Set Flash Player to low quality

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Hi,

I've asked on several Flash forums but none of them gave me an answer that
makes sense. All they could say was to set the quality to low using the
script, but it that's no option for websites from all over the world. I
don't have source access. ;)

Does anyone know of some kind of GPO or regkey that forces the quality of
the player to low on a Windows 2003 Terminal Server?


Thanks in advance,

Jeroen
 
RE: Set Flash Player to low quality

I think this is controlled by the webpage in which the flash player is
embedded, not by a system setting. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

You can disable flash if necessary, and good web developers will display a
static image in place of the Flash content. MSN.com does this.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/noflash.htm

--
Patrick C. Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
SE, West Coast USA & Canada
Quest Software, Provision Networks Division
Virtual Client Solutions
http://www.provisionnetworks.com


"Jeroen" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've asked on several Flash forums but none of them gave me an answer that
> makes sense. All they could say was to set the quality to low using the
> script, but it that's no option for websites from all over the world. I
> don't have source access. ;)
>
> Does anyone know of some kind of GPO or regkey that forces the quality of
> the player to low on a Windows 2003 Terminal Server?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jeroen
>
>
>
 
RE: Set Flash Player to low quality

As an addition to what Patrick wrote:
This is what Rob Leitman from MS replied in a similar thread:

<quote>
One thing you can check, though: In Internet Explorer's Internet
Option, Advanced tab, make sure that "Force offscreen compositing
even under Terminal Server" is not checked.
</quote>

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MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
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<PatrickRouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 07 feb 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> I think this is controlled by the webpage in which the flash
> player is embedded, not by a system setting. Someone please
> correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> You can disable flash if necessary, and good web developers will
> display a static image in place of the Flash content. MSN.com
> does this.
>
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/noflash.htm
 
RE: Set Flash Player to low quality

Ooh, new goodies. What does that do Vera?


--
Patrick C. Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
SE, West Coast USA & Canada
Quest Software, Provision Networks Division
Virtual Client Solutions
http://www.provisionnetworks.com


"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

> As an addition to what Patrick wrote:
> This is what Rob Leitman from MS replied in a similar thread:
>
> <quote>
> One thing you can check, though: In Internet Explorer's Internet
> Option, Advanced tab, make sure that "Force offscreen compositing
> even under Terminal Server" is not checked.
> </quote>
>
> _________________________________________________________
> Vera Noest
> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___
>
> =?Utf-8?B?UGF0cmljayBSb3VzZQ==?=
> <PatrickRouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 07 feb 2008 in
> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
>
> > I think this is controlled by the webpage in which the flash
> > player is embedded, not by a system setting. Someone please
> > correct me if I'm wrong.
> >
> > You can disable flash if necessary, and good web developers will
> > display a static image in place of the Flash content. MSN.com
> > does this.
> >
> > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/noflash.htm
>
 
Re: Set Flash Player to low quality

Yep, my two cents. But tell that to the lazy webdesigners that make
"rich-content" websites that perform poorly on older computers and in
terminal environments. 9 out of 10 websites do not provide an alternative to
Flash content. So disabling the Flash ActiveX is no option. Turning of the
anti-aliasing of Flash results in less data traffic.

The offscreen rendering is already turned off because otherwise some content
is never shown and CPU loads go sky high.

Oh, and sites like MSN, YouTube and other rich-content non-related sites are
already blocked by the ISA server. ;)


Jeroen

PS
Anyone any experience on using Microsoft Silverlight on Terminal Services?


"Patrick Rouse" <PatrickRouse@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
news:08C15224-60EC-4187-B3E9-76801C53B3C6@microsoft.com...
>I think this is controlled by the webpage in which the flash player is
> embedded, not by a system setting. Someone please correct me if I'm
> wrong.
>
> You can disable flash if necessary, and good web developers will display a
> static image in place of the Flash content. MSN.com does this.
>
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/noflash.htm
>
> --
> Patrick C. Rouse
> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> SE, West Coast USA & Canada
> Quest Software, Provision Networks Division
> Virtual Client Solutions
> http://www.provisionnetworks.com
>
>
> "Jeroen" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've asked on several Flash forums but none of them gave me an answer
>> that
>> makes sense. All they could say was to set the quality to low using the
>> script, but it that's no option for websites from all over the world. I
>> don't have source access. ;)
>>
>> Does anyone know of some kind of GPO or regkey that forces the quality of
>> the player to low on a Windows 2003 Terminal Server?
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Jeroen
>>
>>
>>
 
Re: Set Flash Player to low quality

This is why we are developing Multimedia Redirection technology for RDP so
rich media can be redirected (automatically) to the client codec. We're also
adding latency reduction features to RDP that are currently only available
with the ICA Protocol, i.e. local text echo, mouse queuing and image
dithering (for better scrolling when browsing graphically intensive
websites). These are working in our development lab, and should be available
as art of our Virtual Access Suite in the not-so-distant future.

http://www.provisionnetworks.com/news/2007/91007_PN_tech_reviews.aspx


--
Patrick C. Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
SE, West Coast USA & Canada
Quest Software, Provision Networks Division
Virtual Client Solutions
http://www.provisionnetworks.com


"Jeroen" wrote:

> Yep, my two cents. But tell that to the lazy webdesigners that make
> "rich-content" websites that perform poorly on older computers and in
> terminal environments. 9 out of 10 websites do not provide an alternative to
> Flash content. So disabling the Flash ActiveX is no option. Turning of the
> anti-aliasing of Flash results in less data traffic.
>
> The offscreen rendering is already turned off because otherwise some content
> is never shown and CPU loads go sky high.
>
> Oh, and sites like MSN, YouTube and other rich-content non-related sites are
> already blocked by the ISA server. ;)
>
>
> Jeroen
>
> PS
> Anyone any experience on using Microsoft Silverlight on Terminal Services?
>
>
> "Patrick Rouse" <PatrickRouse@discussions.microsoft.com> schreef in bericht
> news:08C15224-60EC-4187-B3E9-76801C53B3C6@microsoft.com...
> >I think this is controlled by the webpage in which the flash player is
> > embedded, not by a system setting. Someone please correct me if I'm
> > wrong.
> >
> > You can disable flash if necessary, and good web developers will display a
> > static image in place of the Flash content. MSN.com does this.
> >
> > http://windowsxp.mvps.org/noflash.htm
> >
> > --
> > Patrick C. Rouse
> > Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
> > SE, West Coast USA & Canada
> > Quest Software, Provision Networks Division
> > Virtual Client Solutions
> > http://www.provisionnetworks.com
> >
> >
> > "Jeroen" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've asked on several Flash forums but none of them gave me an answer
> >> that
> >> makes sense. All they could say was to set the quality to low using the
> >> script, but it that's no option for websites from all over the world. I
> >> don't have source access. ;)
> >>
> >> Does anyone know of some kind of GPO or regkey that forces the quality of
> >> the player to low on a Windows 2003 Terminal Server?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Jeroen
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
 
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