Sunday, July 31, 2022

Re: xfreerdp and stuttering sound

On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:32:59 -0500
Ed Ahlsen-Girard <eagirard@cox.net> wrote:

> I am remoting to a Windows machine to view Widevine encrypted videos,
> and need to forward the sound. My xfreerdp line is:
>
> xfreerdp /h:2560 /w:3712 /d:[hostname] /u:[username] /sound:sys:sndio
> \ /v:[hostname]
>
> I see the video, but the sound stutters badly. Closing other
> applications does not improve this, and choosing a different browser
> on the remote Windows machine does not improve it.
>
> dmesg below signature.
>

Closing out the loop, it appears that FreeRDP only supports multi-media
forwarding of Windows Media Player.

The rdesktop port is not an alternative: upstream has been
un-maintained since November 2019, and its latest version cannot
connect to Windows 10 21H2 if fully patched.
--

Edward Ahlsen-Girard
Ft Walton Beach, FL

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