Installation and Setup Guide

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To improve performance when using multiple monitors, enable
Xinerama.
System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video
Real-Time Audio-Video works with standard webcam, USB audio, and analog audio devices, and with
standard conferencing applications like Skype, WebEx, and Google Hangouts. To support Real-Time
Audio-Video, your Horizon deployment must meet certain software and hardware requirements.
Remote desktops
The desktops must have View Agent 6.0 or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later
installed. To use Real-Time Audio-Video with published desktops and
applications, Horizon Agent 7.0.2 or later must be installed.
Horizon Client
computer or client
access device
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Real-Time Audio-Video is supported on x86 and x64 devices. This
feature is not supported on ARM processors. The client system must
meet the following minimum hardware requirements.
Resolution Frame Rate CPU Required Memory
320 x 240 15 FPS 2 core, 1800 MHz 105 MB
640 x 480 15 FPS 2 core, 2700 MHz 150 MB
1280 x 720 15 FPS 4 core, 3400 MHz 210 MB
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Horizon Client requires the following libraries:
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Video4Linux2
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libv4l
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Pulse Audio
The plug-in file
(/usr/lib/pcoip/vchan_plugins/libviewMMDevRedir.so) has the
following dependencies.:
libuuid.so.1
libv4l2.so.0
libspeex.so.1
libudev0
libtheoradec.so.1
libtheoraenc.so.1
libv4lconvert.so.0
libjpeg.so.8
All of these files must be present on the client system or the Real-Time
Audio-Video feature will not work. Note that these dependencies are in
addition to the dependencies required for Horizon Client itself.
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The webcam and audio device drivers must be installed, and the
webcam and audio device must be operable, on the client computer.
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