Teamspeak vs. Mumble vs. Vent vs. Raidcall

[n0ah1897]

I've only used Vent and Raidcall out of those, but I absolutely love Raidcall.

[Victor Golf]

Teamspeak. Me and the people I play with already have it.

[That Norwegian Guy]

A bit of impartial advice, having ran a gaming organization for 9 years (anniversary next week!) I have of course chewed through all of the major VoIP solutions, and the only two I ever consider is Ventrilo and TS3. Mumble is a nightmare for administrators as you have to log into a SuperUser account which you can't actually talk from, and even if you don't consider that a dealbreaker, the actual level of administrative tools available to you as a Mumble owner is woeful. Raidcall is at this point not at a developed level I consider fit for alpha; it handles traffic inefficiently, and just has a number of bugs.

 

TS3 is as of now what we use at Bloodpact, Ventrilo is only ever considered when we go into games with more than 150 members, as we have in the past with Rift and Allods Online. For some reason, Ventrilo usually gets cheaper compared to TS3 when you require many slots. For Star Citizen though, we are only looking for about 80 members as the game is laid out for huge organizations to be counterproductive (instancing) and that's why we use TS3.

 

However, even for huge organizations, TeamSpeak 3 is the better option, it is just more expensive for hundreds of slots. But if money is not an issue, go TS3.

 

One thing to note is that in Ventrilo, it is easier and less of a security risk to hand out admin privileges to others.

[Ethnod]

I'm researching these for what VOIP software I will host for our Star Citizen team....

 

I have gathered a lot of information but I have come here to ask what you guys think?!

 

Whats your favorite, whats your least favorite? any why?!

 

Also vote on the poll!

 

No Razer? :blink:  You hooked me on it and now I am loving it

[TheProfosist]

A bit of impartial advice, having ran a gaming organization for 9 years (anniversary next week!) I have of course chewed through all of the major VoIP solutions, and the only two I ever consider is Ventrilo and TS3. Mumble is a nightmare for administrators as you have to log into a SuperUser account which you can't actually talk from, and even if you don't consider that a dealbreaker, the actual level of administrative tools available to you as a Mumble owner is woeful. Raidcall is at this point not at a developed level I consider fit for alpha; it handles traffic inefficiently, and just has a number of bugs.

 

TS3 is as of now what we use at Bloodpact, Ventrilo is only ever considered when we go into games with more than 150 members, as we have in the past with Rift and Allods Online. For some reason, Ventrilo usually gets cheaper compared to TS3 when you require many slots. For Star Citizen though, we are only looking for about 80 members as the game is laid out for huge organizations to be counterproductive (instancing) and that's why we use TS3.

 

However, even for huge organizations, TeamSpeak 3 is the better option, it is just more expensive for hundreds of slots. But if money is not an issue, go TS3.

 

One thing to note is that in Ventrilo, it is easier and less of a security risk to hand out admin privileges to others.

For mumble pick up a web UI and it makes certain stuff easier I havnt really toyed around with my server yet as I havnt had the time but there seems to be something for everything you just have to figure out where it is and how to do it. Another nice thing that can be seen as bad possibly is that since its open source there are a bunch of options for everything. So you get your choice of stuff but you have to be knowledgeable or do research to know what to choose.

[Pounds]

Teamspeak's already what I use for ltt unofficial and assassin's server so... I don't have to install and learn to use something new

 

God forbid any has to learn new software! Yes, let's all have the mindset of 70 year old people that refuse to use the internet because they don't want to learn something new.

 

Seriously, I hate seeing these types of comments in a tech forum. A place where people should be open minded to advancing software/hardware.

 

Maybe Teamspeak, or whatever anyone else likes, is the best option, be let's hear some legit reasons why.

[LOST TALE]

also Le PC gaming, and Le networking

PC Gaming, distinctively.

[miyabwah]

Teamspeak, says everyone on the schnitzel.

[Night]

No Razer? :blink: You hooked me on it and now I am loving it

Razer Comms would be more suited to console gamers. Its just not a robust VOIP utility like the others. Probably because its new but also becaise its made by a gaming company. In their eyes they probably see no other use for it than gaming.

These other VOIP solutions are not all made explicitly with gaming in mind, hence making them more flexible and a better choice.

Edit:

Also, Razer comms is a turd.

[DefinitelyNotAPedophile]

Skype slick let's get each other's ip

[LogicalDrm]

I voted for mumble and TS3 but won't be using either. Its bit funny that Mumble which is opensource is considered being more expensive than TS3 which has license usage (free but still). I would most like to use mumble. It has far better latency and quality than TS3. I've talked admins who ran both on private server. They liked Mumble more because TS3 (beta then) had more difficult token system for permissions. Now I think its better.

[Str_Mape]

What? Its free and opensource?

yea, made a wrong turn on the website and wound up on hosting section.

[Wyre]

teamspeak can sound really really good. You can set the server to use several different protocols for the VOIP. However the higher bitrate you get the more bandwidth you will need for each user.

[Joe4evr]

Teamspeak - a lot of people are already using it. 

Basically this.

[Smoka]

I prefer Mumble as its not bloated and has better latency

[TheProfosist]

yea, made a wrong turn on the website and wound up on hosting section.

Yea, also the first site in the google results last time I checked was a hosting place not the sourceforge pace for mumble.

[SerMejong]

 

for having a 500 person group yes

 

We can't have a 500+ person skype call

 

Yeah i forgot about that it will be used for star citizen. but for like 5 people is it ok enough?

[TheProfosist]

Yeah i forgot about that it will be used for star citizen. but for like 5 people is it ok enough?

no skype is NEVER ok

[Emperor_Piehead]

Yeah i forgot about that it will be used for star citizen. but for like 5 people is it ok enough?

Sure I use skype to game with friends all the time

[Godsmack]

teamspeak because... it's easy and free

that about sums it up, plus a girl i used to date uses mumble so now i associate it with her evilness...

[Zeal]

Mumble. You can host your own server and the sound latency & quality is unmatched.

Only downside is you can't lower other people's voices. They'll have to set it up properly with the Audio wizard.

[QcDExtreme]

teamspeak because i'm scared of change 

[bradscoolio]

God forbid any has to learn new software! Yes, let's all have the mindset of 70 year old people that refuse to use the internet because they don't want to learn something new.

 

Seriously, I hate seeing these types of comments in a tech forum. A place where people should be open minded to advancing software/hardware.

 

Maybe Teamspeak, or whatever anyone else likes, is the best option, be let's hear some legit reasons why.

 

Should I have said: Ease of use, practicality and popularity? Because that's what it meant. 

[old reece frost]

Teamspeak because I'm use to it.

[vaughnage92]

Mumble is cheap. TS is best quality and easiest/best interface.