Sun Ray Software 4 10/08 - FAQ
Please note that this is a living document and will be updated on a frequent basis.
What's New?
Sun Ray Software 4 10/08 delivers following Multimedia enhancements:
-
using Sun Ray Connector for Windows and Windows Media Player
- H.264 (MPEG-4) and VC-1 (Windows Media Video 9)
playback capabilities on Sun Ray 2 family of clients by extending Sun
Ray architecture to accept these streams and transmit them directly to
Sun Ray clients for decoding.
- Improved playback of other video formats such as avi, divx, MPEG-2, etc. by leaveraging standard XVideo interface on Sun Ray 1 and Sun Ray 2 family of clients where YUV streams are sent directly to the Sun Ray client.
-
using Non-Windows environment
- Accelerated YUV playback with applications such as RealPlayer by leaveraging standard XVideo for Sun Ray 1 and Sun Ray 2 family of
clients where YUV streams are sent directly to the Sun Ray client.
What's Required environment?
-
Sun Ray Server Software (SRSS) 4.1 and
Sun Ray Connector for Windows OS (SRWC) 2.1 running on
- Solaris 10 5/08 (Update 5) on SPARC with and without Trusted Extensions
- Solaris 10 5/08 (Update 5) on X86 with and without Trusted Extensions
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 1
- SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10 Service Pack 1
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Windows Terminal Services running on
- Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 2
- Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (32-bit)
- Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (64-bit)
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Windows Media Player version 10 or 11
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Multimedia Redirection Component (SunMMR)
This includes the following components
which intercept H.264, VC-1 and uncompressed YUV streams. This
component is delivered in the Supplemental/SunMMR section of the SRWC
2.1 image.
To install and register this Multimedia Redirection Component:
- Run setup.exe on the destination Windows server
- Select 'Everyone' option during installation.
SunMMR does not include any demux
filter, audio decoder filter and video decoder filter for H.264
(MPEG-4) and YUV redirection. The following components have been
tested:
Or
- MainConcept codec, available at http://www.mainconcept.com and select 'Codec SDK'.
Only mpeg splitter, mpeg decoder, mp4 splitter, mp4 decoder and H.264 decoder are required.
What's Session Reconnetion behavior?
If a Sun Ray Connector session is
relaunched or hotdesked while a supported media format clip is playing,
an error alter box may be displayed and user must relaunch
(File->Open) the clip from Windows Media Player.
What's logged?
When multimedia enhacements are is use,
as when video clips in a supported format are played, debugging
messages are logged in the following files:
- On Solaris, /var/dt/Xerrors
- On Linux, /var/log/gdm/$DISPLAY.log
Following table describes sample messages that will be logged in the above files:
Message
|
Comments
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Display :3.0 Video port Id 39 Compressed: H264
|
Start of H.264 compressed video stream.
|
| Display :3.0 Video port Id 39 Compressed: VC1 |
Start of VC1 compressed video stream. |
| Display :3.0 Video port Id 39 YUV: YV12 |
Start of stream for XVideo.
Note that the XVideo protocol does not require
start/stop so an application may send multiple
streams without a new debug message. |
Display :3.0 Video port Id 39 Compressed: H264 hotdesked
|
Stream has been connected to Sun Ray client.
|
Display :3.0 Video port Id 39 Compressed: H264 hotdesked
firmware does not support compressed video
|
Stream has been connected to Sun Ray client
that does not support decoding.
|
What are the Limitations?
In the Beta release, multimedia enhacements will not work in the following environment
- Low bandwidth environment
- Xinerama
- Multiple Streams at the same time
What are the Known Issues and Workarounds?
- In Windows Media Player, Repeat Mode should be disabled before playing the video streams by following these steps:
- Open Windows Media Player
- Disable Repeat Mode
- Close and restart Windows Media Player to play the video streams