Audio Bandwidth Automatically Determined by PCoIP Protocol

PCoIP protocol monitors the available network bandwidth and automatically determines how much bandwidth can used for audio at any given time.  The amount of audio compression is adjusted to provide the best audio possible given the current bandwidth utilization. 

VMware View 4.6 and newer  - Setting Limits on the Bandwidth used for Audio

VMware View 4.6 adds a PCoIP Session Variable that sets a limit on the bandwidth that audio can use within a virtual desktop session.  PCoIP protocol will monitor the available network bandwidth and automatically adjust the audio compression to give the best possible audio for the available network resources.  If the audio bandwidth limit is set, the audio compression is selected to work within the limit set. 

Suggested settings: 

• Above 1600 kbps for high quality stereo audio
• Above 450 kbps for high quality compressed stereo audio
• Between 50 and 450 kbps will result in a range between FM radio and phone call quality. 
• Setting below 50 kbps may result in no audio playback. 

Note: 500 kbps is the default audio bandwidth limit.  This will have not effect on earlier versions of VMware View. 

VMware View 4.5 and prior  - Setting Limits on the Bandwidth used for Audio

While the audio compression levels are automatically set by a PCoIP session, the overall session bandwidth limits can be set to constrain the amount of bandwidth used by audio traffic.  

Note: If minimum quality audio cannot be provided within the bandwidth limit specified then audio is disabled.