5.3

Multimedia Redirection Support on Desktop Operating Systems
Windows 7 Multimedia Redirection (MMR) is a feature pack component that is installed with the Remote
Experience Agent. The Wyse MMR component is installed with View Agent and operates on Windows XP
and Windows Vista desktops. Windows 7 MMR has somewhat different characteristics and requirements
than the Wyse MMR component.
Table 2. Horizon View Desktop Operating System Support for Multimedia Redirection
Desktop
Operating
System
Desktop Virtual
Machine
Requirements
Supported Media
Formats Supported Clients Audio Redirection
Windows XP,
Windows
Vista
Windows Media Player
10 or later must be
installed.
Many formats are
supported. For
example:
MPEG2-1; MPEG2;
MPEG-4 Part 2;WMV
7, 8, and 9; WMA; AVI;
ACE; MPT3; WAV
Windows XP, Windows
Vista, Windows 7
Windows Media Player
10 or later must be
installed.
The audio stream is
redirected to the
client system.
Windows 7 The desktops must be
virtual hardware
version 8 or later.
3D Rendering must be
enabled.
Windows Media Player
12 or later must be
installed.
H.264 compression
standard in M4V, MP4,
or MOV format.
Windows 7, Windows 8
The clients must have
DirectX Video
Acceleration (DXVA)-
compatible video cards
that can decode the
selected videos.
Windows Media Player
12 or later must be
installed.
The audio stream is
not redirected. Audio
is delivered over
PCoIP from the
remote desktop to the
client system.
Windows 8 Not supported Not supported Not supported Not supported
For more information about MMR system requirements on Horizon View clients, see the Using
VMware Horizon View Client for Windows document.
Installing and Deploying the Remote Experience Agent on Horizon View
Desktops
Run the Remote Experience Agent installer to install the Feature Pack components on Horizon View
desktops. You can use the interactive Remote Experience Agent installer or run the installer silently from the
command line.
If you intend to create a new desktop pool, install the Remote Experience Agent on a parent virtual machine.
Take a snapshot or make a template from the virtual machine and create the desktop pool.
If you intend to install the Feature Pack components on an existing desktop pool, the approach you take
depends on the type of desktop pool. For example, for a linked-clone pool with floating assignments, you
can run the Remote Experience Agent installer on the parent virtual machine and recompose the linked
clones. For a full-clone pool or a pool that you do not recompose, you can install the Remote Experience
Agent silently on the desktops. You might use your own script or a software distribution tool to perform the
distributed installation.
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