivers like ViGEmBus) to force the Smart TV app to capture and forward controller inputs to Windows?
2. If TV Bluetooth passthrough isn't viable, would getting a 20m active USB extension cable + Bluetooth dongle (or playing wired) be the best solution?

Any help or configuration tips would be appreciated!

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