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basin
Asked: 2013-10-31 22:01:26 +0800 CST

Can't redirect microphone by rdp: No audio devices are installed

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I'm connecting from Windows 7 Ent to Windows Server 2008 R2. I followed several guides to setup audio redirection. Playback works, but no recording.

  • "Record from this computer" checked on client
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  • microphone on client works

  • "Windows Audio" service on server running
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Now I have 2 options:

  1. uncheck 2 audio-related options in RDP-Tcp Properties enter image description here

  2. allow audio redirection in group policy. This makes the above options grey. enter image description here enter image description here

I tried both options

  • set "fDisableAudioCapture" = 0. It's already set to zero by unchecking in "RDP-Tcp Properties" dialog
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  • log off and log in

  • open "Recording devices" and check "Show Disabled Devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices"

No audio devices are installed

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windows-server-2008

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Go to Administrative Tools / Server Manager / Roles / Add Roles. Add the Remote Desktop Services role. In the Role Services submenu add Remote Desktop Session Host. In the Client Experience submenu select "Audio and video playback" and "Audio recording redirection".

    After installing this a Remote Audio device appears in the Recording tab.

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  2. I ran into the same issue. In order for it to work I had to change the registry setting on the Remote Desktop Client, not the host machine.

    The following registry subkey can disable the Audio Recording Redirection feature:

    HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp

    fDisableAudioCapture REG_DWORD 0 | 1

    In Windows 7 Enterprise Edition, this registry subey is set to 1 by default. Therefore, Audio Recording Redirection is not available.

    In this case it would not help to set the policy value to Enabled. Instead, you must set the subkey to 0.

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  3. Follow this Kb Article:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2020918

    Additionally ensure you can see "Remote Recording" on the TS.

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