How accurate is color over a streamed connection?
Remio streams hardware H.265. Most remote tools use 4:2:0 chroma, which is fine for entertainment video but soft on fine colored detail when you grade. True 4:4:4 color — full color resolution with no chroma subsampling — is live from a Mac or an NVIDIA or recent Intel PC to Mac, Windows, iPhone and iPad: turn on “4:4:4 color” in Remio's settings. From a Mac with Apple silicon or a Windows PC, HDR also reaches a device with an HDR screen. For color grading on a calibrated display, turn on Original colors in Remio's settings and a Mac you connect to with the Mac or Windows app sends its own pixels without any color conversion (needs the latest Remio Host). For broadcast-spec work, calibrate the client display with a colorimeter the same way you would the host monitor.
Will dialogue and music stay in sync?
Yes. Audio stays in sync with the picture — lip-sync stays within one frame, even over a long session. Audio is carried at 48 kHz.
Can I still use a proxy workflow?
Yes, and you may not need to. Most Premiere/Resolve proxy workflows exist because the editing laptop cannot decode native 4K H.265 or ProRes in real time. With Remio, decoding happens on the host workstation — so the proxy workflow becomes optional. Once you have checked that the timeline plays back smoothly, you can work at native resolution full-time.
How fast does rendering go remotely?
Render speed is identical to working at the desk, because rendering happens on the host's CPU and GPU — Remio is only streaming pixels to your eyes. An M2 Ultra Mac Studio or RTX 4090 PC renders at full speed whether you are in front of it or on the other side of the country. The client device's hardware is irrelevant to render time.
Can I scrub 8K timelines smoothly?
Yes, as long as the host can. Remio streams what the host shows, so if your workstation scrubs an 8K timeline in real time at the desk, Remio carries that to your device. The stream is sized to the screen you are using — up to 6K at 120 FPS — so an 8K timeline is scaled down to fit while the project itself stays 8K.
Are my plugins (Boris FX, Red Giant, Frame.io) compatible?
Yes. Plugins you install on the host workstation keep working the way they do at the desk. Remio does not touch the host's software stack — it streams the screen out and routes your input in. License keys, dongles, network-licensed seats (NLS), and SaaS plugins like Frame.io behave normally. The host machine remains the licensed seat; the client is just a screen.