I've tried most of the remote desktop solutions out there. NoMachine's NX, NX/FreeNX, Citrix ICA, etc.
They *all* suffer from less than perfect video over the net. Its a combination of bandwidth and cpu horsepower either of which can induce delay/jitter. Audio won't be as noticable as video because if you miss some bits of audio your ears/mind usually still can understand but miss some bits of video and its always noticable.
There are quite a few solutions that are starting to appear though that will help.
Red Hat has released to opensource the SPICE<http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Red-Hat-open-sources-Qumranet-SPICE-protocol-882801.html>software they got from QumranNet two years ago. There is also work being done with Neatx although its got key features that don't work yet (audio/printing for a couple). and there are a variety of other solutions starting to hit the market.
Then there is the movement to HTML 5 with embedded video support which is going to change a lot of things for the better.
If the video you need to view is web based then don't have the user launch a browser on the remote desktop machine but launch it locally.
Brian
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- Re: x2gospyglass with x2goserver-one? (Paul van der Vlis)
- Ubuntu 10.04 (cougarmaster)
Message: 1 Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 16:54:13 +0200 From: Paul van der Vlis <paul@vandervlis.nl> To: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de Subject: Re: [X2go-dev] x2gospyglass with x2goserver-one? Message-ID: <4C0BB695.9020007@vandervlis.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Philipp Huebner schreef:
Hi,
if possible, how can I use x2gospyglass with x2goserver-one?
You need LDAP.
But the newest, not-yet-released-version of X2go has a simular feature to see a session of another user. Then you don't need LDAP.
It's called "Desktop sharing".
With regards, Paul van der Vlis.
Message: 2 Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 16:51:07 +0000 (UTC) From: cougarmaster <voipster3@gmail.com> To: x2go-dev@lists.berlios.de Subject: [X2go-dev] Ubuntu 10.04 Message-ID: <loom.20100606T183728-70@post.gmane.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi all, I have just installed Ubuntu 10.04 for a client on a XEN server and the login and using of the gnome desktop was really great! It was very fast login and using the programs was quick and no long waits. The login took about 6 sec from an internet connection. Though video playback is terrible still :) but the sound was smooth mostly having a few stops here and there otherwise its really good. Printing was great but had to stick to pdf printing which the client could live with pressing a few more buttons. The other great thing was that if the connection was cut off for whatever reason it now can connect back to that session, before it was like a roll of the dice. Also another great factor was using 10.04 is login and log out are really fast. The modem setting is a great saver for bad wifi connections. Anyway my main question would be will video playback be looked into? Since with ubuntu 10.04 out and most of the things I have tried seems to have enhanced the speed of ssh and stability. Though most people don't need it now it is a great feature to have since video calls are getting popular it would really enhance x2go usage further.
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