09/29/2007 Audio & MP3

1. Download

Ventrilo is composed of two different components:

* The first is the client program. This is what most people will download and use and is the primary user interface.
* The second is the server program. This is what all clients must connect to in order to communicate with other people.

Distribution or redistribution any of these packages require authorization. Also, Ventrilo is supported on different platforms. So, it is recommended that you should download the appropriate platform version. These pages will also walk along with the Windows Platform version.

2. Installation

Client Installation

Open/Run the installation package.
Normally it is named as "ventrilo-2.3.0-Windows-i386.exe" (we are working on Windows Platform).

Just click on Next to continue the process.

1. Read and check "I Accept the license agreement".
2. Click Next to enter the next screen and choose either the two options for your installation.
3. Click Browse and point to your installation folder.
Then, wait for the Ventrilo Client Setup windows appears to inform that the installation has finished successfully. Click finish to finish the installation.

Server Installation

Carrying out these steps is just the same as installation for the client one.

Please just lick Next all the time and wait for the Installation Successful message to come up.

Note: Should you get any error message like (I/O error) or (CRC error) then this means that the installer program was corrupted during the download process. So, please try to re-download the installation packages and make the installation again.

3. Setup and Configuration

Client Setup and Configuration

As long as you want to connect into any server, you will need to setup and configuration your client application first.

Create a new user

1. To create a new User Name (1), click on (2).
2. Setup users windows comes up, click New (3).
3. On the Setup new user windows, type your user name it to box Name (4).
4. Click Ok (5) to finish.

Other fields in Setup User windows can be left blank. Of course you can fill in your information if you wish.



Enter Server information (which you will connect to)

1. To connect to a server (1), click (2) to go and set it up.
2. If this is the first time you play with it, please click (4) and type the server name into the to pop-up box. You can enter whatever you want, just easy to remind you about the server.
3. Try to Enter the Server IP (5) (important) as exact as you can. The IP number in the box (6) is provided by the server owner. Otherwise, contact him for it.

Other fields can be left as default or in blank.

If your server has password protected, enter it into the password box (9). Otherwise, contact the server owner for it.

4. Test the connection

I run the Ventrilo server and Client on the same machine for testing. You can also do that if you just want to have a test or even want to host a server yourself.

As you run the Ventrilo Server, it will appear as the left image.

Find the Server IP (1)/(2)/(3) from the Ventrilo Server windows. You can send it to your friends if you wish to allow them connect to your server.



You can set authorized password for connecting to your server.

Open the " ventrilo_srv.ini " in Notepad, normally this file is placed in ventrilo server folder.

Find the line Password (1) and add behind it your password string (2).



Open Ventrilo client application and put in the correct Server IP and other information as well.

Click on Connect and if the client connect to server (1) successfully, you'll see your name (2) in the list. Otherwise, you will get an error message and please just check again from the "head to tail".

In the chat room. Speak into the microphone and if the speaker icon (2) turns green and lasts for at least 3 second, you are now sure people can hear you. Otherwise, please try to speak louder or just open the Volume Control and turn the microphone on.

Click on Chat (3) to engage in a text chat module.

You can also go to Setup (4) to adjust more on the settings for a better performance of your audio if you sure what to do.

5. Play with VoizGame

Once you have done all the above stuffs, nothing is on your way now!



Just open AV VoizGame. Select a nickvoice and start for fun. I guarantee, no more settings needed.

It is recommended that you should open AV VoizGame before connect to server.

AV VoizGame is a unique voice chat tool which changes users' voice to any desired voice outputs, regardless of gender and age by changing Pitch, Timbre, using "nickvoices" library and applying various effects.

With VoizGame and Ventrilo, gamers can change their real voice to disguise themselves in various online games' characters (electronic voice of a robot, shrill cry of a sorcerer, etc.) and thus, make the game more vivid and thriller.