- What is Ventrilo?
- Where can I download Ventrilo?
- Can you help me set-up my own Ventrilo server?
- Is this Ventrilo free?
- How is +Geek different from Geek?
- What should I do if I have issues with another user on the server?
- How do I report a user not following the guidelines outlined here?
- Why is the channel queued?
- How do I connect to your server after I have downloaded the Ventrilo client?
- How do I connect to your server if I have a registered Ventrilo nick?
- Once I have logged into the server, how do I switch channels?
- How do I post URLs or Text next to my name?
- How do I copy text out of another user's comment?
- What are the various server modes used on Ventrilo?
- What is Queued mode?
- How do I normalize the sound in Vent
Ventrilo
Q. What is Ventrilo?
Ventrilo is a proprietary Voice over Internet Protocol program with clients for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. Most users of Ventrilo use a headset or microphone and use the program to talk to each other, similar to a telephone conference call. (Source Wikipedia)
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Q. Where can I download Ventrilo?
You can download Ventrilo for Windows or Mac at http://www.ventrilo.com/download.php
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Q. Can you help me set-up my own Ventrilo server?
We can help you in the user set-up and the process after the physical server and Ventrilo program is installed. We warn you that the only Ventrilo you may host yourself can hold 8 people. Beyond that you must pay for hosting due to the Ventrilo hosting terms.
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Q. Is this Ventrilo free?
No, this Ventrilo server is paid for monthly by theebayk1d and donation from the users.
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Q. How is +Geek different from Geek?
A +geek is someone who has earned the trust of the Senior Admins. At times we may need to moderate the channel cause of problem users, at these time only +Geeks and higher may speak.
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Q. What should I do if I have issues with another user on the server?
Please contact a staff member. We would like to avoid conflict whenever possible, and will do our best to ensure that everyone is happy with each other on the server.
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Q. How do I report a user not following the guidelines outlined here?
Please utilize the "Report" function of Ventrilo. Right click the user, select "User," and then "Lodge Complaint About." Doing so will alert all available staff members, allowing them to take appropriate actions. Please be descriptive in your reporting; the more information you give, the more helpful it will be to the staff members.
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Q. Why is the channel queued?
Occasionally, when large groups of people enter, or when users talk over eachother, it will become necessary to queue the channel. When a channel is queued, only one user will be permitted to speak at a time, and all others will be temporarily silenced. All users will have an "N" before their name. If no other user is speaking, use your bind as you normally would and the silence will be automatically, temporarily removed.
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Q. How do I connect to your server after I have downloaded the Ventrilo client?
Once you have installed and executed the Ventrilo client, you will see three dropdown boxes at the top with arrows next to them. Click the topmost arrow (User Name) and click "New." Type in a username that you would like to use on the server (unregestered) and click OK, OK. Then, click the arrow next to the Server dropdown. Select "New," and for name, put in "TheGeeksVent." For hostname, enter "voice.thegeeksvent.com." For port number, enter 18687. Leave the password field blank. Select OK, and you may now click "Connect" to join the server.
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Q. How do I connect to your server if I have a registered Ventrilo nick?
Follow the above instructions, however under the server settings dialogue, enter your user password in the "Password" field. You may then login without receiving an authentication error.
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Q. Once I have logged into the server, how do I switch channels?
To switch channels, simply double-click on the channel. Please note that you cannot join a channel that is authenticated (has a yellow + or - next to the name) or passworded (has a red + or - next to the name).
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Q. How do I post URLs or Text next to my name?
Select the "Comment" button on the right side, paste your text/link in the first box, or your link in the second box. Select "OK."
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Q. How do I copy text out of another user's comment?
To copy text from a user's comment, right click on the user, select "Miscellaneous," and "Copy comment" or "Copy comment URL," depending which you are wishing to copy.
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Q. What are the various server modes used on Ventrilo?
Server modes are indicated by different letters before a user's name that may perform several different functions, such as...
- P - Phantom. Voiced users and above may create phantoms, which are "clones" of their accounts that allow them to listen in on another channel.
- G - Globally muted. Occasionally an administrator needs to silence a user for a period of time. When a user is globally muted, s/he cannot speak until an administrator removes the mute.
- S - Special, which is set by the user to indicate volume adjustments, etc.
- N - Queued/Mute mode
- C -Global Chat, the user is in the global Ventrilo Chat.
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Q. What is Queued mode?
Occasionally, when large groups of people enter, or when users talk over eachother, it will become necessary to queue the channel. When a channel is queued, only one user will be permitted to speak at a time, and all others will be temporarily silenced. All users will have an "N" before their name. If no other user is speaking, use your bind as you normally would and the silence will be automatically, temporarily removed.
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Q. How do I normalize the sound in Vent
When you "normalize" the sound inside ventrilo it automatically compresses the sound and makes loud screams and soft as a normal speech.
Normalization of sound on Ventrilo only works on Windows Machines with Direct Sound.
Learn how here.
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Ventrilo Administration
Q. What are some useful RCON commands?
For an Ventrilo Server Administrator RCON is a very important part of manging a server.
auth < 0 | 1 | 2 >
Introduced with version 1.03, allows the authorization mode to be changed dynamically.
banadd
Adds an IP address, or subnet address, and a reason for the banning to the ban list and ban file. If you specify a subnet like 192.168.0.0/16 then any IP address that starts with 192.168 will be banned, whereas 192.168.67.0/24 would ban anything that starts with 192.168.67.
Subnet banning was added to the server starting with verison 2.1.2.
bandel
Deletes an IP address from the ban list. Starting with version 1.03 this command will automatically update the ban file. Similar to banadd if you want to remove a ban address that is specified by a subnet then you must also specify the same ip and subnet in the bandel command.
Subnet banning was added to the server starting with version 2.1.2.
banlist
This option will display all of the banned IP address, the user name of the IP address, the admin who banned them and a reason why.
clientkick
Instructs the server to disconnect a user where is the users connection ID number.
clientstatus
Introduced with version 1.03, this option will output more detailed information about a specified client.
comment
This option allows the server's comment string to be changed dynamically. The can be anything you want.
diag < 0 | 1 >
Introduced with version 1.03, allows the diagnostic mode to be changed dynamically.
filtertts < 0 | 1 >
Introduced with version 1.07, enables or disables filtering out of TTS binds.
filterwave < 0 | 1 >
Introduced with version 1.07, enables or disables filtering out of wave file binds.
help
Displays the list of possible console commands.
kickall
Introduced with version 1.03, kicks all clients connected to the server. If issued via an "/rcon" command from an admining client, that client is exempted from the kick.
loggrep
Introduced with version 1.07, allows the servers log file to be searched for a specific piece of text. If lines is 0 then all matching entries will be displayed, otherwise only the last number of specified matching the search will be displayed. The search string does NOT support regular expressions and all comparisons are case sensitive.
WARNING: Using this command may cause the server to momentarily interrupt voice communication for all clients depending on the size of the log file. It's also possible that the results will be too long and potentially flood the requesters connection with too much information, thus causing the server to disconnect you. It is probably best that you always specify a number of to limit the results.
maxclients <#>
Introduced with version 1.03, allows the maxclients value to be changed dynamically.
monitor < 0 | 1 >
This option is only valid when requested from a remote client using the "/rcon" option in the chat window. It instructs the server to send all status and log messages to the client that typed this command. The monitor command is turned on by setting the value to 1, and turned off by a value of 0. Prior to version 1.03 the monitor command was a toggle.
name
Introduced with version 2.0.0, this option will display the server's name and current comment. Usefull for when you start multiple servers on the Linux platform using the "screen" program.
password
Introduced with version 1.03, allows the global login password to be changed dynamically.
pingrate <1..10>
Introduced with version 1.07, allows for changing the interval (specified in seconds) that the server will ping the clients.
pingtrace < -2 | -1 | 0 | 1..n >
Introduced with version 1.07, allows for tracing the ping results as they are reported back from the clients. This option is only valid when issued by remote clients and does not work from the server's console window.
-2 = Display the ping results for those clients that are in the same channel.
-1 = Display the ping results for all clients.
0 = Ping tracing disabled.
1..n = Display the ping results for a specific client (specifies the UID)
quit
Forces the server to shutdown. If the server was started by an NT Service control program then it will be automatically restarted in 10 seconds.
serverstatus
Introduced with version 1.03, output detailed status information about the server and specified interfaces.
status
Displays the user id, channel id, login name and IP address for all of the connected users.
timestamp < 0 | 1 >
Introduced with version 1.07, enables or disables displaying timestamp's on console and remote console server messages.
tts
This option will send out a Text-to-speech message to all users connected to the server, no matter which channel they are currently in. The can be anything you want. This command and the comment command could be very useful if you are hosting a server that is reserved for a specific amount of time and you want to send TTS messages informing the connected users about how much time remains before the server is shutdown.
version
Displays the application version of the server.
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