Spice

by Spice

The Spice project aims to provide a complete open source solution for

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Source Type: Open

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What is it all about?

The Spice project aims to provide a complete open source solution for interaction with virtualized desktop devices.The Spice project deals with both the virtualized devices and the front-end. Interaction between front-end and back-end is done using VD-Interfaces.

Key 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