Hi Stefan, i don't know about the 'rdpsnd'-plugin for xfreerdp - the official documentation suggests 'drdynvc': https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/wiki/Multimedia-Redirection Kind regards Florian Wicke Hetzner Online AG Industriestr. 25 91710 Gunzenhausen / Germany Tel: +49 9831 505-187 Fax: +49 9831 505-387 florian.wicke@hetzner.de www.hetzner.com Register Court: Registergericht Ansbach, HRB 3204 Management Board: Dipl. Ing. (FH) Martin Hetzner Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board: Diana Rothhan Am 29.04.2015 um 14:03 schrieb Stefan Baur: > Am 29.04.2015 um 12:37 schrieb Florian Wicke - Hetzner Online AG: > >> yes pulseaudio is started from x2gothinclientd - rdesktop does not >> support pulseaudio as audio backend - but you can workaround that >> with 'padsp' from the pulseaudio-utils package. - you just have to >> prefix the rdesktop command with padsp like: > >> padsp rdesktop -u -f -r sound:local
> >> then pulseaudio redirects the access to /dev/dsp of rdesktop to >> itself. > > I know of padsp, but it seems there is no way I can just add this call > somewhere in the config. This looks like it has to be added to > x2goclient's source. > > (I can only add additional parameters after the rdesktop/xfreerdp > call, but nothing in front of it.) > >> xfreerdp should have native pulseaudio-support so it depends on >> your choice of software. To force xfreerdp to use pulseaudio you >> could add the parameter '--data tsmf:audio:pulse' to the >> xfreerdp-command > > So, > --ignore-certificate --plugin rdpsnd --data tsmf:audio:pulse -d DOMAIN > -f -u User -p Password Server:3389 > doesn't work, it throws me right back at the login prompt. > > Running it on the command line > > xfreerdp --ignore-certificate --plugin rdpsnd -d DOMAIN -f -u User -p > Password Server:3389 > > (i.e. *without* the parameter you suggested) returns, when pulseaudio > is loaded: > > loading plugin rdpsnd > Warning xf_GetWindowProperty (140): Property 484 does not exist > connected to Server:3389 > freerdp_load_library_symbol: failed to open > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/freerdp/rdpsnd_pulse.so: > /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/freerdp/rdpsnd_pulse.so: cannot open shared > object file: No such file or directory > freerdp_load_plugin: failed to load rdpsnd_pulse/FreeRDPRdpsndDeviceEntry > > So it does try to do some pulseaudio'ish things, but fails. Thus, I'm > guessing xfreerdp in Debian Wheezy is too old/doesn't include > Pulseaudio support for some reason. > > Also, note that adding the parameter you suggested doesn't work out of > the box - e.g. when called like this: > > xfreerdp --ignore-certificate --plugin rdpsnd -d DOMAIN -f -u User -p > Password --data tsmf:audio:pulse Server:3389 > > it dies instantly with: > > loading plugin rdpsnd > invalid option: --data > failed to parse arguments. > > so the position of the parameter seems to matter. > > Additional info: xfreerdp --version returns "This is FreeRDP version > 1.0.1" > > -Stefan > > > > _______________________________________________ > x2go-dev mailing list > x2go-dev@lists.x2go.org > http://lists.x2go.org/listinfo/x2go-dev >