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RDP audio issues with Windows Server 2008
- I have a server with an M-Audio 1010LT audio card installed, running audio playback software. This software needs to stay running and playing at all times.We were previously running Windows Server 2003 and when we RDPed into the box for maintenance, we simply made sure that 'Leave at remote computer" was selected under Remote Desktop's sound settings. This allowed us to control the console of the server while the audio continued to play through the server's audio card.Now, with Windows Server 2008, even with this option selected when we remote into this server all audio stops and Windows shows no available audio devices. If I end my RDP session and phyically go to the server, I see the audio devices and am able to re-start the audio playback.Is this a bug, or something that has changed in 2008? Any workarounds?
Thanks
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Hello,
Yes this is a change from WS2003 to WS2008. Leave at remote computer has the same effect as Do not Play. Unfortunately there is no work around.
Thanks.
Shuba Iyer
MSFT- Marked As Answer byShubaIMSFT, ModeratorWednesday, April 29, 2009 4:45 PM
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- Hi,
By default audio redirection is disabled on server side in server SKU.
To enable it, run tsconfig.msc on server, double click the connection, go to “Client Settings” tab, uncheck the “Audio” checkbox.
Thanks.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. - I tried this previously, and it did not make a differnece - but keep in mind I DON'T want audio redirection - I simply want the audio to stay at the server.
Hello,
Yes this is a change from WS2003 to WS2008. Leave at remote computer has the same effect as Do not Play. Unfortunately there is no work around.
Thanks.
Shuba Iyer
MSFT- Marked As Answer byShubaIMSFT, ModeratorWednesday, April 29, 2009 4:45 PM
- Horrible! But thanks for the reply.
- Will this bug be fixed anytime? Otherwise I have to install an other OS like Windows Server 2003 or Linux.
- Yes, this is quite annnoying when trying to play sound out of a remote server. I just tried utilizing the physical soundcard of the server to play back music and it does not work. However, I can get iTunes to playback (via the server) through airtunes.I blogged about it here: http://www.jonkragh.com/index.php/setting-up-a-headless-itunes-server/I didn't realize that at the time, the intitial error mesage I got in the blog post is because windows server disables the sound output on the server for RDP sessions.Cheers,Jon
- Hello, has this been fixed in Windows 2008 R2? Seems to have the same problem!!
Im not going to upgrade to 2008 until this issue is fixed..please microsoft make a patch.
Thankyou - hello,
well is this really so hard to offer on a server os? I jumped to 2008 too while the 2003 had no problems at all. I can't go back to 2003 though but I do need the music to be played always server side. Can't there be an extra option so that I can rdp and change tracks and stuff on my server?
can any1 give an official answer to this one please? hello,
I agree with you that this is in fact a big problem that Microsoft overlooked. If they are going to implement these kinds of feature changes, the should provide a method of being backward compatible. A simple search on Google shows that this is clearly an issue that many people are having.
well is this really so hard to offer on a server os? I jumped to 2008 too while the 2003 had no problems at all. I can't go back to 2003 though but I do need the music to be played always server side. Can't there be an extra option so that I can rdp and change tracks and stuff on my server?
can any1 give an official answer to this one please?
I imagine that this is something relatively easy to patch and provide as an option.
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need to configure remotly sound card in media application on 2008 !!!
