[Wine] Wine, WOW, teamspeak, skype, etc.

[Jim Hall]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Charity Abbott <angeliqer at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>


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.

Thanks for the replies, folks.

Jim
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