Host Settings

These settings are for administrators. A value that is absent takes its default.

Administrator access

Changing these settings needs administrator access to the workstation.

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Windows

Settings are values under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Computle\Remotle.

Value	Type	Default	Values	Applies
UsbRedirection	REG_DWORD	1	0 turns off USB devices for every session on this workstation. 1 allows them.	Restart the ComputleSessionServer service
AllowClientTuning	REG_DWORD	1	0 stops a connected client changing this host’s streaming settings during a session.	Next session
Codec	REG_SZ	h265 (set by the installer)	h265 for HEVC, h264 for H.264. A screen wider than 4096 pixels uses HEVC whatever this says. HEVC needs NVENC.	Restart the ComputleService service
Yuv444	REG_DWORD	1	0 sends 4:2:0 colour to every client. 1 sends full colour (4:4:4) to a client whose device decodes it in hardware. Needs NVENC.	Within a second
Hdr10	REG_DWORD	1	0 turns off HDR for every client. 1 allows HDR for a client whose device and screen support it. Needs NVENC and Windows 11 23H2 or later.	Within a second

Logging is under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Computle\Remotle\Log.

Value	Type	Default	Values	Applies
LocalLogging	REG_DWORD	0	1 writes log files on the workstation. See Host Logs.	Restart the host services, or the workstation

Linux

Settings are in /etc/computle/host.conf, as Name = value lines under a section heading. The file is owned by root, mode 0640, group computle.

[Remotle]
UsbRedirection = 1
AllowClientTuning = 1
Codec = h265
Yuv444 = 1
Hdr10 = 1

[Log]
LocalLogging = 0

The names, defaults and values are the same as on Windows. Hdr10 needs NVENC.

Setting	Applies
UsbRedirection, AllowClientTuning, Yuv444, Hdr10	Within a second
Codec	When the next session starts
LocalLogging	After systemctl restart computle-hostd and a new GNOME session

To turn USB devices off for the whole organisation, use Device Features instead.

Update settings are on Host Updates.