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[Myst]

Hi

Although only recently got a Beta server, there have been a couple of comments from our users. a couple of which are below.

The main points overall raised are that they like the ease of set up, but voice quality is not quite there at this time.

Is there a way to alter the codecs used rathaer than a low/Med/High option?
Seems locked on Speex 1.2beta - Mono 22hz

Pros -

Very quick to install.

Easy to setup, I don't think i had to change any settings to get it working just enter server address.

Cons-

Quality not quite as good as vent.

Overlapping comms seem a little distored (see above??)


Do you know if it will list in hlsw like vent does it have a server viewer thing like vent?

I like it mainly for the simplicity of set up. It's very straightforward and quite intuitive when adjusting various settings as opposed to Vent where you need a masters degree in Computer Programming!

The sound quality is slightly poorer than Vent (as me and Mac discussed this afternoon) but that's probably down to the codec it's using (speex Mono, 16 bit, 22Khz) whereas (I'm guessing) Vent may well use GSM or a higher quality speex codec.

I also have a problem with Vent where it seems to transmit when it wants to transmit as opposed to when I speak! But Mohawk works/transmits when I want it to transmit.

[jbiloh]

Hi Myst,

Thanks for your comments.

Glad you like the program, we've tried very hard to make sure it is as easy to use as possible.

When you say that you feel the codec quality isn't as good as what you're used to - can you tell us what codec/quality levels your currently using with Ventrilo? That will give us a better idea what to examine.

We've done internal testing on the difference between Speex 22Khz and 44Khz and just about everyone agreed that there was no real difference (but everyone's ears are different.)

Anyways, the more info you can provide in this regard the better.

Thanks again for testing and providing feedback!

[Rebster40]

I used mohawk with my team for a few things earlier, and I'm liking it as well. Only complaint I have is same as above, the voice quality is not bad by any means..but not quite as good as vent.

[jbiloh]

We've gone ahead and added 44Khz (which doubles the audio quality) in the next build. There will now be a setting in the server.ini file that allows for 11Khz, 22Khz (what we use now) and 44Khz.

:)

[Rebster40]

Good to hear, can't wait.:)

[jbiloh]

We expect to be pushing out the next Beta in 5 days or so. It will include many bug fixes (including a few that cause the server to crash) along with channel comments, the 44Khz codec and a number of other improvements.

[Myst]

44hz should improve it.
At present on vent most use GSM 6.10 that is on 44hz.

Will judge better on next roll out and let you know

[jbiloh]

Codec vs. Codec Speex is superior to GSM so we're pretty confident that doubling the sampling rate will certainly improve things. :)

[Ashane]

We've gone ahead and added 44Khz (which doubles the audio quality) in the next build. There will now be a setting in the server.ini file that allows for 11Khz, 22Khz (what we use now) and 44Khz.

:)

So is this something we can change, since we cant edit the server.ini file? Via a setup option for the server?

Or will all the beta servers switch to 44Khz to test it out?

[avial]

Everything which can be edited through the INI will be configurable on the interface. So if you have a beta server, you will be able to change it.