Features
Current Features
- Video streaming - heuristically identifies video streams and transmits M-JPEG
video streams
- Image compression - offers various compression algorithm that were built
specifically for Spice, including QUIC (based on SFALIC), LZ, GLZ
(history-based global dictionary), and auto (heuristic compression choice per
image)
- Live migration - supports clients while migrating Spice servers to new hosts,
thus avoiding interruptions
- Windows drivers - Windows drivers for QXL display device and VDI-port
- Multiple monitors with support for enabling selection of the screen used by
the client (in virt-viewer/remote-viewer)
- Two way audio - supports audio playback and captures; audio data stream is
optionally compressed using CELT Encryption - using OpenSSL
- Clipboard sharing and arbitrary resolutions - features provided by the Spice agent running on the guest
- USB redirection - allows clients to use their USB devices with Spice servers
- Encrypted communication
- SASL authentication
- Xspice - a standalone server that is both an X server and a Spice server
- Web client - a simple javacript client
- Smartcard - CAC smartcard redirection
- Folder sharing - for sharing a client's folder with the remote guest