I need to use FreeRDP to connect overseas to a windows desktop located in Canada (I live in Belgium). Now, I also need to connect through an OpenVPN connection first before using RDP.
Issue I'm having is that I have a lag when moving around on the remote desktop. As a developper, it makes it quite frustrating to do my work.
Here's a video link demo'ing this lag: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpO26YUF2qg
This is the command I use to connect :
xfreerdp /u:username /v:192.168.x.x /bpp:8 -grab-keyboard -wallpaper```
I tried various bpp settings and it doesn't seem to change much.
Is there a way I could tweak the RDP connection even more ? I need this just to code in IDEs, manage databases, etc. I do not need super high-quality graphics or anything (I won't be playing videos from here ;)). I think 256 colors should be fine, but wondering if they are other compression settings I could use?
While I'll have done everything I can with the RDP, my lan admin is also looking into tweaking the VPN connection...
Thanks a million for your time. Pat
You may try using h264 mode of freerdp (version 2.0 recommended/required). In general, the h264 will use fewer data to transfer the image, but it highly depends on what you are doing, YMMV. It is worth trying, the option is:
/gfx-h264:AVC444 works best for me. There are also several additional gfx-* configuration options, you may test with them.