Remote Desktop issue with redirecting audio only

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JanKTZ-4284 asked May 7, '22 JanKTZ-4284 answered May 9, '22

Remote Desktop issue with redirecting audio only

Hey there,

I have the following problem and Im curious if there is any easy solution for this:
I have a Windows Server 2016 RDS which several clients connect to. One of the RDP clients connects to another Windows 10 VM via RDP ( HyperV host and RDS on the same server).

Now I want sound, audio recording and webcam functionality on my Windows 10 VM. For my webcam (and audio recording) I use a USB to LAN device connected to the W10 VM and it works perfectly. When I redirect my sound however I lose my audio recording device provided by my webcam. It's not possible for me to redirect my webcam via RDP hence the USB-to-LAN method.

Is there any possibilty to only redirect audio via RDP and use the webcam (which is connected via USB-to-LAN device) for audio recording? It seems like whenever I activate audio redirections it deletes all my other input devices on my Windows 10 VM Client.

Thanks in advance

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Answer 1 · 2022-05-08T12:39:37.757Z

soysoliscarlos answered May 8, '22 JanKTZ-4284 commented May 8, '22

Hi @JanKTZ-4284

Thank you for asking this question on the Microsoft Q&A Platform.

Is there any possibilty to only redirect audio via RDP and use the webcam (which is connected via USB-to-LAN device) for audio recording?

Yes, you should edit the RPD setting file of the client, in the Device redirection section you'll find the required configuration.

Hope this helps,
Carlos Solís Salazar

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JanKTZ-4284 · May 08 at 12:49 PM

Yes, you should edit the RPD setting file of the client, in the Device redirection section you'll find the required configuration.

Hm.. whenever I configure the remote audio settings to play from local / remote computer it deactivates my microphone audio input provided from my webcam. When I deactivate audio setting my webcam microphone input is available again.

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Answer 2 · 2022-05-08T15:41:02.73Z

JanKTZ-4284 answered May 8, '22

The only way I can use my webcam microphone is by using these settings:

audiomode:i:1 -> Play sounds on the remote computer
audiocapturemode:i:0 -> Disable audio capture from the local device

-> Webcam microphone is usable as audio input but I don't have any sound available

If I set audiomode value to 0 then I have remoteaudio as my speaker device but no input device for audio recording and If I set it to 2 I don't have speaker and no audio input device.

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Answer 3 · 2022-05-09T09:16:31.717Z

JanKTZ-4284 answered May 9, '22

I start to believe this is a bug. It doesn't make sense to me why every non-redirected audio input would be disabled in a RDS whenever I choose to redirect sound.

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