Ventrilo Alternative?

markyb · 12 Jul 2007 at 18:56

Hey Guys,

I host a Vent Server for me and a few mates to play on. We have been using it a good year now however they have always had problems everynow and then.

Just wondered if theres a decent alternative?

Cheers

Cuchulain · 12 Jul 2007 at 18:57

Teamspeak.

thebeagle · 12 Jul 2007 at 18:58

another vote for teamspeak, never like vent TBH,

Margaret · 12 Jul 2007 at 19:17

You could also use Skype but I think you can only have 5 people in group chat.

Kezmo · 12 Jul 2007 at 19:47

Teamspeak.

paradigm · 12 Jul 2007 at 19:51

TS is by far and away the best out there IMO.

Zefan · 12 Jul 2007 at 20:07

Vent > *

It really is just personal preference tbh :\

1337z0r · 12 Jul 2007 at 20:08

I used to use teamspeak, but I have always found ventrillo way better than teamspeak. a lot clearer only good if you have a good connection as its VOIP teamspeak uses less bandwidth.

Gonzo0 · 12 Jul 2007 at 20:09

Ive found the sound quality on vent to be so much better than TS.

Jokester · 12 Jul 2007 at 20:13

Vent uses a superior audio codec (or at least it used to).

Always found Vent better performing, more stable and higher sound quality.

Jokester

Gee · 12 Jul 2007 at 20:43

I'd have to go with Ventrilo. The 44hz Speex Codec on it is fantastic! almost like your sitting next to the person your talking to. Also Vent uses less bandwith than Teamspeak.

Jaffa_Cake · 12 Jul 2007 at 20:44

And vent doesn't LINK ENGAGED you.

mortals · 12 Jul 2007 at 21:02

I like the vent codec better also. It has some better features aswell like amplifying certain people etc.

My cs:s clan always used TS before.
As soon as we went onto vent I could actually hear what they sounded like and could makeout accents etc whereas on TS everyone sounded similar.

dbmzk1 · 12 Jul 2007 at 22:39

A lot of it depends how the server is setup as well. A default Vent server sounds just as bad as TS. But both can sound almost perfect. I do believe TS uses a lot more bandwidth for the same quality though.

At the end of the day it is really down to personal preference. I've been using Vent a lot recently after spending a long time using TS and honestly I've found Vent to be much better. It lags less, people have less problems with it, it uses less bandwidth and it almost always sounds better. TS looks prettier though! Thing is, if you ask another random person they will either entirely agree or say the exact opposite!