With multimedia redirection (MMR), the multimedia stream is decoded on the client system. The client system plays the media content so that the load on the ESXi host is reduced.

Remote desktops
  • Virtual desktops must have View Agent 6.2.x or later, or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, installed.
  • Published desktops must have View Agent 6.2.x or later, or Horizon Agent 7.0 or later, installed on the RDS host.
For information about operating system requirements and other software requirements and configuration settings, see the topics about Windows Media Multimedia Redirection in the Configuring Remote Desktop Features in Horizon 7 document.
Horizon Client computer or client access device

32-bit or 64-bit Windows 7, Windows 8.x, or Windows 10.

Supported media formats
Media formats that Windows Media Player supports, for example: M4V; MOV; MP4; WMP; MPEG-4 Part 2; WMV 7, 8, and 9; WMA; AVI; ACE; MP3; WAV.
Horizon 7 version 7.9 and later supports MMS and RTSP.
MP3 is not supported when using MMS and RTSP.
Note: DRM-protected content is not redirected through Windows Media MMR.