Installation and Setup Guide

Table 1‑1. GStreamer Framework Setup
Graphics Card
(including Driver)
Hardware Accelerator
API GStreamer Plug-in
NVIDIA
VDPAU (libvdpau.so) vdpau
Intel
VAAPI (libvaapi.so) gstreamer-vaapi
--
OpenMax gst-omx
--
DCE gstreamer-ducati
AMD
OVD/UVD
Unavailable
To get more detailed information, see
hps://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/documentation/tutorials/playback/hardwar
e-accelerated-video-decoding.html.
MMR is not enabled by default. To enable it, you must set the conguration option view.enableMMR. For
more information, see “Horizon Client Conguration Seings and Command-Line Options,” on page 29.
Requirements for Using Flash URL Redirection
Streaming Flash content directly from Adobe Media Server to client endpoints lowers the load on the
datacenter ESXi host, removes the extra routing through the datacenter, and reduces the bandwidth
required to simultaneously stream live video events to multiple client endpoints.
The Flash URL redirection feature uses a JavaScript that is embedded inside a Web page by the Web page
administrator. Whenever a virtual desktop user clicks on the designated URL link from within a Web page,
the JavaScript intercepts and redirects the ShockWave File (SWF) from the virtual desktop session to the
client endpoint. The endpoint then opens a local VMware Flash Projector outside of the virtual desktop
session and plays the media stream locally. Both multicast and unicast are supported.
This feature is available when used with the correct version of the agent software. For View 6.0 and later
releases, this feature is included in View Agent or Horizon Agent.
To use this feature, you must set up your Web page and the client devices. Client systems must meet certain
software requirements:
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This feature is supported for PCoIP only. This feature is not supported on ARM processors.
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Client systems must have IP connectivity to the Adobe Web server that hosts the ShockWave File (SWF)
that initiates the multicast or unicast streaming. If needed, congure your rewall to open the
appropriate ports to allow client devices to access this server.
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Client systems must have the appropriate Flash plug-in installed.
a Install the libexpat.so.1 le, or verify that this le is already installed.
Ensure that the le is installed in the /usr/lib or /usr/local/lib directory.
b Install the libflashplayer.so le, or verify that this le is already installed.
Ensure that the le is installed in the appropriate Flash plug-in directory for your Linux operating
system.
c Install the wget program, or verify that the program le is already installed.
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libffi.so.5 is required on Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 distributions to make Flash URL redirection work,
but Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 distributions only have libffi.so.6 by default. You can work around this
limitation by making a symbolic link between libffi.so.6 and libffi.so.5.
For a list of the remote desktop requirements for Flash URL redirection, and for instructions about how to
congure a Web page to provide a multicast or unicast stream, see the Horizon documentation.
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