Remote control and playing together

Documentation

Let a friend operate your shared computer, or play a local multiplayer game together. The Host shares an App window or screen; friends join in their browsers.

Start remote control

1. Share through Silip App using Apps / Windows or Screens.
2. Open Remote control below the picture and turn it on. It starts with Ask each time.
3. Your friend selects Request control in their playback bar. On the Host page, choose Allow when the request arrives.

When sharing a window, switch back to it after allowing control. Input pauses while another window is active and resumes when you return.

Use an up-to-date App and room site, and refresh the viewing page after updating. Viewers need HTTPS or a localhost page for the encrypted input connection. Ordinary LAN HTTP can play video but cannot offer remote control. Browser and camera capture cannot receive remote input.

Play together

1. Enable Remote control as above, then turn on Allow simultaneous control. This setting starts off for each source. Changing it ends current requests and control grants; the authorization mode and password stay in place.
2. Each friend selects Request control. Approve them using the same authorization choice as ordinary remote control.
3. In the game, assign different keyboard bindings to each player, such as WASD and arrow keys. The game must support sharing one keyboard.

The Host and approved friends share the computer's existing keyboard and mouse. Each friend's held keys and mouse buttons are tracked separately, so leaving releases only their input. Keyboard and mouse co-play needs no extra driver. One approval gives a Viewer remote control through keyboard, mouse and an optional supported gamepad. Allow simultaneous control counts approved Viewers, not their input devices. Text insertion is available with one approved Viewer and pauses with two or more; physical keyboard keys remain usable. Older clients retain one-controller behavior. Update the Host's App and room site to versions that support playing together, then refresh each viewing page.

Everyone controls the same mouse pointer; movements and clicks from approved players apply together. Use the Host's stop action or shortcut to end control.

Approved participants have a mouse emblem on their couch avatar. Both Host and Viewers can see who has joined; ending control removes the marker.

Gamepads

The Host installs any required external input components from their official source. Silip does not bundle, download or install third-party gamepad SDKs or drivers on any platform.

Host system	Current gamepad support
Windows x64	Install ViGEmBus 1.22.0; no extra client DLL is needed.
Linux	The prototype uses system uinput; the App's user needs write access to the device.
macOS	Independent gamepads are not available in the current App; the native backend needs Apple authorization.

Each remote player can use one browser-recognized controller as a separate Xbox 360 controller on a Windows x64 Host. Silip transports and maps its input; the Host's optional ViGEmBus driver creates the virtual device.

1. On the Host, install the official ViGEmBus 1.22.0 release and follow its restart prompt. ViGEm is end-of-life; 1.22.0 is its final installer and removes the old updater. If it is already installed, reuse it.
2. Extract and open the updated Windows x64 Silip App package, then enable Remote control. App detects the installed driver; no DLL copying or SDK configuration is needed.
3. On each friend's computer, connect a standard-layout gamepad, open the viewing page and press a controller button so the browser recognizes it. Obtain remote-control approval; Silip automatically uses the first connected controller with the browser's standard mapping. No additional approval is needed.
4. Keep the viewing page focused. In the game, join as a controller player.

XInput has four controller slots in total, including controllers already connected to the Host. Disconnect an unused controller or end that Viewer's remote control to free a slot. Silip does not choose the game's player number; use the game's join and assignment controls. Each approved Viewer uses their own virtual controller. Disconnecting the controller removes that device while remote-control permission remains; ending remote control releases all of that Viewer's input. Losing page or shared-window focus returns the controller to neutral.

If the gamepad does not respond, check the Host's driver and App support, then turn Remote control off and on. Keyboard/mouse co-play and ordinary remote control remain available without the gamepad driver.

End control

Either person can choose End control. The Host can stop all remote input with Ctrl+Alt+F10 on Windows or Control+Option+F10 on macOS. Change the function key in the Host's Remote control panel if it conflicts with another app. The Viewer can set a separate Exit control shortcut in Remote keyboard. Shortcut choices are saved per site in this browser.

Changing the source or stopping sharing turns control off. After a connection interruption, players request control again. The authorization choice is remembered, but control never turns on automatically. A remembered Room Viewers choice needs Allow Viewers before it applies again. Passwords are not saved.

Mouse, touch and permissions

On a phone, touch the picture directly to click and hold to drag, without a cursor. Two-finger tap is right-click; two-finger swipe scrolls. Pinch to zoom in or out, then use two fingers to pan, including into the blank space around the picture. Playback settings → Default touch mode → Trackpad keeps the simpler cursor mode available.

Drag the mini mouse to reposition it; tap to expand its left and right buttons and combined scroll wheel / middle button. The cursor stays above and to the left of the mouse and moves with it. The picture pans at the edges to leave room for the tool, and the cursor stops at the source picture's edges. With the mouse expanded, use two fingers on the picture to pan or zoom while the mouse stays in reach. Use its wheel to scroll the Host. Drag the lower shell to move; hold a mouse button while moving to drag an item. Tap the wheel to middle-click, swipe it to scroll, or hold then move for a middle-button drag. The separate minimize button returns it to the mini mouse and your selected touch mode. Leave the mini mouse at an edge to tuck it away after the same idle delay as the player controls; tap the visible part to expand it again. Remote keyboard provides keys, shortcuts and text entry. On a computer, Game mouse captures continuous mouse movement; press Esc to release it.

Room Viewers lets authenticated room members take available control without asking each time. Password requires a separate control password. Both apply only to the current shared source. Keyboard and mouse access can operate the computer beyond the video boundary, so authorize people you trust.

macOS requires Accessibility permission. Linux requires a supported desktop Portal and controls a selected screen rather than an application window. System-protected shortcuts and some games do not accept injected input.