How to Connect a PlayStation 3 to a Laptop

Written by Darlene Antonelli, MA

Last Updated: October 25, 2022

This wikiHow will teach you how to connect a PlayStation 3 to a laptop using a video capture card, which you can get from almost any electronics retailer, like Best Buy or Amazon. Since the HDMI ports on both the PS3 and your laptop (excluding Alienware MX17, M18, R4, and 18) are out ports, just connecting the two together will not work. If you have one of those laptops with an HDMI "In" port, you can connect the two with an HDMI cable and skip this method.

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Plug the HDMI cable from your PS3 into your capture card.
Plug the USB cable from your capture card into your laptop.
Turn on the PS3 and your laptop. You should see the PS3 screen appear on your computer.

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The HDMI port on your PS3 is located on the back of the console. Make sure you're plugging the other end of the HDMI cable into the "In" port on the capture card to enable the information from your PS3 to transmit to your laptop.
You should have been directed to download this software from the packaging or user manual.

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The information from the HDMI out port from your PS3 may lag as it's being transmitted through the USB port on your laptop.
Once everything is turned on, you'll see the PS3 screen on your laptop. If not, check the connections with the video capture card including the HDMI cable and port and the USB cable and port.