Hardware acceleration decoding on Mac

[salem]

Hi,

I am using MacOS Catalina to connect to Linux Centos server. The screen freezes for 6-10 seconds every when I switch between two open windows; for example when I switch between an open program and an internet browser.

I am using SSH and virtual desktop on the client-side.

How to make sure that hardware-accelerated decoding is enabled on my Mac (client-side) when the resolution is higher than 1920×1080?

If it is not enabled at high resolution how can I enable it?

I know in  Windows it can be enabled by editing the player.cfg configuration file and set:

<option key=”Switch to software decoding on Windows if resolution is bigger than 1920×1080″ value=”true” />

Is there something similar for Mac?

Thanks,

 

[fra81]

Hi,

hardware decoding is always enabled by default on Mac. If you send the logs, we can check what is actually used. You can find instructions in https://www.nomachine.com/DT10O00163#2 and then you can send them to forum[at]nomachine[dot]com. I would also check CPU usage on both the client and the server during those freezes.

[Britgirl]

Logs received. Thanks!

[fra81]

Sorry for the delay, I thought i had already replied to this with some comments on the logs. Anyway, in the logs I see that hardware decoding is effectively used. Is the server headless? If yes, can you try to attach a monitor?

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