Tired of lagging, no-audio VNC on your Pi 5? This is a one-script solution for a high-performance RDP suite that fixes audio, network bottlenecks, and Wayland compatibility.

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• Crystal Clear Audio: Two-way audio support (Mic + Speakers) powered by PipeWire.
• Bi-directional Clipboard: Copy-paste text and images between Pi and laptop like it's local.
• Native Drive Mapping: Windows drives appear on your Pi for easy file transfers.
• Network Turbo: Optimized 4MB TCP buffers for smooth 1080p/60fps playback.
• Zero-Conf Networking: Connect via raspberrypi.local or your custom hostname.
• Hardware Future-Proof: Optimized for Labwc and Wayfire on RPi 5.

Run this on your Raspberry Pi 5 terminal to start the install:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/chronic8000/pi-rdp/main/deploy_rdp_server.sh
chmod +x deploy_rdp_server.sh
./deploy_rdp_server.sh

Note: A reboot is required after the script finished to apply the auto-login and network tweaks.

While you can use standard mstsc (Remote Desktop Connection), we've included a robust Python launcher that handles SSH tunneling and latency checks automatically.

python rdp_launcher.py [email protected] --tunnel

If you don't hear audio immediately:

1. Wait 5 seconds: The bridge takes a moment to initialize after the desktop loads.
2. Select Sink: Right-click the volume icon on the Pi taskbar and pick xrdp-sink.
3. Optimized playback: We've tweaked PipeWire quantum settings for the smoothest playback possible over RDP.

Need to nuke the settings and go back to stock?

chmod +x uninstall_rdp_server.sh
./uninstall_rdp_server.sh

This comes from Homeless Technology "as-is". We don't maintain the underlying open-source tools (xrdp, PipeWire, etc.), but we've brought them together to make them work properly on the RPi 5. Use it at your own risk.

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