Virtual Camera

Overview

Virtual Camera allows users in a Remote Desktop (RDP) session to:

• Use their local webcams in the remote session
• Use their local microphones in the remote session
• Hear remote-session audio through their local computer speakers/headphones

Requirements

On the server side:

• A valid TSplus Remote Access Enterprise license
• Virtual Camera Server installed

On the workstation side:

• Virtual Camera Client installed on the workstation
• For audio redirection only, the RDP option “Remote audio playback” will need to be set to “Play on remote computer”

This option can be found in mstsc options, in “Local Resources” > “Remote Audio” > “Settings”.

If you use a .connect file, the same option can be found in the Client Generator, in “Material & Media” > “Audio” > “Remote Audio Playback” > “Remotely”.

Where to found the Virtual Camera Client setup

The Virtual Camera Client setup “Setup-VirtualCamera-Client.exe” can be found directly in “C:\Program Files (x86)\TSplus-VirtualCamera-Server\client”.
The Connection Client setup of TSplus Remote Access also embed the Virtual Camera client setup, so installing the connection client will also install the Virtual Camera client.
If the Virtual Camera server part is installed on a TSplus Remote Access server, you can also rely on the “Setup-ConnectionClient.exe” in “C:\Program Files (x86)\TSplus\Clients\WindowsClient”.

Getting Started

Supposing the prerequisites are all met, when you connect to your server via RDP, you will now be able to use the following virtual devices on your remote session:

• the “Universal Camera” webcam
• the “TSplus Virtual Audio Speaker”
• the “TSplus Virtual Audio Microphone”

To manage which local webcam/audio devices to use and redirect to these virtual devices, use the VirtualCamera.exe file.
To start the redirection of your local devices, select first the webcam as well as the image format you want to use, then press the “Play” button.

If you need to redirect a local device (webcam/microphone/speaker/headphones) which hasn’t been plugged yet, simply plug it and hit the “Refresh” button to update the list of available local devices.

Note: you can configure the VirtualCamera.exe to automatically start when a new RDP session opens. To do so, access the Virtual Camera Administration Console via the VirtualCameraAdmin.exe file, and tick the associated checkbox.

Limitations

1. In multi-user setups, full audio redirection is supported only when the VirtualCamera server component runs on Windows Server.
   On Windows Pro, audio input/output can be redirected by only one RDP session at a time: the most recently opened session takes over.
   Earlier sessions lose microphone and speaker redirection.

2. Virtual Camera does not work over HTML5 session