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media playback to a compute-efficient transcoding engine that creates a low-bandwidth stream that is
transmitted to the L300 device over the network. The L300 then decompresses and scales the video
stream locally in hardware up to 1920x1080 resolution for optimal video quality and always with
flawless sound synchronization.
NComputing video acceleration for up to full-screen resolution directly supports Windows Media
Player 10 and 11 as well as Media Player Classic. Any other media player can be used for effective
display of videos in windows that are at approximately 480x360 resolution or less where acceleration
is not required. Some of these additional media players may also take advantage of the NComputing
video acceleration capabilities when configured to use the Directshow API and the appropriate
codecs -- check the online knowledge base or forum for community supported media player options.
The following table shows many of the popular media formats that are supported by the L300 video
acceleration feature using Windows Media Player 10 and 11 or Media Player Classic with appropriate
codecs installed. A reference of common industry codec’s can be found at
Media formats accelerated by L300 virtual desktop
in Windows Media Player 10 and 11 or Media Player Classic
Media type
File
extension
Example supported codecs*
QuickTime™
.mov
h.264
Audio Video Interleave
.avi
MJPEG, DivX®, Xvid (MPEG-4)
Windows Media Video
.wmv **
Windows Media 9 +
DVD
.vob **
MPEG-2
Matroska
.mkv
h.264
M4V
.m4v
h.264
MP4
.mp4
MPEG-4
MPG
.mpg
MPEG1-MPEG-2
Flash™ Video
.flv **
h.264
*Not a complete list. Refer to full listing of enabled codecs provided with your codec pack
** Supported with Media Player Classic only
Optimizing for DirectShow
As mentioned Direct JPEG has the capability to stream video content that the host is capable of
streaming. This makes Direct JPEG a seamless method of delivering vSpace transcoding on the