audio redirect

[tl]

> How can I make use of the -r command to have audio from a Windows 7
> virtual desktop heard on my Fedora Core 14 system via the latest
> VMware View Open Client? I'm not sure what to put on the command line
> with '-r'.

it should work automatically these days; we pass -r sound:local to
rdesktop, which would be the same as running:

$ vmware-view --rdesktopOptions="-r sound:local"

so, you could use different options there if you need to. does this
help at all?

-- jacob

---

Thanks, Jacob, for the reply. And I'm sorry that I couldn't find the
original message in the group to reply to.

I tried your suggestion, but it still didn't work. Here is the log
from the session. It looks, to me, that it isn't supported?

Thanks for the help!
tl

Mar 17 09:42:13.425: vmware-view| Log for VMware View Open Client
pid=30985 version=4.5.0 build-297975 build=build-297975 option=Release
Mar 17 09:42:13.425: vmware-view| Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
Mar 17 09:42:13.425: vmware-view| Using locale directory /usr/share/
locale
Mar 17 09:42:13.758: vmware-view| Command line: vmware-view --
rdesktopOptions=-r sound:local
Mar 17 09:42:13.759: vmware-view| Using gtk+ version 2.22.0
Mar 17 09:42:13.768: vmware-view| Using Metacity window manager
Mar 17 09:42:17.020: vmware-view| Busy: Initializing connection...
Mar 17 09:42:17.020: vmware-view| Initializing connection to broker
https://usvdiec.emc.com:443
Mar 17 09:42:17.960: vmware-view| Auth Info: Name: windows-password,
result: ok
Mar 17 09:42:23.608: vmware-view| Busy: Logging in...
Mar 17 09:42:25.086: vmware-view| Auth Info: Name: , result: ok
Mar 17 09:42:25.086: vmware-view| Direct connection to desktop
enabled; bypassing tunnel connection.
Mar 17 09:42:25.086: vmware-view| Number of monitors on this screen is
1.
Mar 17 09:42:25.086: vmware-view| Current window manager supports
_NET_WM_FULLSCREEN_MONITORS message.
Mar 17 09:42:36.535: vmware-view| Transitioning: Connecting to the
desktop...
Mar 17 09:42:38.690: vmware-view| Desktop connect successful.
Starting desktop using RDP...
Mar 17 09:42:38.690: vmware-view| Transitioning: Connecting to the
desktop...
Mar 17 09:42:38.692: vmware-view| Connecting to desktop with total
geometry 1680x1050.
Mar 17 09:42:38.692: vmware-view| Starting usb redirection to
'10.238.243.12:32111' with ticket '281c634f-4cc9-4c96-899b-
d38677f9ac9e'.
Mar 17 09:42:38.692: vmware-view| Relative or system path /usr/bin/
vmware-view-usb does not exist.
Mar 17 09:42:38.692: vmware-view| /usr/bin/vmware-view-usb was not
found; disabling USB redirection.
Mar 17 09:42:38.692: vmware-view| Connecting to desktop
CN=ECCOR12,OU=Applications,DC=vdi,DC=vmware,DC=int: RDP://lem...@10.238.243.12:3389
Mar 17 09:42:38.692: vmware-view| Starting child: rdesktop '-z' '-K' '-
g' '1680x1050' '-X' '44040818' '-u' 'lemont' '-d' 'CORP' '-p' '-' '-a'
'24' '-r' 'sound:local' '-r' 'sound:local' '-r' 'rdp_mmr.so:MMRVDX'
'10.238.243.12:3389'
Mar 17 09:42:39.198: vmware-view| rdesktop(30990): WARNING: Unknown -r
argument
Mar 17 09:42:39.198: vmware-view| rdesktop(30990):
Mar 17 09:42:39.198: vmware-view| rdesktop(30990): Possible arguments
are: comport, disk, lptport, printer, sound, clipboard, scard
Mar 17 09:42:39.198: vmware-view| rdesktop(30990): Autoselected
keyboard map en-us
Mar 17 09:42:39.200: vmware-view| Attempting to fullscreen window
using _NET_WM_STATE_FULLSCREEN hint.
Mar 17 09:42:39.202: vmware-view| rdesktop(30990): WARNING: Remote
desktop does not support colour depth 24; falling back to 16
Mar 17 09:44:24.142: vmware-view| rdesktop(30990) exited due to signal
15.
Mar 17 09:44:24.142: vmware-view| Cancelling 0 broker XML requests.
Mar 17 09:44:24.142: vmware-view| Cancelling 0 broker XML requests.

[Jacob Berkman]

On Mar 17, 2011, at 5:42 PM, tl wrote:

> I tried your suggestion, but it still didn't work. Here is the log
> from the session. It looks, to me, that it isn't supported?
>

> Mar 17 09:42:38.692: vmware-view| Starting child: rdesktop '-z' '-K' '-
> g' '1680x1050' '-X' '44040818' '-u' 'lemont' '-d' 'CORP' '-p' '-' '-a'
> '24' '-r' 'sound:local' '-r' 'sound:local' '-r' 'rdp_mmr.so:MMRVDX'

here you can see the option's being passed twice, so you don't need to pass it to the view client (it's happening automatically). i don't know why sound isn't working for you, but this is something between your desktop and rdesktop, not with the view client. the remote desktop isn't muted or anything? does sound work when running rdesktop without view?

-- jacob