Configuring Real-Time Audio-Video (RTAV) in VMware Horizon 7

A customer asked me a question about configuring Real Time Audio Video (RTAV)  in VMware Horizon 7. The answer can be found on the VMware  Horizon 7 Documentation Center. It does a decent job explaining the concepts and goes over the necessary steps to setup RTAV correctly.

VMware Horizon 7 Document Center

Real-Time Audio-Video allows View users to run Skype, Webex, Google Hangouts, and other online conferencing applications on their remote desktops. With Real-Time Audio-Video, webcam and audio devices that are connected locally to the client system are redirected to the remote desktop. This feature redirects video and audio data to the desktop with a significantly lower bandwidth than can be achieved by using USB redirection.

Real-Time Audio-Video is compatible with standard conferencing applications and browser-based video applications, and supports standard webcams, audio USB devices, and analog audio input.

This feature installs the VMware Virtual Webcam and VMware Virtual Microphone on the desktop operating system. The VMware Virtual Webcam uses a kernel-mode webcam driver that provides enhanced compatibility with browser-based video applications and other 3rd-party conferencing software.

When a conferencing or video application is launched, it displays and uses these VMware virtual devices, which handle the audio-video redirection from the locally-connected devices on the client. The VMware Virtual Webcam and Microphone appear in the Device Manager on the desktop operating system.

The drivers for the audio and webcam devices must be installed on your Horizon Client systems to enable the redirection.

Subtopics

Configuration Choices for Real-Time Audio-Video

System Requirements for Real-Time Audio-Video

Ensuring That Real-Time Audio-Video Is Used Instead of USB Redirection

Selecting Preferred Webcams and Microphones

Configuring Real-Time Audio-Video Group Policy Settings

Real-Time Audio-Video Bandwidth

Source: VMware.com