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Thinwire Configuration

September 6, 2025

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Thinwire can operate in different graphics encoding modes depending on its configuration.The main configuration policy for Thinwire is the ‘Use Video Codec for Compression’ policy.

Use when preferred (default)
For actively changing regions
For the Entire screen
Do not use a video codec

The sections below will describe each mode in more detail.

Use a video codec for compression setting	Text	Images	Moving images and videos	Use cases
Use when preferred (GPU)	Lossless	JPEG	Intelligent Build to Lossless / Video Codec*	Default for most most workloads, including graphically intensive applications
Use when preferred (no GPU)	Lossless	JPEG	Video Codec	Default for most workloads
For actively changing regions	Lossless	JPEG	Video Codec
For the entire screen	Video Codec	Video Codec	Video Codec	Graphically intensive applications like gaming, when Build to Lossless is not preferred
Do not use a video codec	Lossless	JPEG	Adaptive JPEG	When image quality is preferred over session interactivity. Best scalability due to minimized GPU utilization

*Intelligent Build to Lossless is used only when certain conditions are met.

For most use cases, leaving the Thinwire configuration as default will result in the best performance and display quality.

For more information about the different use cases, refer to our Techzone documentation, HDX Graphics Design decisions.

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Thinwire Configuration

September 6, 2025

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Thinwire Configuration

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