Thanks , I enabled remotefx and enabled RDP8 protocol and it plays really nice. Now I just have to research if this is possible on RDP for MAC.
David DeMizio *Academic Systems Coordinator* Office of Information Technology New College of Florida Phone: 941-487-4222 | Fax: 941-487-4356 www.ncf.edu On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:41 PM, David DeMizio <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Imre, > > Our image is Windows 7 32bit SP1 with KB2592687. I'm connecting from my > machine which is Windows 7 64 Bit, also with KB2592687. Thanks , I'll have > a look and see if I can find that video. > > David DeMizio > *Academic Systems Coordinator* > Office of Information Technology > New College of Florida > Phone: 941-487-4222 | Fax: 941-487-4356 > www.ncf.edu > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 12:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi David, >> >> if you are using Windows 7 or lower on the VCL and/or client side: we >> haven't gotten around to give it a try (our VCL Windows images are pretty >> much of the Windows 7 age cohort), but RDP 8 - introduced with Windows 8 >> and Server 2012 - supposedly performs much, much better w.r.t. video >> streaming, audio streaming, multimedia and the like. Also, it seems like >> the necessary components can be installed on Windows 7 SP1 and Windows >> Server 2008 R2 SP1 (what a name...), too: >> *http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592687*<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592687> >> . >> I recall seeing an impressive video on MSDN (?) comparing RDP 7 and the >> "RemoteFX" functionality in RDP 8 - the test case was exactly watching a >> YouTube video. (Sorry, I can't find that video right now; there are many >> less authoritative "sources" on YouTube.) >> >> May be worth to give it a try. Also, there may be others on the list who >> have already deployed Windows 8 and can give advice regarding multimedia >> experience. >> >> Best regards >> Imre >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Imre Kocsis >> assistant lecturer >> >> Fault Tolerant Systems Research Group >> Department of Measurement and Information Systems >> Budapest University of Technology and Economics >> >> mail: [email protected] >> phone: +36-1-463-2006 >> mobile: +36-20-514-6881 >> skype: kocsis_imre >> >> >> >> >> From: Aaron Coburn <[email protected]> >> To: "<[email protected]>" <[email protected]> >> Date: 2013.12.17 17:22 >> Subject: Re: choppy sound >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Hi, David, >> >> Some folks may disagree here, but we don’t generally recommend using the >> VCL for any video- or audio-intensive applications. For viewing videos, a >> local browser works much better than doing the same thing through the VCL. >> If the video needs to be played in a particular application, we typically >> don’t make those applications available through the VCL. As far as audio >> goes, it can be OK with a suitably low bit-rate, but that, too, is usually >> best done outside the context of a RDP session. Audio also gets >> complicated in that not all RDP clients support it in the first place. >> >> Aaron >> >> >> -- >> Aaron Coburn >> System Administrator / Programmer >> Web Services, Amherst College >> >> >> >> >> On Dec 17, 2013, at 11:06 AM, David DeMizio >> <*[email protected]*<[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I have been experimenting with sound through remote desktop and it seems >> to come in choppy. This will be an issue for our language labs, has anyone >> experienced the same issues wen remoting into a virtual node via RDP. I've >> tested by watching you tube videos which is pretty much not possible as the >> video and sound are just really slow and choppy. Any advice is >> appreciated on how others have overcome this within their VCL labs. Thank >> You. >> >> David DeMizio >> *Academic Systems Coordinator* >> Office of Information Technology >> New College of Florida >> Phone: 941-487-4222 | Fax: 941-487-4356 >> *www.ncf.edu* <http://www.ncf.edu/> >> [attachment "signature.asc" deleted by Imre Kocsis/ftsrg] >> > >
