nomi-san/parsec-vdd
Parsec Vdd
parsec-vdd is a virtual display driver manager and headless server display emulator. It simulates active software-defined monitors to enable remote desktop sessions and game streaming on host systems that lack physical displays.
The project provides a system tray interface for managing the monitor lifecycle, allowing users to add or remove virtual screens and capture screenshots. It enables the definition of custom widths, heights, and refresh rates for these virtual displays via system registry presets.
The tool handles display property configuration and monitors device status using hardware identifiers. It also maintains display persistence through periodic heartbeat signals to prevent the operating system from automatically disconnecting the virtual monitors.
Features
- Headless Display Emulators - Emulates physical monitor hardware on headless servers to enable graphical output and remote streaming.
- Virtual Display Management - Implements comprehensive management of software-defined monitors to enable headless server operations and game streaming.
- Display Configuration Managers - Adjusts resolution, refresh rate, and orientation of virtual monitors to match streaming or recording targets.
- Virtual Displays - Generates software-defined monitors on host systems to enable desktop sessions for headless servers.
- Device Driver IOCTL Communication - Implements user-mode to kernel-mode communication using IOCTL codes to manage virtual display devices.
- Virtual Display Spoofing - Allows the definition of custom resolutions and refresh rates for virtual displays via system registry presets.
- Virtual Display Emulators - Simulates physical monitor hardware using software drivers to support custom resolutions and refresh rates.
- Display Resolution Settings - Defines custom screen dimensions and refresh rates to support non-standard display modes.
- Headless Display Simulation - Generates software-defined monitors on servers without physical screens to enable remote desktop access.
- Registry-Based Configuration Storage - Stores supported screen dimensions and refresh rate presets in the Windows Registry for persistent configuration.
- Game Streaming Optimization - Sets specific resolutions and refresh rates for virtual displays to optimize the remote gaming experience.
- Hardware ID Device Discovery - Identifies and monitors virtual displays by querying system hardware identifiers and class GUIDs.
- Display Device Lifecycles - Manages the addition and removal of virtual monitors and their timing configurations via control codes.
- Device State Monitors - Queries the current state and health of virtual display devices using hardware identifiers.
- Keep-Alive Signals - Sends periodic keep-alive signals to the driver to prevent the operating system from disconnecting virtual monitors.
- Virtual Workspace Expansion - Increases remote screen real estate by adding multiple software-defined monitors to a host system.
- System Tray Wrappers - Provides a native system tray interface for managing the lifecycle and configuration of virtual displays.
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