[Wine] Wine, WOW, teamspeak, skype, etc.
Charity Abbott
angeliqer at gmail.com
Wed Mar 12 13:07:40 CDT 2008
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 12 March 2008, Dan Kegel wrote:
> > On 3/12/08, Jim Hall <volunteer.jim at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Lots of key words. Just generally, how well does Wine handle voice
> > > chat?
> >
> > Check the appdb. Some voice chat apps work, some don't:
> >
> > Teamspeak:
> > http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=6833
> >
> > Skype:
> > http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1592
> >
> > Ventrilo:
> > http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=2169
>
> I'm curious, why are you running these apps in Wine? Teamspeak and Skype
> already have native Linux versions, Ventrilo server for Linux has been
> available for ages and a client is under development. I don't see any
> benefit to running them in Wine on production.
>
> However, if you are using them to test Wine's audio support, then that
> is a different matter (and probably an excellent test as well)
>
> --
> Alan McKinnon
> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
>
>
>
Ventrilo client for Linux has been in development ever since my guild
on EQ has used it a couple of years ago. I've checked back several
times, but I don't see any promised dates for it. I wish they would
switch, but it's a rather large guild and I'm only one person.
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