Before i start the speel i would like to say this cant be found on another forum by ME but i have sinced moved from the partner site Trap 17 to Astahost Because i feel that i will get talented replies.

The Main Reason for this post is to decide the popularity of the voice programs.
Since i currently host both a Teamspeak server and Ventrilo server and am currently in the process of creating a website for my supporters.

I would like your opinions as to which is the better program and why you think it is, since i will be basing these results on which Server i keep and provide statistics for on the website. For those that have not heard of these programs i will include a short description of each program and the websites they can be found at.

TeamSpeak

# Optimal bandwidth usage with codecs ranging from CELP 5.1Kbit to GSM 16.4Kbit to Speex 25.9Kbit for optimal voice clarity
# Local addressbook allows you to connect quickly to your favorite servers
# Webserver list allows you to find TeamSpeak servers without their IP
# Channel and subchannel creation
# Client is designed to work well with firewalls and routers
# Passworded servers and channels
# Completely configurable keybindings (hotkeys) to quickly join specified channels, mute your microphone, etc.
# Whisper functions so you can speak privately to inidividuals, groups of persons, or other channels
# Auto voice normalizing (no need to adjust your mic manually)
# Supports Microsoft Gamevoice ™ hardware
# Windows/Linux server
# Windows/Linux client
# Text messaging in the client
# Seemless optoinal MySQL integration, allowing you to customize your server database
# Minimal CPU and RAM requirements
# Given bandwidth requirements are met, servers can easily handle thousands of users

Ventrilo

# Cross channel communications.
# User-to-user private conversations.
# Individual channels that can be created dynamically.
# Sub channels.
# Muted channels.
# Queued channels.
# Password protected server login and channels.
# Advanced channel control options and filters.
# Text-to-speech (TTS) voice generation.
# Key binding to execute special program functions, play wave files, send TTS messages.
# Separate phonetic spelling of user and channel names for proper TTS.
# Built in chat similar to IRC.
# Users can enter dynamic comments for all other users to see.
# User assigned names for server connections. No need to remember IP numbers.
# Multiple platform support for servers.
# Servers are now ready and supported on 64bit platforms.
# Ability to restrict server admin features. Useful for hosting services.
# Server specified codec's to control voice quality and bandwidth usage.

Enjoy the programs as much as i do and your responses are much appreciated

Reaver

I prefer Ventrilo for the simple reason that its what I use. I've tried both but I found teamspeak to be slightly more messy. Anyway, I dont know which of them is best, but I know that I prefer Ventrilo anyday.

Thank you for the support Nqon much appreciated yes i hope i get a lot more people voting in thsi topic so i can have a good estimate of the theme and server to use for my website

XFire is best, why it's not listed?

Well according to statistics posted on the web by gaming companies and server users alike, these programs are the leading ones and since i am a slave to society i hosted both these servers as a trial to see which one is better but unfortunately the decision is harder than i thought which is my reason for only having two options. Maybe you would prefer to start a topic with all the programs you recomend.

Thank you for your response Atheos

TS2 vs Vent
Teamspeak 2 Vs Ventrilo

The guy that posted above saying xfire is best doesn't understand what Vent and TS2 are. Xfire is the worst client out there. It's not server based so your voip depends on the big xfire servers being online (which is very rare as Viacom bought xfire and ever since then xfire has been loaded with problems). Anyway, stay away from xfire!

I use Ventrilo and TS2. I think TS2 is way too user friendly to the point that it's difficult to use if you are a tech-head/power-user. Ventrilo is my preference as anyone can be taught how to use it in a matter of a couple minutes, and on the server admin side it's got a great rcon system that's very easy to use. Ventrilo also can be customized to your likings while I can't seem to customize anything in TS2 except for key bindings.

-Burrell

TS2 vs Vent
Teamspeak 2 Vs Ventrilo

The only one I've used is Teamspeak 2 because it has a client version for linux. I guess vent has one in the works but currently Teamspeak2 client is win/mac/linux. Vent is win/mac so for this reason teamspeak wins for me.

-reply by Jeremy

There are three or four of the functions of each that are important to me, but I'm rarely the one choosing, my current clan in the only game I'm active in uses Vent. Ts is a bit annoying sometimes, Vent looks classier.

I found teamspeak to be much more friendly. Both server and client configuration wasn't very logic to me...Could never remember which of the 8 volume sliders controlled the actual volume.
Server also comes without a start/stop script which is unacceptable for linux daemons imho. (just downloaded latest public version, still no script or cron setup)

Teamspeak is also free while ventrilo is only free up to 8 users, not useful for MMO's.

Also I think the big "ventrilo is better" thing comes to the fact that ventrilo is payed. Anyone willing to pay for ventrilo is probably also willing to pay for good hosting, thus most ventrilo's run on good hosting. While teamspeak is free and everyone can run a server resulting in lots of crappy hosted teamspeaks.


-reply by dyna

I found teamspeak to be much more friendly. Both server and client configuration wasn't very logic to me...Could never remember which of the 8 volume sliders controlled the actual volume.
Server also comes without a start/stop script which is unacceptable for linux daemons imho. (just downloaded latest public version, still no script or cron setup)

Teamspeak is also free while ventrilo is only free up to 8 users, not useful for MMO's.

Also I think the big "ventrilo is better" thing comes to the fact that ventrilo is payed. Anyone willing to pay for ventrilo is probably also willing to pay for good hosting, thus most ventrilo's run on good hosting. While teamspeak is free and everyone can run a server resulting in lots of crappy hosted teamspeaks.


-reply by dyna

"Both server and client configuration wasn't very logic to me...Could never remember which of the 8 volume sliders controlled the actual volume."

I was of course talking about ventrilo here, forgot to mention. Sorry. Also for the double post (didn't read and thought my first posting was denied because I didn't enter an email address)


-reply by dyna

Couple of years ago I needed a voice server for chatting & gaming and I end up with TS just because it was free. Crossplatform was also a big plus, because I have many Linux clients. The installation was very easy, I host TS in Win 2003 among with IIS and MySQL. Its great that both client and server versions of TS are so lightweight.

The only bad thing in TS is that the voice quality is bad ONLY when playing music. The quality of normal speaking is great with 16kb Speex that takes almost none of your bandwidth. So my voice goes to Teamspeak.

Most of my experience has been with TS. I play an MMO and my guild all uses TS, however I know that a majority of the servers uses Ventrillo. From my impressions Ventrillo seems to be more popular than TS and many people who have used TS did not like it for one reason or another. I have used it for almost 3 years and have rarely had any issues with it.

For the games that i play.. they all use ventrillo so i have voted for that. I think one time we tried using TS but it just wasnt as good so we went back to ventrillo!

Replying to iGuest Ts2 is fa superior in bandwidth control as well as quality ontrol, it uses up less resources than vent does and with much higher quality.As far as cutomization goes, you can set pretty much anything ud want, to whatver you need. It doesnt matte what it look like, why areu looking at it? play a game while you talk.. Thats what they are made for.. Not to be pretty images on a screen. And to reitterate... TS2 free and unlimited in its options as a free program... And unless you have like dsl o dial up, and a crappy comp... Anyone can host it without hinderence on performance for either the seveer or your gaming... I run a ts2 server on my gaming comp for my friends and they all have great pings, no packetloss... And the quality is unbeatable.. When I get on vent I sound like an entirely different person and it doesnt match recordings ive made on my own :P all while I'm playing a game... Listening to mp3s on winamp.. With xfire running ... And my own client side ts2 talkin to the people on my server. Trying the same things with vent, sound quality degraded and packetloss arose... It was choppy as hell and sounded like celp codecs on what was actually speex. Vent loses, TS2 wins.

I have used vent for quite a while now, never Teamspeak. I find ventrilo to be a well designed software with lots of flexibility and options. That's not to say I don't have my wish list of changes to the program, but all-in-all i am happy with its performance.

It is true, when comparing vent to skype, there are some quality differences, but at what expense? Skype could be run smoothly by some, in addition to running whichever game you play, but one cannot forget about the multitude of others who need all the juice they can get out of their gaming rig and cannot spare that extra ram and resources required by skype. Ventrilo truly is a low-resource requirement program, relatively speaking.

Like I said before, I cannot offer a heads-up comparison of vent to ts, but from what I have gathered from iGuest's post, ventrilo is the way to go; and my experience supports that.

Plus, ventrilo has been around for a long time and more than likely has greater acceptance within the gaming community. And if the fact is true that TS is no longer being supported and updated, then I would 100% go with ventrilo.

vent or tsTeamspeak 2 Vs Ventrilo

Whoever says that TS has a better sound quality than Ventrilo is on crack or something. Its simple, better codecs = better quality.

And ventrilo really doesn't take up that much more of your RAM or proccessor.  Yes, it does take like 4 times more than TS, but if running a program that is not even 1/2 as processor-strenuous as FireFox or IE is hard on your computer, I think you need to upgrade to the 21st century and get at least 2GB RAM and a 1.6Ghz processor.  That's PLENTY to run both Vent, TS, 4 Firefox browsers, an IE browser, and Elder Scrolls: Oblivian without noticing even the faintest bit of "lag" or skipping.

-reply by ventuserKeywords: is there a way to auto-register users on ventrilo?

Teamspeak 2 userTeamspeak 2 Vs Ventrilo

Out of the 2 VoIP clients/servers I find that teamspeak 2 is more friendly for administration. I can ban a ip range in teamspeak2 like this 71.120.*.* where in vent it won't let me do the ip range ban like that.

The biggest difference between the two is that vent has better quality in codecs,  teamseak is user friendly to the users to restricting bandwidth on the client for better latency for gaming online and  administration of the server.

-reply by Ozz

 

No one should use VentriloTeamspeak 2 Vs Ventrilo

I wrote/am writing a Ventrilo client for Linux.  Without a doubt, no one should use this program.  First of all, the fact that I have to stare at packet dumps and decipher the protocol simply to provide a Linux version (which Ventrilo should do) is annoying.

Secondly, every single time you connect to a Ventrilo server, the client tells the company that makes Ventrilo about your connection.  In other words, your activity on the internet is logged by the Flagship.

Thirdly, Ventrilo can simply turn off any server they want at any time.  Here is a list of error messages for reasons why they may have terminated your server:

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ID

Description

1

This server has not been authenticated yet. Please try connecting again in a few minutes.

2

This server has not been configured properly. Please contact your hosting company.

3

This server has been remotely disabled.

4

This server has been disabled by order of the Department of Homeland Security.

5

This server has been disabled by order of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

6

This server has been disabled by order of the United States Government.

7

This server has been disabled by order of the United States Secret Service.

8

This server has been disabled by order of the goverment in which the server is hosted.

9

This server has been disabled by order of the United States Military.

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[font=" Verdana,Arial,'Bitstream Vera Sans',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px"]Your client should not have to request permission from the company in order to connect to a server.  Use teamspeak or mumble.[/font]

-reply by Eric

Teamspeak does the same as ventTeamspeak 2 Vs Ventrilo

In response to your Comment about no one should use vent because it reports to the master server. Teamspeak does the same thing. They do this to regulate the hosting. The client before connecting reads a banlist on Teamspeaks server and references the IP that the client is going to connect to against the list . They do this to regulate the liscencing for hosts and also Offenders. Its just another way of regulation to make our experiences better and safer, and also keeps us from joining a Black Hat's teamspeak.

-reply by Thorn

TS3 vs VentriloTeamspeak 2 Vs Ventrilo

TeamSpeak3 is a better written program. It is less bandwidth intensive resulting in lower latency. It has more features and configuration options. It can be more fully integrated into a website. It is supported by Linux/Windows/Mac. It is less expensive to run (NPL is free for 512 slots/5 servers). TeamSpeak3 and Mumble may not be the most popular choices, but they are definitely the most well written projects out there that yield the best results. The best things in life really are free.

-reply by James

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