Hi hhspiny,
Thank you so much for your feedback.
"on separate question, not sure remotly is using GPU. GPU video encode utilization is always zero, but 3D utilization is not.
Turned compatibility mode off in both host and client. in host, turned on hardware acceleration (encoding) to NVIDIA NVENC HEVC (RTX 4060 Ti) and max bitrate 45 Mbps"
Please let me know what is the CPU load during connection. It should stay around 0-2% in Task Manager->Details for Remotly on recent machines. Are you checking GPU utilization in Task Manager? If yes, then sometimes you need to select Video Decode instead of Video Encode to see the GPU encoder load (windows bug).
I hope that compatibility mode is disabled since it will not work well.
"Tried to run Furmark, which runs very well over home network with Parsec...
Full screen benchmark did not run, showing a static image
Windowed benchmark ran, but slower, jittering, and more blurry than Parsec."
It this a full screen exclusive mode or just borderless full screen windowed mode (will make the same test before 1.14.1 release)?
Please make sure to use Direct Connection for home network to remove any bandwidth limits and set the bitrate at some high level (depending if it's HD or 4K).
Make sure that the host has a big bandwidth cap (this is used to override client's requested bitrate to not allow connections with too high bitrate):
On the client side for the connection to a specific host please make sure Connect Anywhere is not used for home/local network.
You can have different settings for different machines/hosts depending on their network etc.
If you are connecting from a device that has 1080p to a 4K device we recommend to also set Video Size to the display of the client.
We will try to make this automatic soon (no need to stream 4K to a 1080p display).
I'm sure the video is blurry or jittery because of too low bitrate/bandwidth (or Connect Anywhere is used :/).
"Is there any way to check the utilization of GPU encoding, codec, and bandwidth utilization etc. like in Parsec?"
A "Netflix" style CTRL + ALT + SHIFT + D overlay will be available soon with all the interesting stuff.
BTW. The server icon with GREEN tick mark is not visible during P2P/Direct connections. This is the easiest way
to check what is the current connection mode. When it is visible you can click it to check the location of automatically
selected (or by hand from a list of 30 locations in General Settings) relay server.
"quite excited finding this product, Parsec + Teamviewer, can't wait for ironing out all the bugs and get into commercial phase (and hope priced right)."
The most difficult task is to make Remotly work as good as possible both with very low quality networks (requirement from commercial users) and for gaming...