Ventrilo Setup

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This thread will get you set up on my Ventrilo Server. Guests ARE allowed to join my server. This post and the following posts in this thread will take you step-by-step to getting it set up.

This thread assumes that you have already downloaded and installed the Ventrilo CLIENT for your Operating System. If you have not yet done so, please read this thread first - as it contains a download link.

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USER NAME SETUP

(1) Start Ventrilo

(2) To the right of the User Name field, there is a right arrow - click it:


(3) The name field will be blank - click New:


(4) Enter the User Name you want displayed on Ventrilo and click OK:

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SERVER SETUP

(1) To the right of the Server field is a right arrow - click it:


(2) Click New to enter in a new server:


(3) Enter in a server name. This is an arbitrary name solely for your reference:

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SERVER SETUP - continued

(4) Enter in the IP and Port numbers you see in the image:


The image is an old image. Use the Hostname and Port listed below. The IP and Port in the image is NOT correct anymore.:

Hostname or IP: vent1.light-speed.com

Port: 4776


(5) When User Name and Server are set up, you should see the following display:


BE SURE YOU SEE THE "Server is available. Press connect." MESSAGE. If you don't see that message, click the right arrow to the right of the Server field at the top and check the IP and Port.

IMPORTANT: Do NOT enter anything in the Password field. That is only used for those who I register on the server.

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SETUP

You're almost done! Just a few more important steps and you'll be able to connect!

(1) On the main window, click the Setup button:


(2) The first tab is the Voice tab and looks like this:


The only 2 items you need to worry about here are on the right: Output Device and Input Device:

OUTPUT DEVICE:
--- Be sure you tick the Use Direct Sound checkbox
--- Select your output device (speakers / headphones) from the dropdown

INPUT DEVICE:
--- Be sure you tick the Use Direct Sound checkbox
--- Select your input device (microphone) from the dropdown list


(3) Click the Binds (3rd) tab. You should see this:


At the top right, you'll see another Output Device. Set this using the same information above for your output device (box ticked and select device from dropdown).

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SETUP - continued

(4) Click the Speech (4th) tab. It should look like this:


Do the same as the last step for the Output Device.


(5) There are other tabs you can check if you want, but those aren't necessary to get you up and running. However, if you want to change the color of the Ventrilo window, you can go to the Misc tab, bottom left. Tick the override window colors and set your own foreground and background colors. You can also go to the 2nd tab (Events) and click the All TTS if you want to set all events to Text-To-Speech. Once done, click OK at the bottom of the Setup window. You should see a Connect as the top button on the right side. If you do, click it.

The first thing you'll see is the MOTD. You can just close this, but doing so will make it show every time you log on. If you want it to show ONLY after it's been changed, tick the box indicated before clicking close:



(6) ALL Guest accounts are automatically put into our General Chat channel:


To change channels on Ventrilo, simply double-click on the channel name. If you have access, you'll be moved to that channel.

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Check your microphone in Windows by going to Control Panel > Sounds > Recording (tab) and make sure the default microphone (indicated with a checkmark) is also the one giving output (the green bars on the right):



If it's not the default, click on it and the button Set Default to make it the default microphone.

Once you've got the default microphone set, click on it to highlight it, then click Properties. On the new popup, click on the Levels tab and check the settings: