tightVNC - video playback

[Fayd]

Hi, I'm trying to get a usable remote access to my video recording server. I've installed tightVNC on the server, and am trying to get as close to fluid video playback as i can.

the server is hosting the recording software, which accepts a few video streams and records them to harddrive. it also hosts the playback software, which allows users to go through th previously recorded video, indexed by time and source. recording requires at maximum, 20% of the CPU and 2% of the network bandwidth. (x4 620, 100 mbit) playback when done locally is smooth, up to as fast as i care to play it.

I have as much bandwidth as i care to use, and plenty of CPU power. the problem is I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the playback fluid. through tightvnc it updates the screen about once every 2 seconds. i've tried playing with encoding settings, but no matter what combination i used it was the same or worse.

any suggestions?

 

[Bryf50]

I use Blueiris to record video from some ip cams. I use Remote Desktop to access the server it runs on and it works pretty well.

 

[classy]

Video playback with any of the remote apps won't probably work well. Its because of the latency causing sync issues. To the best of my knowledge I know of nothing that will work well in this scenario. VNC is horrible with bandwidth anyway. Just google I am sure that something is out there, but your issue isn't easily solved.

 

[JasonCoder]

From what I've heard, VNC is just not where it's at for things like video. Citrix / MS RDP is light years ahead of VNC.

 

[Emulex]

MS RDP 7.1 with remoteFX is light years ahead. you can play 1080p with 5.1 with no frame drop over gigabit. it's slick. but not everyone has windows7/2008 around. basically they use the same technology as windows media extender. which was a RDP technology itself. interesting video if i can find it from microsoft. goes into the details on how it works and the background of how media center extender worked