Parsec Remote Desktop Download PATCHED
Wisam Ammouri
I have a very potent gaming PC running Windows 10 but no more space for it because I had to turn my office into a nursery. I'm therefore thinking about moving my PC to a storeroom (headless) and am looking for a remote desktop solution that lets me do:
I have several laptops or a rpi as client and Gigabit Ethernet at home. I don't really need remote access via internet. Reading the parsec features, I'm pretty sure that's the way to go for gaming but can it also be used for standard remote desktop access to the PC or do I need the "Teams" version for this?
I recently started using Parsec and have encountered a strange issue. As long as I have a Windows remote desktop session open with the host computer, Parsec works fine. If I close the remote desktop session or even just minimize it, Parsec goes black then closes the connection shortly after with a -14003 error. Help?
I have a setup where I work (code) on the laptop, but compile on the desktop pc. Through remote desktop app obviously. For the laptop less battery usage, less heat output, and you get the power of pc cpu, ram, gpu etc... its perfect really...
I was wondering what is the best software in terms of lag, resolution, quality of the video etc... on the market currently. Ive only tried Microsoft Remote Desktop and Chrome Remote Desktop.
Secondly, parsec is from what I've heard very sensitive to latency (since it's a video). If you are on an unstable connection or have multiple people connecting, you might run into far more issues than with rdp.
As a regular user of Parsec (for both home and work uses) it's really not too sensitive to latency. In fact, I've just been on a trip across multiple states (several hundred miles away), and I used Parsec without issue on a slow cellular connection during some of that trip. Yes, there was latency, but considering the network conditions it was far better than you might expect. Plus, you can control the bandwidth limit all the way down to 3 Mb/s, so if you're on a slow connection it'll still work. This was the case for one of the hotels I stayed at, and I was still able to do a bit of gaming on the remote computer. Besides, OP is wanting something to use on their local network, so latency shouldn't be a problem.
Also, I'm not really sure why you're talking about a server. OP isn't wanting to use a server; they're wanting to use their desktop PC through their laptop. Nobody said anything about using Parsec with a server (though that is possible - see Paperspace for an example of a company that does it all the time).
Parsec and RDP are two different tools, meant for different things. This is a clear case of RDP being superior. If OP was asking about playing games remotely I would have recommended Parsec too. But in this case OP is asking about watching text remotely. For that RDP is far superior.
Why would multi-monitor support be needed? Again, everything OP has said indicates they want to use a laptop instead of their desktop. To me that says they want to use it away from a desk setup, especially since they mention battery life.
OP specifically said they have already tried RDP, so recommending Parsec was simply giving them another option to try. If it doesn't work for them then they could easily just go back to RDP or something else. I'm not trying to say Parsec is the greatest remote access software ever. All I'm trying to do is be helpful and offer OP some information, and I know how well Parsec can work since I use it no less than 5 days a week. RDP is good too, but this is just another option.
Parsec is a proprietary remote desktop application primarily used for playing games through video streaming. Using Parsec, a user can stream video game footage through an Internet connection, allowing one to run a game on one computer but play it remotely through another device. Although its main focus is gaming, Parsec can also be used as low-latency desktop sharing software. The Parsec client is available on most modern operating systems including Windows, macOS, Android, Raspberry Pi 3 and Linux.[2]
I've heard of Parsec some years back, but never really paid it a lot of attention. Being stuck as I was, I decided to give it a shot (also due to the coaxing of some friends), and, boy, was I surprised at the results. The whole setup of having a remote gaming server running Parsec while another (local) machine played the games on it works just as well as described.
Go to your IAM dashboard, select Users, and then select Add user. Give your user a name (something like parsec-host-server works great), and check Programmatic Access.
On your desktop should be an Auto Logon folder. Open it and run the script inside. Type in your user name as Administrator, and the computer password (you should've changed this by now). Confirm that auto logon has been completed successfully.
As a freelance video editor I work for all kinds of clients in all kinds of locations. Using Parsec allows me to remotely connect to their computers, work on them, and leave, all from the comfort of my home edit suite. Or anywhere, actually.
Remote desktop does require that you have something physically maintained to remote control in another location, whereas virtual machines allow you to rent a powerful cloud computer for a few hours and then turn them off with none of the maintenance and overheads that come with actual ownership.
This means: I want use a colorist control surface and Stream Deck at my remote location, controlling my grading software back at the office using the same settings as if I was there, at the office grading suite.
As mentioned, there are quite a few remote desktop solutions available and luckily, we have several that work for our highly specific needs: color accurate; highly responsive; and allows for multi-monitor.
So as the new standard of fedora 34 everything goes through pipe wire now.
When using parsec remote app to contact a windows client and play a video or if I m using a Remote Desktop app, the sound is stuttering.
Having a deadly global pandemic might not be the only reason why you might want to use a remote desktop and to edit on but it can be a reason and Linus from Linus Tech Tips just did an interesting video on a service called Parsec which claims to be able to do some serious remote low latency 4K real-time streaming which can be used for editing as well.
Their service which was originally designed for gaming (it seems to work pretty well for that if you have some free time) can be used for remote desktop editing. Basically you are running software on both your computers and using advanced compression algorithms the service allows you to view 4K footage and edit it on the go.
Well, that is the theory but how well does it really work? Linus and his team tried it with different software and different locations, systems, and scenarios and have been generally impressed. It seems that you can do some actual 4K editing remotely with this service providing that you have a good fast stable internet connection for both computers.
My (physical) desktop and room space is limited, so I wonder, if I get a nice new powerful Windows PC to run MSFS on, will it work well to use the Microsoft Remote Desktop client on my iMac to connect to it?
To answer your core question, if you do this over a LAN Portal of a remote desktop and are using a good gigabit LAN, with minimal WAN activity outside of FS, with windows RDP, you will be heavily disappointed, Windows RDP ( Remote Desktop Protocol ) does not allow for high level graphics and will undoubtedly restrict the visual clarity of the rendering of the sim down to 10 generations ago graphics capability.
Just a FYI that Parsec is broken, from the client side, after installing the latest 23.2.1 AMD Radeon drivers. The HOST functionality works fine (if the host is running the latest AMD 23.2.1 drivers, or older AMD Radeon drivers) if you're connecting to the device from a system running drivers prior to 23.2.1, but clients cannot connect. Error -14 (decoding error) pops up from the client on ANY system running 23.2.1. I've confirmed this behavior on 5 different AMD systems (laptops, desktops w/discrete GPU's, etc.). Likely an incompatibility with the new AMD drivers for Parsec clients, so hold off on updating to 23.2.1 if you rely on Parsec to connect to other Parsec hosts. I've notified Parsec via Discord but no ETA or confirmation on a fix yet.
Thanks for confirming...exact same issue on my end. I've seen this across several different AMD systems that are running the latest 23.2.1 AMD Radeon drivers, using different AMD graphics hardware - I've seen this on a Radeon 6700XT, as well as different integrated Vega GPU's on AMD laptops.
Software decoding w/H.265 HEVC OFF is the only way to connect to other Parsec hosts on the newest drivers. If you're running a driver OLDER than 23.2.1, you can connect just fine to HOSTS running 23.2.1 (with AMD hardware decoding enabled + H.265 HEVC), so this is a decoding issue rather than an encoding issue.
Probably won't see another AMD Radeon driver update for at least a month or longer, so it'll be left to the Parsec dev team to fix the problem. If Parsec is having problems, apps such as OBS Studio for desktop recording are likely also affected since both apps use similar methods for decoding/encoding.