[H] Remote desktop apps
Currently I use TIghtVNC to control my HTPC over the LAN. Works great, except that it seems to have a pretty high CPU usage, like 30-40%. This is fairly detrimental to a machine playing back Hi-Def xvid or DVDs. Is this a common problem with VNC? Is there some setting that I am missing? Has anyone tried the Remote Desktop built into Windows XP? Does it have the same CPU issues? -- Brian
Re: [H] Remote desktop apps
At 10:28 AM 1/8/2006, Brian Weeden typed: Currently I use TIghtVNC to control my HTPC over the LAN. Works great, except that it seems to have a pretty high CPU usage, like 30-40%. This is fairly detrimental to a machine playing back Hi-Def xvid or DVDs. Is this a common problem with VNC? Is there some setting that I am missing? I use [EMAIL PROTECTED] to do the same thing yes the cpu usage is high. I use mine to start the various videos then I shut [EMAIL PROTECTED] down so it's not really an issue plus the MyHD card that I use handles all the video to the wide screen tv so the computer isn't doing all that much. Has anyone tried the Remote Desktop built into Windows XP? Does it have the same CPU issues? I'm not much help here. I had security issues with Remote Desktop early on haven't used it since. I have heard that the particular issue I was having has been fixed but I'm happy with [EMAIL PROTECTED] --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com
Re: [H] Remote desktop apps
Hmm I just connected to my Win2K SNAP box with Real VNC and the CPU on the NAS box was flipping back and forth between 3 and 4 percent CPU time while idling. When I open something, it spikes to 29-30 percent for a brief second, but then drops again. That does not seem too awfully high and this is on real old CPQ box with only a P2 600, so it's a slow PC. It has 384megs of RAM, with an Adaptec 2400a running IDE drives as RAID5 I use for remote file storage. Since I only use it for file storage, I probably don't see CPU spikes like you do with playing back video and such. Currently I use TIghtVNC to control my HTPC over the LAN. Works great, except that it seems to have a pretty high CPU usage, like 30-40%. This is fairly detrimental to a machine playing back Hi-Def xvid or DVDs. Is this a common problem with VNC? Is there some setting that I am missing? Has anyone tried the Remote Desktop built into Windows XP? Does it have the same CPU issues? -- JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please remove **X** to reply... Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
Re: [H] Remote desktop apps
There's also a commercial product called Kavoom, it's a software KVM. Dunno how the CPU usage is on that.. http://www.kavoom.biz/k/index.html Currently I use TIghtVNC to control my HTPC over the LAN. Works great, except that it seems to have a pretty high CPU usage, like 30-40%. This is fairly detrimental to a machine playing back Hi-Def xvid or DVDs. Is this a common problem with VNC? Is there some setting that I am missing? Has anyone tried the Remote Desktop built into Windows XP? Does it have the same CPU issues? -- JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please remove **X** to reply... Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
