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    Remote Desktop Connection...

    I am trying to play music from my Server to my Workstation at work... Whenever I log into my server using Remote Desktop and I try to play music, it won't let me... No matter which computer I am trying to use. It acts as if it doesn't have the correct codec, but I know for sure that both computers do... Other people I know have got it working without any problems.

    The server is a 500 MHz Celerom, with 256 MB's of RAM, a Riptide Sound/Modem card, and Network card, Intlel 810 Onboard Graphics Chip... Any suggestions would be helpful...

    Oh, the Client OS's are Windows XP Pro and NT 4.0 Workstation...
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    check the settings on the remote desktop on your end, there is a place to adjust sound settings (where it plays) just an idea

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    I have done that, and it is set to play the sounds... Though whenever I load up WinAmp or Windows Media Player it plays about a second of the song (without any sound coming through) and then goes to the next one... My settings are similar to a co-workers, almost the same, and I can't play sounds but they can...

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    Do you have the same computer/parts as your co-workers?

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    No, I do not have that. My Server is a 500 MHz Celeron, with RipTide Sound/Mode, A Nic, a 30 GB Maxtor HDD, a Mew-VM MB... Sound works fine when you try to play it while sitting at the server, but remotely, it just won't work.

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    If you copy the music files directly to your computer form the sever, do they play?

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    They play find on my workstation at home, on the server when I am at home... But when I am work I am unable to get it to stream over Remote Desktop. They play fine, as long as I am not connecting remotely. I have even tried from my workstation at home, to my server over the LAN... It still won't play.

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    liquid, if you copy the file you wish to hear to your local workstation, not stream it, but copy it and play it, does it work then?

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    Riptide Sound/modem combo? Hp machine right? here's a couple of things I would check :

    1. Make sure there are now firewall rules on the server interferring with RDC.

    2. Make sure you have enough netowrk bandwith to be able to stream. if your at work and alot of people are putting a load ont he netowrk, you're gonna get latency problems that can affect you sound. I'm not sure, but I think RDC scales down when there's too much traffic to try to make sure you get the at least the screen showing.

    3. if you're using winamp, why not just setup a shoutcast server locally on your network, let the server play your tunes and use winamp as a client on your workstation and listen there. you could even let others on the network listen to music.

    something's obviously interferring with your connection (maybe the RIAA and FBI are listening in to gather evidence of an illegal broadcast going on) try a packet sniffer and see where everything's going.
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