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| Overall Rating: |   (4.0) |
Features: | (4.0) |
Support: | (3.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (3.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (4.0) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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Much Improved - Version: 3.0.4, 4/18/2009 12:11PM PST
Simon L
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Ventrilo needs to get its act together. - Version: 3.0.1, 9/28/2008 06:22PM PST
apple36--2008
The default server and client codec for the Windows version of Ventrilo is GSM 6.10. However, Ventrilo has seen fit not to include this codec in their Mac installation. Therefore, anyone on a Mac is automatically denied access to 90% or more of the servers being used out there. Asking everyone to change their codecs usually results in a "but the currently one has always worked for us, go change your computer" argument.
If this software is meant for Mac users, then it's main purpose seems to be to slap us in the face and tell us that we are second class citizens. It exists mainly to give Mac users a big loud raspberry and a "nyah nyah nyah, you can't use this". There is no reason not to have the Windows version default to the same codec that Macs can use. Most people in the Windows world DON'T CARE so long as they can hear their buddies. However, they also don't care or don't know how to change their servers to use the Speex codec. Result? This software is unusable by Mac users.
I would not recommend this software to anyone using Macs, or to anyone who has friends who use Macs, or to anyone who knows anyone who has friends who use Macs.
The authors of this software could fix this one of two ways, other than to make the Speex codec the default on all platforms. (1) include the GSM codec in the Mac installation. They use a pkg install anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem. (2) have the servers not give a damn what codec the clients are using, and do on-the-fly conversion from one codec to another depending on which codec is being used by which client. This is harder and it possibly makes servers a resource hog, but it does provide more flexibility.
The way they have done it, to make GSM the default then not provide GSM for Macs, is insulting, irritating, downright infuriating, and makes this product a solid 1/5 stars for me.
If this software is meant for Mac users, then it's main purpose seems to be to slap us in the face and tell us that we are second class citizens. It exists mainly to give Mac users a big loud raspberry and a "nyah nyah nyah, you can't use this". There is no reason not to have the Windows version default to the same codec that Macs can use. Most people in the Windows world DON'T CARE so long as they can hear their buddies. However, they also don't care or don't know how to change their servers to use the Speex codec. Result? This software is unusable by Mac users.
I would not recommend this software to anyone using Macs, or to anyone who has friends who use Macs, or to anyone who knows anyone who has friends who use Macs.
The authors of this software could fix this one of two ways, other than to make the Speex codec the default on all platforms. (1) include the GSM codec in the Mac installation. They use a pkg install anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem. (2) have the servers not give a damn what codec the clients are using, and do on-the-fly conversion from one codec to another depending on which codec is being used by which client. This is harder and it possibly makes servers a resource hog, but it does provide more flexibility.
The way they have done it, to make GSM the default then not provide GSM for Macs, is insulting, irritating, downright infuriating, and makes this product a solid 1/5 stars for me.
GSM??? - Version: 3.0.1, 4/2/2008 05:31PM PST
hoezone156
Software needs to move forward or become obsolete. Haven't seen any voice comm server use anything less than Speex. Why would anyone want GSM anyway??
If you have used it in the past and found it clunky and not great quality, try it now. I am happy to recommend it.