Administrator Guide

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HTML5 Video Redirection
HTML5 Video Redirection controls and optimizes the way Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops servers deliver HTML5 multimedia
web content to users. This feature is available for internal web pages only. It requires the addition of JavaScript to the web
pages where the HTML5 multimedia content is available, for example, videos on an internal training site.
The following policies must be enabled on the server side:
Windows Media redirectionBy default this option is enabled.
HTML5 video redirectionBy default this option is disabled.
For more information about the ICA Multimedia policy settings, see the Citrix documentation at docs.citrix.com.
For information about how to verify if HTML5 Video Redirection is working, see the FAQs section in this guide.
Windows Media Redirection
Windows Media Redirection enables the audio and video to be rendered on the user device instead of running on the server side.
Using the Windows Media Redirection feature, you can optimize the performance of Windows Media player on virtual Windows
desktops.
For more information about Windows Media Redirection, see the Citrix documentation at docs.citrix.com.
Enable Windows Media Redirection
Prerequisites
Ensure that the Windows Media redirection policy is set to Allowed in Citrix Studio. By default, the value is set to Allowed.
About this task
This section describes how to enable the Windows Media Redirection feature on your thin client.
Steps
1. On the ThinOS desktop, click Connection Manager.
2. Click Global Connection Settings.
3. Select the Enable HDX/MMR check box for the ICA connection.
4. Go to System Setup > Remote Connections.
5. On the Broker Setup tab, enter the Citrix server in the Broker Server field, and click OK.
6. Launch an ICA desktop.
7. Open Windows Media Player and play a video or an audio file.
The following types are supported:
H.264 video
WMV-9 video
WMV-8 video
WMV-7 video
WMC1 video
MP4 video
4K video
MOV/AVI video
AAC/MP3/WMA file
For information about how to check if Windows Media Redirection is working, see the FAQs section in this guide.
For more information about the ICA Multimedia policy settings, see Citrix Product documentation at docs.citrix.com.
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Configuring the connection brokerCitrix