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I have a pretty simple problem, I do the opposite of most people - I remote home while at work (I really don't like the software environment at work). Everything works fine except the audio lags by about 3 seconds (video lags by like 30ms I'm guessing). Sometimes the audio will be synced but then the whole setup will lag a bit - the video will jump to the current spot but the audio will stay delayed. Even if I let it idle, it doesn't 'catch up'. I'm not playing games or anything, but I do some work with audio files for work and it can be frustrating trying to scrub through with such a delay. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks a bunch!
Setup:
HOME : 125mbps down 10 mbps up. WIN 10 Pro
WORK : 100mbps down 100 mbps up. WIN 7 Pro
I have a 3 monitor setup but again - not heavy on the video, mostly static images.
BobtheMagicMoose
Posted 2016-12-17T02:05:54.173
Reputation: 604
I think it's inherent in the RDP audio protocol: that the audio buffers have a fixed large size, so it will always lag behind video. That said, have you tried using third-party RDP clients (clients that use their own RDP implementation, not those that just wrap the RDP ActiveX control)? – Dai – 2016-12-17T02:16:55.077
1@Dai Not necessarily correct - I've worked with Video over IP systems using RDP where there was no lag between video and audio. – DavidPostill – 2016-12-17T11:28:56.597
I just tried teamviewer and it was in sync but there was more latency overall. My guess is RDP prioritizes the video stream and has a good amount of optimizations to make the video moderately lightweight (which it doesn't do with the audio) whereas teamviewer just turns it all into a video and sends it. – BobtheMagicMoose – 2016-12-21T23:09:30.580