Audio Redirection

[Matthew]

Is it possible to redirect audio from a Windows 2K3 Terminal Server to
thin clients? The server does not have an audio card.

 

[Jeff Pitsch]

Re: Audio Redirection

yes it is possible because the audio is redirected using a TS virtual
audio driver. Do not expect that you will get good results though
because you will not. RDP is not designed to redirect audio.

Jeff Pitsch
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

Matthew wrote:
> Is it possible to redirect audio from a Windows 2K3 Terminal Server to
> thin clients? The server does not have an audio card.

 

[Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: Audio Redirection

Sure. And an audio card is not needed in the server, since the sound
is rendered by a virtual device.
You'll have to allow audio redirection on the server and enable it on
the client.

818465 - HOW TO: Use Group Policy to Permit Users to Redirect and
Play Audio in a Remote Desktop Session to Terminal Services in
Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=818465
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MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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Matthew <"system[spam]tyrant"@gmail[dot].com> wrote on 27 okt 2008
in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Is it possible to redirect audio from a Windows 2K3 Terminal
> Server to thin clients? The server does not have an audio card.

 

[Matthew]

Re: Audio Redirection

Thanks. I don't care if it sounds good. The sound quality isn't my
problem.

Jeff Pitsch wrote:
> yes it is possible because the audio is redirected using a TS virtual
> audio driver. Do not expect that you will get good results though
> because you will not. RDP is not designed to redirect audio.
>
> Jeff Pitsch
> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services
>
> Matthew wrote:
>> Is it possible to redirect audio from a Windows 2K3 Terminal Server to
>> thin clients? The server does not have an audio card.

 

[Matthew]

Re: Audio Redirection

Thanks.

Vera Noest [MVP] wrote:
> Sure. And an audio card is not needed in the server, since the sound
> is rendered by a virtual device.
> You'll have to allow audio redirection on the server and enable it on
> the client.
>
> 818465 - HOW TO: Use Group Policy to Permit Users to Redirect and
> Play Audio in a Remote Desktop Session to Terminal Services in
> Windows Server 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=818465
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> Matthew <"system[spam]tyrant"@gmail[dot].com> wrote on 27 okt 2008
> in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
>> Is it possible to redirect audio from a Windows 2K3 Terminal
>> Server to thin clients? The server does not have an audio card.

 

[jolteroli]

Re: Audio Redirection

If you experiencing dropouts or a delay while playing videos, have a look in
"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32\Terminal
Server\RDP". There is a REG_DWORD with the name "MaxBandwidth" and the value
22201 ...

-jolt