[THIN] Re: Playing WMV clips trough SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration - Email found in subject - Email found in subject
- From: "Daniel Sidler" <daniel.sidler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 08:24:53 +0200
Yes indeed, they exclude WMV on the compatibility chart. I was mislead
by their marketing material. Big mistake ;-)
I assume a wmv file can, like avi, as a container hold different
formats. If video inside the container is MPEG4 coded it will work. If
its Windows Media coded, it will not.
Daniel
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 5:02 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [SPAM] - [THIN] Re: [SPAM] - Re: Playing WMV clips
> trough SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration - Email found in
> subject - Email found in subject
>
> Note from the Citrix compatibility chart that WMV files are
> not supported.
> (yes I erred in my last response on .wmv)
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Sidler
> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 7:24 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: [SPAM] - Re: Playing WMV clips trough
> SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration - Email found in subject
>
> Thanks. It's Windows Media V8. I can go to
> <http://www.ifilm.com/player/?ifilmId=2670577&bw=56&mt=WMP&ref
site=7107>
> to showcase the problem. Sound is ok, video completey distorted.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Shonk
> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 3:12 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [SPAM] - [THIN] Re: Playing WMV clips trough SpeedScreen
> > Multimedia Acceleration - Email found in subject
> >
> > WMP 9 is supported, WMP 10 is not... (WMP 10 doesn't even
> install on a
> > W2k3 server anyways).
> >
> > Yes .mpeg and .wmv can be played, but those are just file formats.
> > What's really supported/not supported is the codec used within the
> > file formats.
> > See:
> > http://support.citrix.com/kb/entry!default.jspa?categoryID=275
> > &entryID=5376&
> > fromSearchPage=true for more information.
> >
> > I have successfully gotten the supported codecs (including
> > divx) to work with SpeedScreen, but those that are not support are
> > really not supported.
> > I wish Citrix would learn to add new codecs from time to time or at
> > least teach us how to do it for them. (it would be really great for
> > those PACS
> > applications)
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Sidler
> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 4:18 AM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Playing WMV clips trough SpeedScreen Multimedia
> > Acceleration
> >
> > Hi all
> >
> > [Note: I have posted this topic in alt.os.citrix this week
> already but
> > had no answers. So please bear with me if you have seen it before]
> >
> > We're faced with a situation where we have to stream live
> video to LAN
> > clients using an embedded Windows Media Player 9 running in an
> > application within an terminal session.
> >
> > This works fine with MPEG, but not with WMV. ICA clients
> run on WinXP
> > SP2, with a local copy MP9 installed, so all necessary codecs are
> > available locally as well.
> >
> > When we test the application on the client machine, video streaming
> > works, the same app running in a Citrix session gives us distorted
> > video, with sound intact.
> >
> > We can disable video acceleration on WMP9, which gives us proper
> > video, but this is then transmitted to the ICA client uncompressed,
> > i.e. very jerky and using a lot of bandwidth and CPU on the server.
> >
> > Citrix' documentation is somewhat ambiguous on this topic.
> On one hand
> > they publish tables in CTX104912 (for MPS 3.0) and on page
> 132 of the
> > Advanced Implementation Guide (for MPS
> > 4.0) that show clearly that WMV is "not supported trough
> SpeedScreen
> > Multimedia Acceleration".
> >
> > On the other hand they note in the very same documents that "in
> > general SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration supports all
> media types
> > that can be decoded by a DirectShow based codec, regardless of file
> > format"
> >
> > In addition, their Comparative Matrix (found here:
> > <http://www.citrix.com/site/resources/dynamic/salesdocs/Citrix
> > _PS_Compar
> > ativeMatrix.pd-f>) states on page 5 that MPEG and WMV can be played
> > trough SpeedScreen Multimedia Acceleration.
> >
> > Has anyone had any success in playing WMV content using
> WMP9 or WMP10
> > in such a setup?
> >
> > We're running MPS 3.0 EE on Windows 2003 Server (no SP1), with WMP9
> > installed on server and client.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dan
> >
>
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