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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. | Ventrilo is a proprietary Voice over IP program with clients for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Most users of Ventrilo use a headset or microphone and use the program to talk freely to each other, similar to a telephone conference call. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ...
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Usage Users install the Ventrilo client and connect to a Ventrilo server. The Ventrilo client is released as freeware and is available for Microsoft Windows. A full version is available for Mac OS X, and future support is planned for operating systems based on the Linux kernel, however, the client has been under development since 2005 with no new updates, causing users to suspect that a Linux client will not be released. The server is available under a restrictive license and is available for all of these systems as well as Solaris, NetBSD and FreeBSD. As of this date though, the Mac OS X client is still unable to properly utilize most servers due to a lack of support for the widely used GSM codec. In computing, a client is a system that accesses a (remote) service on another computer by some kind of network. ...
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The default sound quality is comparable to a telephone but it can be changed to a higher quality by changing to a different codec. A codec is a setting that will tell you how each server sounds. Ventrilo currently supports GSM, and Speex as their main codecs. A codec is a device or program capable of performing encoding and decoding on a digital data stream or signal. ...
The Ventrilo developers have attempted to keep its bandwidth to a minimum but users with a low-bandwidth dial-up connection may still find themselves restricted to using low quality settings. Dial-up access is a form of Internet access via telephone line. ...
Ventrilo is often used by multiplayer computer game players. Gamers can use the software to communicate with other players on the same team of a multiplayer game. Communicating by voice gives a competitive advantage by allowing players to keep their hands on the mouse and action keys while playing a fast paced game such as a first-person shooter, particularly in team-based, tactical games. This kind of quick and easy communication can be crucial for those who participate in electronic sports. Most gamers refer to Ventrilo simply as "vent." Ventrilo is also popular among players of other genres of online games, especially MMORPG games and real-time strategy games. Online gaming redirects here. ...
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The gaming instant messaging utility Xfire displays the Ventrilo server address to which the user is connected. // Instant messaging (IM) is a form of real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text. ...
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Ventrilo is also used at a call-in method on radio shows, and for general voice-chat.
The quality can vary but depending on your sound card, codec selected by the administrator, and microphone, it can sound good or just like a telephone call.
Versions & Features Version 3.0.0 was released on November 14, 2007 for both Windows and Macintosh. It includes many new features, including per-channel codec selection, and hotkey combinations (as opposed to the previous single-key limitation). As usual, upgrade is mandatory for both the server and the client. However, on November 23, a post was made on Ventrilo's forums stating a guide on how to run both the previous and current versions of the program at once on the same computer, the post was removed shortly afterwards though a screenshot remains. NOTE: the picture above is the WIN client connected to a private Vent server. is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The original post of the guide. However, there is still no GSM support for the Mac platform. Other features include: private voice chats (though, the "captain" of the chat will be able to be heard by other people in the private chat if he/she is in the private chat which can be intrusive) a new bindings folder menu and the ability to give people certain "powers" without giving them the master password (the ability to kick, ban, make rooms, etc). Image File history File links Size of this preview: 360 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,128 × 1,878 pixels, file size: 157 KB, MIME type: image/png) A screenshot of a guide posted on the ventrilo forums stating how to run two different versions of clients at once This is a...
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History and Licensing For the past two years, 2.3.0 or 2.3.1 (depending upon platform) has been current. After version 2.1.2, Flagship Industries changed the software license governing the Ventrilo server to limit connection capacity of the freeware server to 8 users. A new license was also debuted for the "Pro" server which supports more than 8 simultaneous users. Among other restrictions, only companies wishing to host multiple servers with a minimum of 1000 slots may purchase licenses for the "Pro" server at the sole discretion of Flagship Industries. Additional restrictions include having a "legitimate business license" and the expectation that slot counts will "grow on a regular basis." Flagship Industries reserves (and exercises) the right to refuse licensing.
Version 2.1.2 of the server can host a maximum of 200 connections, according to the included documentation. Unlike later versions, version 2.1.4 of the client can still connect to servers running 2.1.2. Older versions are no longer supported according to Flagship's EULA agreement.
The licensed hosts can vary and offer pricing that can also be cheaper and not all offer the high quality modes.
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