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View Manager Administration Guide
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View Client with Offline Desktop: Supported Guests
Thefollowing32bitoperatingsystemscanbedownloadedandusedbyViewClient
withOfflineDesktop:
WindowsXPProfessionalSP2
WindowsXPProfessionalSP3
View Client and View Client with Offline Desktop: MMR
Themultimediaredirection(MMR)featureredirectscertainmultimediacodecs
runningontheremotedesktoptothelocalclientforrenderingoffullmotionvideoand
audio.WindowsXPandXPearetheonlyclientoperatingsystemsthatsupportMMR
onViewClientandViewClientwithOfflineDesktop.MMRsupportsthefo
llowing
mediaformats:
AC3
MP3
MPEG1
MPEG2
MPEG4part2
WMA
WMV7/8/9
TherecommendedapplicationtousewiththesefilesisWindowsMediaPlayer10—this
applicationsupportsMMRandshouldbeinstalledonboththeclientandView
Managerdesktop.
View Portal
ActiveXcontrolsarerequiredforWindowsuserswhoaccesstheirdesktopsusing
View PortalonInternetExplorer 6orhigher.
BeforeconnectingtoaWindowsdesktopusingtheViewPortalonaLinuxsystem,you
mustinstallrdesktop 1.5.0.Youcandownloadrdesktopfromthefollowinglocation:
http://www.rdesktop.org
Afteryoudownloadrdesktop,followtheinstructionsinther
eadmefile.
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OTEMMRwillnotworkcorrectlyiftheViewClientvideodisplayhardw aredoes
nothaveoverlaysupport.