Just in case someone still not clear about the difference between RemoteFX and Multimedia Redirection, here is my comments.
1. RemoteFX is a codec to turn all GDI drawing intructions into video frames. In a normal RDP session, it's known that the server will send GDI drawing commands to the client (like lines, rectangles, etc). In a RemoteFX session, all the drawings are done on the server, and the updated region will be encoded into a video frame and send to the client. That is, the client will no longer receive any GDI drawing. 2. Multimedia Redirection is to redirect the original content (like H.264, MP3, etc) playing in Windows Media Player to the client for decoding. The key feature of multimedia redirection is that (1) the server does not need any CPU resource to encode or decode anything. (2) the client is able to synchronize the audio and video frames. That means, those are two completely different protocols. You can definitely use both in the same session and you get the best of both. Now what if you only use RemoteFX but not multimedia redirection: when you play a video in Windows Media Player, the video frames are first decoded and drawn on the server side, then encoded into RemoteFX frames, then send to the client. That clearly requires a lot of server resources, and video/audio is likely out of sync. Hope this helps! Vic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there when you need it. Discover what all the cheering's about. Get your free trial download today. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-dev2dev2 _______________________________________________ Freerdp-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freerdp-devel
