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Android 3 (Honeycomb), Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), and
Android 4.1 and 4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Horizon View desktop
To support Unity Touch, the following software must be installed in the
virtual machine that the end user will access:
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Operating systems: Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit),
Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit or 64-bit), Windows 8.1
(32-bit or 64-bit), or Windows Server 2008 R2
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View Agent 5.3
Installation instructions are provided in the VMware Horizon View
Administration document.
System Requirements for Windows 7 Multimedia Redirection
To support Windows 7 Multimedia Redirection (MMR), your Horizon View deployment must meet certain
software and hardware requirements.
Horizon View desktop
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The desktops must run 64-bit or 32-bit Windows 7 operating systems.
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3D Rendering must be enabled on the desktop pool.
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The desktop virtual machines must be virtual hardware version 8 or
later.
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Users must play videos on Windows Media Player 12 or later.
Horizon View Client
software
Horizon View Client 2.2 for Windows or a later release
View Client computer or
client access device
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The clients must run 64-bit or 32-bit Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating
systems.
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The clients must have DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA)-compatible
video cards that can decode the selected videos.
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Windows Media Player 12 or later must be installed on the clients to
allow redirection to the local hardware.
Supported media
formats
Media formats must comply with the H.264 video compression standard.
The M4V, MP4, and MOV file formats are supported. Your virtual desktops
must use one of these file formats, and local decoders for these formats must
exist on the client systems.
View policies
In View Administrator, verify that the Multimedia redirection (MMR)
policy is set to Allow, which is the default value.
Back-end firewall
If your Horizon View deployment includes a back-end firewall between your
DMZ-based security servers and your internal network, verify that the back-
end firewall allows traffic to port 9427 on your desktops.
For a comparison of the Windows 7 Multimedia Redirection (MMR) component and the Wyse MMR
component, which operates on Windows XP and Windows Vista desktops, see “Multimedia Redirection
Support on Desktop Operating Systems,” on page 13.
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