Control Panel

The in-session control panel provides the end-user with access to many tools and features that are useful for interacting with the remote desktop environment.

Streaming quality

Kasm Workspaces allows users to control settings that affect streaming quality which have direct impact not only on the image quality but also server performance and network bandwith usage.

The settings can be found in the Control Panel under the Streaming Quality section.

Quality presets

In order to simplify settings Kasm Workspaces provides a range of preset qualities that can be used to easily control the rendering quality.

Name	Description
Static	A fixed resolution of 1280x720. The image is scaled client side to fit as much screen as possible while preserving the aspect ratio. The frame rate is limited at 24fps.
Low	A dynamic resolution with a maximum width of 1280. The height is scaled accordingly while preserving the aspect ratio. The image is scaled client side to fill the screen. The frame rate is limited at 24fps.
Medium	A dynamic resolution matching client’s resolution, resized automatically. The frame rate is limited at 60ps.
High	Same as the medium quality but with a much higher image quality. The frame rate is limited at 60ps.
Extreme	Same as the high quality but with the video mode disabled. The frame rate is limited at 60ps.
Lossless	A true lossless compression providing no loss in image quality. Recommended for local networks due to very high bandwidth requirements. The frame rate is limited at 60fps.

Advanced settings

Users that require a finer control over streaming quality can use the advanced settings that can be found by toggling the Advanced dropdown available when a medium or higher quality is chosen.

The following settings can be adjusted:

Name	Description
Scaling mode	Controls where the image scaling is applied.
Set Resolution	Forces the server to use a given resolution.
Max FPS	Limits the frame rate at which the server can stream.
Performance Stats	Toggles showing of performance related statistics (CPU, Network, FPS)

Fullscreen

Kasm Workspaces allows users to enter into a fullscreen session. When in fullscreen users should enjoy a better experience. Unfortunately this feature is not available on all mobile platforms, most noteably on iOS as we use the requestFullScreen function. If you want to use fullscreen on iOS you will need to install our PWA.