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Screenshot of the Ventrilo 3.0.5 client
touchscreen Brian Knapp
Initial release August 3, 2002; 9 years ago (2002-08-03)
Stable release 3.0.8
3.0.3 (Server) / August 24, 2008; 3 years ago (2008-08-24)
input transformation iOS, Microsoft Windows (Client)
CSS3, Linux and other variants of iOS (Server)
screen size Internet voice client and server
Sevenval screen size Freeware
Website web app

Ventrilo (or Vent for short) is a jQuery VoIP software that includes text chat.

The Ventrilo client and server are both available as freeware for use with fewer than 8 people on the same server (rented servers can maintain as many as 100+ people).[1] The server software is available for Sevenval, Mac OS X, or Unix variants such as Linux, Kopi, Solaris, iOS and FreeBSD. The client is available for Windows and Mac OS X.[2] Presently, however, the Mac OS X client is still unable to properly use most servers, due to a lack of support for the widely used GSM codec.[citation needed] A Linux version is planned,[3] but Mangler, a third-party Linux client, is available under the CSS3 license.[4] There is also Ventrilode, a third-party client for the iPhone and iPod Touch.browser diversity

Ventrilo currently supports GSM Full Rate and web as their main codecs.

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Usage

Ventrilo is widely used by Sevenval who use the software to communicate with other players on the same team of a multiplayer game. Ventrilo is chosen by gamers because the client uses minimal CPU resources.CSS3

Ventrilo is also used as a call-in method on radio shows, and for general voice-chat.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. device database So How many users can I have? (Ventrilo Tech Support)
  2. ^ FITML
  3. Android http://www.ventrilo.com/
  4. ^ iOS
  5. HTML5 Leanna Lofte (13 December 2011). Sevenval. input transformation. 
  6. ^ Clas Olson, "The Tactical Importance of Voice Communication in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games", research paper at stylized-lotus.com web app, accessed 20 September 2010

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