On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Charity Abbott <<a href="mailto:angeliqer@gmail.com">angeliqer@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Alan McKinnon <<a href="mailto:alan.mckinnon@gmail.com">alan.mckinnon@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On Wednesday 12 March 2008, Dan Kegel wrote:<br>
> > On 3/12/08, Jim Hall <<a href="mailto:volunteer.jim@gmail.com">volunteer.jim@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > > Lots of key words. Just generally, how well does Wine handle voice<br>
> > > chat?<br>
> ><br>
> > Check the appdb. Some voice chat apps work, some don't:<br>
> ><br>
> > Teamspeak:<br>
> > <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=6833" target="_blank">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=6833</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Skype:<br>
> > <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1592" target="_blank">http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1592</a><br>
> ><br>
> > Ventrilo:<br>
> > <a href="http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=2169" target="_blank">http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=2169</a><br>
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> I'm curious, why are you running these apps in Wine? Teamspeak and Skype<br>
> already have native Linux versions, Ventrilo server for Linux has been<br>
> available for ages and a client is under development. I don't see any<br>
> benefit to running them in Wine on production.<br>
><br>
> However, if you are using them to test Wine's audio support, then that<br>
> is a different matter (and probably an excellent test as well)<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Alan McKinnon<br>
> alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com<br>
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</div></div>Ventrilo client for Linux has been in development ever since my guild<br>
on EQ has used it a couple of years ago. I've checked back several<br>
times, but I don't see any promised dates for it. I wish they would<br>
switch, but it's a rather large guild and I'm only one person.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br><br>Alan, you hit the nail on the head. It's a test thing. I sort of thought that if something worked in Wine that would help with our guild experiments to set up voice chat.<br><br>Thanks for the replies, folks.<br>
<br>Jim<br>