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I want to be able to operate my desktop (located upstairs) using my notebook - not by way of accessing files through the network however, but rather by remote log-in to the desktop. So basically the desktop screen is displayed on my notebooks screen - and I can type in commands to the desktop using my notebook.
I want to be able to do and see everything just as though I was sitting upstairs in front of my desktop. This includes watching video feeds from the bbc or dvds in the dvd drive (my notebook doesn't have a dvd drive).
Can anyone recommend any software that will enable remote access where the screen updates quickly enough over my home network to view dvd-quality feeds?
I've already tried the built-in remote access software - but any type of video proved too jerky to be watched (even when the settings were tweaked). Furthermore the built-in remote access software doesn't allow you to watch dvds from a remote computer (why when you can just go through the network anyway?!). The built in software seems to be doing more than the simple task I want it to - e.g. show exactly whats on my desktops screen (without doing anything else) while accepting basic keyboard/mouse commands.
Can anyone recommend an alternative bit of software that does what I need?
[edited by: TravelSite at 12:26 am (utc) on Aug. 19, 2006]
Remote access software is not really designed to transmit huge amounts of information.
Granted one method sends the raw data while the other one sends a compressed screen image (one at a time) - but surely the amount of bandwidth used for each can't be that different?
I have a totally different wi-fi device that plugs into the monitor out of my laptop (my laptop just assumes its a monitor) which sends the screen image to another device that I have atached to my big tv. This device (which is cheap to buy) displays whats on my notebook on my tv perfectly with no delay - so I know that this concept is feasible.
Is there some remote software that will update the screen quickly enough - preferibly that doesn't do any extras like Microsofts version (e.g. microsofts version disables dvds playing to the client device)?
[edited by: TravelSite at 12:44 pm (utc) on Aug. 19, 2006]
I don't think you will find the solution you are looking for. You are missing something. Typically, MPEG decoding (or, at least, large portions of MPEG decoding) are done by your video card - NOT by your CPU. When you are viewing a DVD, the data is being sent to your video card in compressed form, and the video card is doing the decompression.
A remote access program has to send every bit on the screen. At best, it can do lossless compression, which is going to be much more data than a lossy scheme such as MPEG.
