From greg.hauptmann.ruby at gmail.com Thu Feb 2 22:32:17 2012 From: greg.hauptmann.ruby at gmail.com (Greg Hauptmann) Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 08:32:17 +1000 Subject: how to VNC into my MacBook such that my usage is not displayed locally on the MacBook? Message-ID: Background: I'm currently have the server running on my MacBook Pro and can VNC in remotely from a PC. When I do this I effectively log is as the user who is physically using my Macbook such that people can see me working on the Macbook. QUESTION: Is there a way to VNC onto my MacBook such that when I am using it remotely, the local physical screen of my MacBook does not show my actions? i.e. either it remains in screen saver mode or something like this... I guess I would still like to be logged into the Macbook as "myself" so to speak remotely... Details: * VNC? Enterprise Edition * Server is on: MacBook Pro * VNC from PC - From tom at tmhdesign.com Mon Feb 6 16:52:04 2012 From: tom at tmhdesign.com (Tom Hall - TMH Design) Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:52:04 -0800 Subject: Newbie Support - Automating File Transfer(s) Message-ID: Greetings, I run websites for about 100 auto repair shops. The owners of these shops (my clients) all use one of about 5 industry software solutions for managing their customers, work orders, etc. These software solutions are set up to back up their data to a file that is stored on the shops' computers. What I need is a way to automate a file upload from their business computer to my server every night. Does VNC offer this type of functionality? If so which product do I purchase? Thanks so much. -- Tom Hall / TMH Design 707 237 7412 tom at tmhdesign.com From Phillip.Long at gossinternational.com Tue Feb 7 16:27:58 2012 From: Phillip.Long at gossinternational.com (Long, Phillip GOSS) Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 11:27:58 -0500 Subject: Newbie Support - Automating File Transfer(s) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: -----Original Message----- From: vnc-list-bounces at realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-bounces at realvnc.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hall - TMH Design Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:52 AM To: vnc-list at realvnc.com Subject: Newbie Support - Automating File Transfer(s) < snip > What I need is a way to automate a file upload from their business computer to my server every night. Does VNC offer this type of functionality? If so which product do I purchase? Thanks so much. -- Tom Hall / TMH Design 707 237 7412 tom at tmhdesign.com _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List at realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list Tom: What U need is a scheduled job that copies this file from your customers's computers to your server. VNC is meant for visualizing the desktop of a remote computer, not file transfer. There are some remote desktop visualization packages out there that will do file transfer, but there are usually better options (sftp, ftp through an SSL tunnel, etc.) which U can set up on a customer-by-customer basis. Since there are only five or so variations, U could write an install script that automates installation of an upload script, with email notification upon failure (customer changed default folder, etc.). The upload script can run using "Scheduled Tasks" on WinXP, or cron using Linux (and possibly Mac). Thx, Phil Long -------------------------------------------------------- Goss ... Innovation for Business NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachment(s) may contain confidential and proprietary information of Goss International Corporation and/or its subsidiaries and may be legally privileged. This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the addressee, dissemination, copying or other use of this e-mail or any of its content is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient please inform the sender immediately and destroy the e-mail and any copies. All liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender. No contract may be construed by this e-mail. From htgirish at gmail.com Wed Feb 15 12:53:09 2012 From: htgirish at gmail.com (Girish H T) Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:23:09 +0530 Subject: Newbie query Message-ID: Hi Experts, I am new to VNC. I have few basic queries. 1. What is the frame rate that is supported by VNC encoding techiniques. Say i want to watch a fast moving movie. Will VNC be able suffice the requirements like 23-30fps/sec provided u have sufficient processing power ? 2.What i see from the latest protocol is that the encoding techniques. Raw,CopyRect,RRE,Hextile,ZRLE,Cursor pseudo-encoding, DesktopSize pseudo-encoding What is the best encoding technique out of this ? What are the advantage over MPEG based compression techniques ? 3. I saw a post ( http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2005-August/051828.html) dated 2005, is answer still the same ? I am sure things have changed a lot in terms of processing power , hardware accelerators for mid end and low end phones (viz android). I am sure this will open up whole new opportunities in terms of business :) and in terms of quality of service. Thanks in advance for answers. Regards Girish From cbeerse at gmail.com Mon Feb 20 17:24:59 2012 From: cbeerse at gmail.com (Corne Beerse) Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:24:59 +0100 Subject: Newbie query In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4F4281EB.7090901@gmail.com> On 15-2-2012 13:53, Girish H T wrote: > Hi Experts, > > I am new to VNC. I have few basic queries. I'm old to vnc, I might be off for current versions, my experience is based on 'older' versions and variants... > 1. What is the frame rate that is supported by VNC encoding techiniques. > Say i want to watch a fast moving movie. Will VNC be able suffice the > requirements like 23-30fps/sec provided u have sufficient processing power ? As far as I know, VNC is not capable of those frequencies, however, that is depending on the remote OS and some other settings: - the mswindows version is polling the entire screen-memory once in a while (a couple of times per second). The found updates are send over. This is not capable of showing movies for 2 reasons: it is most times not fast enough, and above all, with hardware accelerated viewers, the picture information is not stored in display memory, so vnc does not see it (it sees a black/blank square). On unix/linux implementations, vnc is more close to the screen software. Most implementations (specially the ones called 'xvnc') effectively are the display driver. They donnot need to look for updates as they process the updates themself. > 2.What i see from the latest protocol is that the encoding techniques. > Raw,CopyRect,RRE,Hextile,ZRLE,Cursor pseudo-encoding, DesktopSize > pseudo-encoding > > What is the best encoding technique out of this ? What are the advantage > over MPEG based compression techniques ? That depends on the usage. Normally, I donnot twiggle with it, let VNC decide on the encoding between remote and local systems. mpeg is a reasonable compression for movies, as jpeg is a reasonable compression for pictures. However, screen dumps is what VNC needs to process. There png and similar (even gif) have better compression with less cpu usage, specially with mono-color backgrounds and such. Keep in mind, vnc is developped in the 1990's (or even before) so it is relative lean and mean. > 3. I saw a post ( > http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc-list/2005-August/051828.html) dated > 2005, is answer still the same ? I am sure things have changed a lot in > terms of processing power , hardware accelerators for mid end and low end > phones (viz android). I am sure this will open up whole new opportunities > in terms of business :) and in terms of quality of service. If you dive in the code, specially the old ones, you can see that vnc already does what mpeg does compared to jpeg: it only sends the differences and only once in a while the complete refresh. For the use of jpeg (and mjpeg and mpeg) on one side and gif/png and such on the other side: take a screendump of your screen now (msWindows: ) and paste that in a pixel-based paint tool. Now save this picture as jpeg and png and gif. Next compare the file sizes of those files, I bet the png is smaller. Even a gif can be smaller. Now open the saved pictures and compare at the pixel level: The png and gif files have the origional sharp image where the jpeg has blurred characters. IF you twiggle with the jpeg compression, you can use 25, 50 and 75% compression ratio and compare them all. These are the major reason why remote-screen-systems don't use jpeg and mpeg, even with todays cpu power: it is a waste of cpu power at both ends with little or no gain. CBee From william.xu at telvent.com Tue Feb 28 18:58:51 2012 From: william.xu at telvent.com (william.xu at telvent.com) Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:58:51 -0700 Subject: No subject Message-ID: We purchased Real VNC Enterprise Edition on March 2010 and we now need some technical support from VNC. Could you let us know the phone number or email address to reach their technical support? Thank you in advance. Regards, William From linda.hawksworth at realvnc.com Wed Feb 29 11:56:02 2012 From: linda.hawksworth at realvnc.com (Linda Hawksworth) Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 11:56:02 -0000 Subject: Message-ID: <0cda01ccf6d9$1c46cd40$54d467c0$@realvnc.com> Hi William If you purchased in March 2010, unless you purchased 2 years (or more) of support, your support contract will have expired. Please contact our sales team who will be able to quote you for the renewal: sales at realvnc.com For future reference, for those users who have a fully paid-up license, you can go to: http://www.realvnc.com/support/index.html Choose the correct product and Edition for your fully paid-up license. You will be prompted to oenter your customer ID and email address and a support ticket will be logged to RealVNC Technical Support. Regards Linda Hawksworth RealVNC Customer Support Please ensure you Reply to All and keep the subject line to ensure that your support ticket is appropriately tracked. -----Original Message----- From: vnc-list-bounces at realvnc.com [mailto:vnc-list-bounces at realvnc.com] On Behalf Of william.xu at telvent.com Sent: 28 February 2012 18:59 To: vnc-list at realvnc.com Subject: We purchased Real VNC Enterprise Edition on March 2010 and we now need some technical support from VNC. Could you let us know the phone number or email address to reach their technical support? Thank you in advance. Regards, William _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list VNC-List at realvnc.com To remove yourself from the list visit: http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list