Remotle: The Session Menu
The session menu holds picture quality, connection statistics, your camera and reporting a problem.
Open the menu
Section titled “Open the menu”- Press F2.
- Or move your pointer to the top of the screen and click the faint half circle.
Press F2 or Esc again to close it.
To move the half circle, open the Local tab and set Menu hint to Left, Centre or Right.
On iPad and iPhone, swipe down with three fingers, or tap the menu pill.
Picture
Section titled “Picture”Choose a preset:
| Preset | Use it for |
|---|---|
| Smooth | Connections under 5 Mbps, or fast-moving work. Favours frame rate. |
| Balanced | Default. |
| Sharp | Maximum quality. Requires a fast, stable connection. |
You can also set each value yourself:
| Setting | Options |
|---|---|
| Frame rate | Auto (matches your screen), 30 or 60 |
| Mode | Adaptive, Quality, Responsive |
| Quality | Low, Medium, High, Maximum |
Click Reset to default to return to Balanced.
Live figures for the session: bitrate, latency, network, connection type, quality, mode and codec, and a latency chart for the session. With more than one screen, each screen has its own row.
See also Connection Figures.
Settings for this device.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| HDR and 10-bit colour | Streams in HDR. Needs an HDR screen and a device that can decode 10-bit video. |
| Full-resolution display | Mac only. Uses the full resolution of a Retina screen. On by default. |
| Invert scrolling | Reverses the scroll direction. |
| Send key positions instead of characters | Sends the position of each key instead of the character it types. Use this for games and applications that read physical keys. |
| Use all screens | Opens your workstation on every screen of this device. On by default. |
A setting this device cannot use is greyed out with the reason.
The Local tab also has Open logs folder and Reset microphone permission.
Camera
Section titled “Camera”Choose which camera to use, its resolution (SD, HD or FHD), and whether to send your microphone. See Camera and Microphone.
Report
Section titled “Report”Sends a description of the problem, with your session logs, to Computle. See Reporting a Problem.
Walkthrough
Section titled “Walkthrough”Click Walkthrough at the top of the menu to see the first-session guide again.