Only problem with Vent is that it's generally Windows only :)
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 11:28 AM, chris kluka <[email protected]> wrote: > Mumble is free and open source. You can have a channel default muted and > only admins can un-mute speakers. > > Murmur is the server; Mumble is the client. > > It can be setup almost the same as ventrilo, but it is far superior > to ventrilo. In particular, it has far superior noise > cancellation algorithms and uses better voice codecs. > > I've run Mumuble servers before; in fact, I own mumblehosting.biz (though > I've let everything expire and die). > > The main difference between mumble and ventrillo is that mumble is free. > You can only run an 8-client instance of the vent server for free; If you > want a larger instance, you have to pay for it. Additionally, the company > that makes ventrilo hates small companies and sets a minimum per month > price at 1000 seats, so basically only companies that resell ventrilo > services can run their own ventrilo server. > > > If we require a mumble server, I can put one up on a 100x100 pipe and give > whoever needs it admin access. just let me know. > > -- Chris > > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Roswyne <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I currently have a small Ventrilo (50 person) server. IIRC, you can set >> people up as "dominant", so if they and someone else talk at the same time, >> their voice will be the one heard. I assume TeamSpeak has similar >> capabilities. >> On Jan 30, 2013 10:12 AM, "Jim MacKenzie" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hmm, the team speak idea is kind of interesting. It might make it so >>> people who cant be at some of the bigger presentations can remote in, but >>> still be able to answer questions. >>> There is an option for a marked speaker to make everyone else go quite >>> when they speak. >>> And as a non-profit we qualify for the 512 user licence. >>> >>> >>> The only thing with the 1 mic idea is we would have to get presenters to >>> say the question before they answer it, and not just start answering it. >>> Otherwise it may not make sense. Ive >>> seen presenters do this, but we not always have professional presenters. >>> >>> Video is doable, we can easily set up screen recording as well, so if >>> someone is showing code or something on the projector we could have >>> seperate video of just that. >>> >>> >>> >>> Now, this is assuming that we have a presentation in the future from >>> someone worth recording >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> For talks, we'd only need a single mic, since there's only one person >>>> (who matters). >>>> >>>> I think video is important, since I like to use the whiteboard when >>>> teaching/lecturing. >>>> >>>> Ron >>>> >>>> On 2013-01-30 08:27, Ace Tunes wrote: >>>> > We would need to make sure to get a room/area mic (maybe two >>>> considering >>>> > how big our meeting space is, our classrooms at UCN weren't much >>>> bigger and >>>> > we were running up to four area mics). As for the camera; it might >>>> even be >>>> > worth looking at the option of leaving it out, from my experience I >>>> found >>>> > that the classes without video stream went smoothest. When it comes to >>>> > recording it, software would be all we would need, but I don't know >>>> of any >>>> > free software that records sessions like that..... hmmm.... unless, I >>>> just >>>> > used teamspeak for the first time the other day, and I know it has the >>>> > option to record, but can we also, from the server side, force it so >>>> that >>>> > only one person's mic can be live? If so that might be an option, I >>>> am sure >>>> > we could host one on the sksp servers that would be turned on for >>>> meetings >>>> > only. With that we could use one piece of software to stream AND >>>> record. We >>>> > also could look at a Walkie-Talkie style application, though I don't >>>> know >>>> > of any free ones, that would allow every user to participate in the >>>> > meeting; one that we used, that I am particularly fond of, is >>>> Elluminate. >>>> > Elluminate offers one way (editable) mic chatter, IRC style chat, and >>>> if we >>>> > really want video chat, as well as a whiteboard system. If we could >>>> find a >>>> > free version, or a REALLY cheap version, of that kind of thing it >>>> might be >>>> > worth it. >>>> > >>>> > Meako >>>> > >>>> > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Ron <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > > In your opinion, what would it take to record/stream talks? One mic >>>> (we >>>> > > can probably get for free), an Internet connection we have, ustream >>>> is >>>> > > free, I'm sure we could find an unused camera. What else would we >>>> need? >>>> > > I imagine software of some sort, I can't think of much else. >>>> > > >>>> > > Ron >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> >>>> > _______________________________________________ >>>> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>> > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >>> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >>> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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