Installation and Setup Guide

System Requirements for Multimedia Redirection (MMR)
With multimedia redirection (MMR), the multimedia stream is processed, that is, decoded, on the client
system. The client system plays the media content so that the load on the ESXi host is reduced.
Remote desktops
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Single-user desktops must have View Agent 6.0.2 or later, or
Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, installed.
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Session-based desktops must have View Agent 6.1.1 or later, or
Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, installed on the RDS host.
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For information about operating system requirements and other
software requirements and conguration seings for the remote desktop
or application, see the topics about Windows Media Multimedia
Redirection in Conguring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7.
Horizon Client computer
or client access device
32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.x, or Windows 10.
Supported media
formats
Media formats that are supported on Windows Media Player are supported.
For example: M4V; MOV; MP4; WMP; MPEG-4 Part 2; WMV 7, 8, and 9;
WMA; AVI; ACE; MP3; WAV.
N DRM-protected content is not redirected through Windows Media
MMR.
System Requirements for Flash Redirection
Horizon Agent and Horizon Client, and the remote desktops and client systems on which you install the
agent and client software, must meet certain requirements to support the Flash Redirection feature.
With Flash Redirection, if an end user uses Internet Explorer 9, 10, or 11, Flash content is sent to the client
system, which reduces the load on the ESXi host. The client system plays the media content in a Flash
container window by using the Flash Player ActiveX version.
Remote desktop
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Horizon Agent 7.0 or later must be installed in a virtual desktop with the
Flash Redirection custom setup option selected. The Flash Redirection
custom setup option is not selected by default. See the topics about
installing Horizon Agent in the Seing Up Virtual Desktops in Horizon 7
document.
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The appropriate group policy seings must be congured. See the topics
about conguring Flash Redirection in the Conguring Remote Desktop
Features in Horizon 7 document.
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Flash Redirection is supported on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1,
and Windows 10 virtual desktops.
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Internet Explorer 9, 10, or 11 must be installed with the corresponding
Flash ActiveX plug-in.
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After installation, the VMware View FlashMMR Server add-on must be
enabled in Internet Explorer.
Horizon Client computer
or client access device
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Horizon Client must be installed with the Flash Redirection option
enabled. The Flash Redirection option is enabled by default.
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