no rdp sound redirection possible

[Thomas]

It is not possible to redirect rdp sound to local client. with xfreerdp and --plugin rdpsnd --data alsa -- option it is possible.

With --plugin rdpsnd --data pulse -- xfreerdp will crash (i open a seperate ticket about it)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: remmina 1.0.0-4ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-2.5-generic 3.11.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-2-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 22 16:49:32 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-08-19 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-GNOME 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130724)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: remmina
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Brett Johnson (linuxturtle)]

Confirm that this bug exists in 13.04/raring as well. No sound is possible using remmina, but "xfreerdp --plugin rdpsnd" works fine for me (no crash).

[Johan van Zoomeren (amain)]

Still a problem in 13.10. xfreerdp --plugin rdpsnd works fine.

[Brett Johnson (linuxturtle)]

Still there in current trusty (not surprising, since it's the same package version as in saucy -- 1.0.0-4ubuntu3)

[Alberto Salvia Novella (es20490446e)]

It affects a non-essential hardware component (removable network card, camera, web-cam, music player, sound card, power management feature, printer...).

[BestSteve (beststeve)]

I founded that xfreerdp sets settings->audio_playback to true when using rdpsnd plugin, but remmina does not set this option.
I make a patch for this, and add 'alsa' as the default audio driver.
Just put this file into debian/patches/fix-rdpsnd-no-sound, and build the package like 'debuild' or others.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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[Brett Johnson (linuxturtle)]

I can confirm that @BestSteve's patch works for me (after figuring out that his instructions left out the step of adding the patch to the end of the debian/patches/series file :) Thanks @BestSteve!

[brietman (brietman)]

Ok how can I add this patch to remmina in Lubuntu 14.04? I am bit of a noob I Guess. I can run some commands and stuff, but I don't know where to find the /deban/patch location (if it's folder?)

Hope someone can help me.

[Léo Lam (leolino-lam)]

@brietman: it is in the source. You need to get the source and then build it.

[Léo Lam (leolino-lam)]

Simply use `apt-get source remmina` to get the source and `sudo apt-get build-dep remmina` to get the required build deps.

[brietman (brietman)]

Ok made the patch file. But when compiling somethings go wrong... The readme says run: mkdir build (thats easy) then: Cmake --build=build but then it tells me i din't excist (sudo also)

Next thing I tried the Remmina compile guide: https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/wiki/Compile-on-Ubuntu-14.04 well that worked I guess and opening Remmina from "opt/remmina_devel" works also. But sound is still not avaiable.

[Shawn Wilson (swilson)]

I can confirm that this patch works also. Why wasn't it included with 14.10? It's only 3 lines of code to add...

[Shawn Wilson (swilson)]

Oops, I mean 5 lines of code

[barbablu (steven.barbaglia)]

I am having trouble using my local mic in apps on the remotely connected host. A quick web search pointed me here, which seems relevant to my problems. Is the fix to this issue still not committed to source code?

[BestSteve (beststeve)]

Seems that upstream source was already have fixed this issue years ago, as far as I saw at https://github.com/FreeRDP/Remmina/blob/fec61b2aae651bbb35980f5563b1b59f7171d188/plugins/rdp/rdp_plugin.c#L1298