windows 7 - how to enable remote microphone on remote desktop

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2014-07
  • Pooh poper

    I just directly connect my thin client(with embedded os) to remote machine(windows 7) via rdp. The problem is once I try to test the audio via skype , it seems that the audio/microphone of the remote machine was hidden or not detected but the remote audio was detected too because I could play music or videos. Is there a way to enable the microphone of the remote machine and used as the microphone of my thin client?

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  • trapezoid

    On desktop Windows clients, the mic setting is in the "new connection" dialog, under Local Resources / Remote audio [Settings...] / Remote audio recording: Record from this computer.

    However, it sounds like you're trying to record audio on the remote computer, which is not an available option for the native clients. It's possible that other clients can support this feature, but it may also be a limitation of RDP, which would make it impossible.


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  • Taylor Price

    I am using Remote Desktop 7 (the new version that came out with Windows 7) to control a Windows XP Pro machine. I have selected "Record from this computer" in the Remote Audio settings. When I connect to the machine, go to the control panel, open the sound panel, and go to the audio tab, I find that the default sound playback device is "Microsoft RDP Audio Driver". However, there is no default sound recording device.

    As expected, my IP phone thinks there is no recording device. If I am sitting in front of the computer with a mic plugged in, it works just fine.

    Has anybody else been able to get this work appropriately? Is there anything that I have to setup on the XP machine to get this working?

    Thanks in advance.

    Edit: As John T pointed out below, you have to be connecting to a Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate machine for this to work. I've also found out that Multi-monitor support has the same requirement.


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  • John T

    When redirecting microphone output over RDP 7.0, it must be sent to another Windows 7 Enterprise or Ultimate machine. This comment on the Windows 7 blog has more info.

    If you'd like to send microphone output to XP over RDP, check out Remote Sound or Sound over RDP. Both solutions are shareware, try before you buy.