This is one thing I'm surprised the open source community hasn't developed a popular alternative for: Teamviewer. Sadly, this is all locked away behind licenses for consumer devices, but the technology is there. Normal H.264 encoding for moving content and static-optimized codecs for office machines, all with heuristics to switch codecs on the fly. Microsoft's RDP solution in excellent on all fronts, though. Modern streaming services also require hardware encoding support or their CPU requirements are huge, and the endpoints support software often connect to isn't that powerful. I've made several remote support connections at the same time on ≤8Mbps down on a simple Core i3, you just can't get that done with a game streaming solution like Parsec. You probably won't be running a fully-staffed remote support company over DSL or basic cable with Parsec, but with Teamviewer you just might. Parsec and friends use more bandwidth and hardware resources to get a stream going, but that stream is of much higher quality. Standard H.264/H.265 encoded video needs sharpening and extra filters to be both low bandwidth and legible in many cases. Their software is optimised for images that are mostly static, letting them get away with much less bandwidth without making text blurry or illegible. I think the difference is that Teamviewer/AnyDesk is intended mostly for corporate usage. Not sure how the tech in this project compares, but I think it should try to measure itself against something like Parsec/Rainway rather than TeamViewer/AnyDesk if it wants to compete at the state of the art. I honestly don't see a reason why someone would use any of the traditional players in the space these days for personal use.

I personally have been using Parsec most often these days and might even start paying money for it soon for some of their advanced features, as they've recently pivoted their marketing towards the productivity side, which is a move I'm happy to support with my wallet.

And the UX has generally felt better as well with much more streamlined onboarding and everyday operation. Am I the only one that has long since given up traditional desktop streaming software like TeamViewer/AnyDesk and the like for game streaming software (Parsec, Rainway, Steam Remote Play, etc) that just happen to offer desktop streaming because they can? The actual streaming tech in those feels worlds ahead in terms of quality/efficiency/stability/latency.

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