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Online Voice Chat?
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Einstine
2006-12-03 20:26:22 UTC
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Looking to try WoW for the first time and was wondering if there is a
built-in voice program or what the best 3rd party program is to use.

I am a game voice user in the past so this question is based on that
experience; for the voice software you recommend, is it best to just
run it on one of the PC's of the users playing together; or is there a
server online; or is it best to run on an extra PC?

Thanks. Sorry if my questions left out some info or seemed disconnected.
I haven't gamed in awhile but I figured this is the best place to ask.
Devast8or
2006-12-03 22:01:50 UTC
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Post by Einstine
Looking to try WoW for the first time and was wondering if there is a
built-in voice program or what the best 3rd party program is to use.
I am a game voice user in the past so this question is based on that
experience; for the voice software you recommend, is it best to just
run it on one of the PC's of the users playing together; or is there a
server online; or is it best to run on an extra PC?
Thanks. Sorry if my questions left out some info or seemed disconnected.
I haven't gamed in awhile but I figured this is the best place to ask.
There's no built-in voice chat in WoW. Can't say what the best is, but my
guild is using Ventrilo and that works great. I know some people are
TeamSpeak, but I never tried that so can't comment on it's quality.

Devast8or
Bertha
2006-12-03 22:57:36 UTC
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Post by Devast8or
There's no built-in voice chat in WoW. Can't say what the best is, but my
guild is using Ventrilo and that works great. I know some people are
TeamSpeak, but I never tried that so can't comment on it's quality.
My guild uses Ventrilo as well. We used TeamSpeak when we were in a
previous MMORPG; I don't know if there was a reason for the switch.
From an end-user standpoint they seem about the same.

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Vladesch
2006-12-04 02:01:42 UTC
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Post by Bertha
Post by Devast8or
There's no built-in voice chat in WoW. Can't say what the best is, but my
guild is using Ventrilo and that works great. I know some people are
TeamSpeak, but I never tried that so can't comment on it's quality.
My guild uses Ventrilo as well. We used TeamSpeak when we were in a
previous MMORPG; I don't know if there was a reason for the switch.
From an end-user standpoint they seem about the same.
Ventrilo is a lot more popular among the guilds on our server. I know of
about 5 guilds that use ventrilo, including the top 3. I dont know of any
that use teamspeak.
Brian Tkatch
2006-12-04 04:59:53 UTC
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Post by Bertha
Post by Devast8or
There's no built-in voice chat in WoW. Can't say what the best is, but my
guild is using Ventrilo and that works great. I know some people are
TeamSpeak, but I never tried that so can't comment on it's quality.
My guild uses Ventrilo as well. We used TeamSpeak when we were in a
previous MMORPG; I don't know if there was a reason for the switch.
From an end-user standpoint they seem about the same.
Actually, we used Ventrillo over Teamspeak because of sound quality. By
default, TS is vewry low quality, with Vent being very good.

Or at least that was our impression.

B.
Urbin
2006-12-04 07:29:20 UTC
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Post by Einstine
Looking to try WoW for the first time and was wondering if there is a
built-in voice program or what the best 3rd party program is to use.
You will need to use a third party product. The two options are Ventrilo or
TeamSpeak. It seems that most other posters are using Ventrilo, whereas my
guild is using TeamSpeak. Actually, all three guilds I have been in on my
server use TeamSpeak and I've never met anyone in game who asked for a
Ventrilo server adress, they always ask for TeamSpeak. I don't know whether
it's a server preference or a local issue (I'm just wondering if the people
on an english speaking server rather use Vent, and those on german speaking
servers use TS... pure speculation :)
Post by Einstine
for the voice software you recommend, is it best to just run it on one of
the PC's of the users playing together; or is there a server online; or
is it best to run on an extra PC?
Can't talk about Vent, but with Teamspeak you can download and run your own
server easily. However, this is probably not a good idea unless you have a
very high upstream bandwidth, as the server will cause considerable load and
may impact your game performance due to network traffic.

Servers are available on the net, some very cheap, you might even find free
ones (don't know if there are).

Cheers
Urbin
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2006-12-04 09:00:59 UTC
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Post by Urbin
Post by Einstine
Looking to try WoW for the first time and was wondering if there is a
built-in voice program or what the best 3rd party program is to use.
You will need to use a third party product. The two options are Ventrilo or
TeamSpeak. It seems that most other posters are using Ventrilo, whereas my
guild is using TeamSpeak. Actually, all three guilds I have been in on my
server use TeamSpeak and I've never met anyone in game who asked for a
Ventrilo server adress, they always ask for TeamSpeak. I don't know whether
it's a server preference or a local issue (I'm just wondering if the people
on an english speaking server rather use Vent, and those on german speaking
servers use TS... pure speculation :)
Post by Einstine
for the voice software you recommend, is it best to just run it on one of
the PC's of the users playing together; or is there a server online; or
is it best to run on an extra PC?
Can't talk about Vent, but with Teamspeak you can download and run your own
server easily. However, this is probably not a good idea unless you have a
very high upstream bandwidth, as the server will cause considerable load and
may impact your game performance due to network traffic.
Servers are available on the net, some very cheap, you might even find free
ones (don't know if there are).
Cheers
Urbin
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Actually, we used Ventrillo over Teamspeak because of sound quality. By
default, TS is vewry low quality, with Vent being very good.

Or at least that was our impression.

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Urs Steiner
2006-12-04 10:18:41 UTC
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Post by Brian Tkatch
Post by Urbin
Post by Einstine
Looking to try WoW for the first time and was wondering if there is a
built-in voice program or what the best 3rd party program is to use.
You will need to use a third party product. The two options are Ventrilo or
TeamSpeak. It seems that most other posters are using Ventrilo, whereas my
guild is using TeamSpeak. Actually, all three guilds I have been in on my
server use TeamSpeak and I've never met anyone in game who asked for a
Ventrilo server adress, they always ask for TeamSpeak. I don't know whether
it's a server preference or a local issue (I'm just wondering if the people
on an english speaking server rather use Vent, and those on german speaking
servers use TS... pure speculation :)
Post by Einstine
for the voice software you recommend, is it best to just run it on one of
the PC's of the users playing together; or is there a server online; or
is it best to run on an extra PC?
Can't talk about Vent, but with Teamspeak you can download and run your own
server easily. However, this is probably not a good idea unless you have a
very high upstream bandwidth, as the server will cause considerable load and
may impact your game performance due to network traffic.
Servers are available on the net, some very cheap, you might even find free
ones (don't know if there are).
Actually, we used Ventrillo over Teamspeak because of sound quality. By
default, TS is vewry low quality, with Vent being very good.
Well, yes, the default sound quality in TS is pretty low (so you can use
it also over telephone I think). But then again it's easy to adjust the
level for a channel and you can override it for yourself also if you want.

As I'm on the same server as Urbin (even if on the other side), I'm also
a TS user. Have used Ventrillo once in 20 months.

Urs
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WheeZ50
2006-12-04 13:26:28 UTC
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Post by Einstine
Looking to try WoW for the first time and was wondering if there is
a built-in voice program or what the best 3rd party program is to
use.
I am a game voice user in the past so this question is based on that
experience; for the voice software you recommend, is it best to just
run it on one of the PC's of the users playing together; or is
there a server online; or is it best to run on an extra PC?
Thanks. Sorry if my questions left out some info or seemed
disconnected. I haven't gamed in awhile but I figured this is the
best place to ask.
There are two choices nowadays:
Teamspeak and Ventrilo
(www.goteamspeak.com and www.ventrilo.com)

On the clients:
Ventrilo has a high soundquality and usually works out of the box -
it's easy to set up and works quite often quite great. I don't konw if
it's supported by mac's however. (I think it is).
Teamspeak is slightly harder to setup, but the setup system is
slightly more clear. Quality is usually less than vent. It can be used
on windows, linux and apple. Note that for some codecs, both linux and
mac users need the codec to be installed.
Both clients have a better-than-phone quality. Both clients are free.

On the servers:
Ventrilo is usable up till 8 people. After that you have to switch to
a payed server. Bandwith use is high (per connected person around
35-40Kbits/s). I've quit on the ventrilo limited server - It took the
same time to setup a TS server on both my linux and windows systems.
Teamspeak: the server's also free. This is the main advantage over
vent. Quality is scaleable between 6-26 Kbits/s. Relatively easy to
set up and administering goes by web as well.
Since vent is using a *very* good codec that uses more bandwith, the
quality is superior. I've got my own highspeed upload connection and
like to run a server - Vent is payed, so doesn't work for me. Our
guild and alliance uses TS because of it. Another guild I know has a
donation system for Vent, mostly carried by a core group of friends
(who are admins).

If anyone knows a way for me to cater to 40 vent clients, considering
I got the upload (and download of course), I'd be very happy.

WheeZ50
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Mel
2006-12-04 17:23:52 UTC
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Post by Einstine
Looking to try WoW for the first time and was wondering if there is a
built-in voice program or what the best 3rd party program is to use.
I am a game voice user in the past so this question is based on that
experience; for the voice software you recommend, is it best to just
run it on one of the PC's of the users playing together; or is there a
server online; or is it best to run on an extra PC?
Thanks. Sorry if my questions left out some info or seemed disconnected.
I haven't gamed in awhile but I figured this is the best place to ask.
TS seems and occasioanlly skype for small groups are used onour server:
never yet heard anyone mention Ventrillothingy; I suspect it is a
langauge thing, with non english on TS

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