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RE[4]: Overstated conclusion
by dmantione on Sun 29th Jun 2008 09:39 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: Overstated conclusion"
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It sounds like you're thinking of VNC. I'm pretty sure that RDP only sends the *instructions* and raw image data (if needed) to draw the window on the client side.

So no, watching a DVD wouldn't be a full-screen update @ refresh rate.

Try it and watch the difference between Windows & Linux. Highly recommended.

The difference between VNC and RDP is that VNC captures the desktop and sends modified part, while RDP sits at the GDI level, it sends GDI drawing commands over the network. As the GDI has no "overlay" facilties, watching video on RDP falls back to sending RGB images over the network.

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