Music over Vent??

[Metfan1]

Was hoping there is someway to be able to play line level sound such as a playlist from Windows Media Player into a certain channel of vent so members can join that channel and listen while playing... is this possible at all?? Right now I just have a mic sitting infront of my tower speakers which doesnt sound all that great.

Thank you for any info, Cale.

[Prog-Rocker]

it depends on if the audio device has mixing capabilities:

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you will need 2 sound devices, either 2 soundcards, or, 1 soundcard and a usb headset.

configure vent to run multiple instances, one for music and one for regular talking.
rt-clik on the vent desktop icon > properties > add a -m to the end of the 'Target' line.

(ex: "C:\Program Files\Ventrilo\Ventrilo.exe" -m) the space before the -m is required

configure the music instance with a different login name so you can tell them apart when connected.
(note: if you ever need to make configuration changes, exit all copies, startup one, make the changes, then exit and restart all copies of vent)

in vent setup/voice tab, the music soundcard should be configured to 'use directsound' on both input/output devices and the device name should be that soundcard name (do not set it to a USB Headset name).

configure the hardware mixer section to the same sound device as set in the ‘Input Device’, mux=recording and line={‘stereo mix’, 'what-you-hear' or something similar}.

In vent setup/events tab, set all events to “Nothing”

set sensitivity=1 or 0 and uncheck PTT

on the main screen, check the 'mute sound' box at the bottom

note: if you don’t want to listen to the music coming back thru vent then on your talking client select the music client > rt-click > user > mute

(Windows Vista)

(Settings for onboard soundchip. Addin soundcards usually provide their own control-panel app)

configure vent to run multiple instances, one for music and one for regular talking.
rt-clik on the vent desktop icon / properties / add a -m to the end of the 'Target' line.

(ex: "C:\Program Files\Ventrilo\Ventrilo.exe" -m) the space before the -m is required

configure the music instance with a different login name so you can tell them apart when connected.
(note: if you ever need to make configuration changes, exit all copies, startup one, make the changes, then exit and restart all copies of vent)

goto Windows-control-panel / sound / Recording tab / rt-click in window / check ‘show disabled devices’ / rt-click on ‘Stereo Mix’ and select ‘properties’ / Levels tab / set volume level (50%) / Advanced tab / select ‘2 channel 44 Hz’ in pulldown window’ / click OK

select Playback tab / rt-click on ‘Speakers’ and select ‘properties’ / Levels tab / mute the microphone and any other jacks that are not in use (click on the little speaker icon next to each one)

reboot to make sure settings are in effect

in vent setup/voice tab, set both input/output devices to the device name of the soundcard (ex: Realtek…) and check the ‘Use Directsound’ boxes

in the hardware mixer section, set Mixer=Stereo Mix, mux=Master Volume, and line=Master Volume
(use the ‘line volume’ slider to adjust the microphone output volume)

set sensitivity=1 or 0 and uncheck PTT (setting sensitivity=1 will stop broadcasting during times of no outgoing signal, like in-between songs or if you pause/stop the music. It will also help flush the buffers)

In vent setup/events tab, set all events to “Nothing”

on the main screen, check the 'mute sound' box at the bottom

note: if you don’t want to listen to the music coming back thru vent then on your talking client select the music client > rt-click > user > mute

[Metfan1]

Awesome Im going to play around with this... ty for the help

[brambopaus]

ok i can all get this.. but ,
my sound (Via itunes) still isnt playing on the server,
i also dont know how to change the playback for the music "user"
because if i change the playback of the music "user", the out/input for myself also changes...
how to get it working with still being able to talk and hear through headset
but play music with the other user on the same pc ?

[Prog-Rocker]

if you need to make setup changes in the client then only 1 instance of the client can be running in order to make changes.

[brambopaus]

Originally Posted by Prog-Rocker

if you need to make setup changes in the client then only 1 instance of the client can be running in order to make changes.

ok i get that,
but still cant play the music,..
how does it even play the music ?
select integration and then itunes for example...
and then we can read the song playing but dont hear it...
anyway to get more help then "the standard how to make musis channel post" ?

[Prog-Rocker]

can you post pic of both client setups plz.

what OS and audio device are you using?

[brambopaus]

dont know what OS means..
audio device, i guess u mean itunes,.. or the mediamixer from my laptop

[brambopaus]

and as i can see now, the uploading doesnt work from pictures..
these will work i hope :
[URL]http://www.**********.com/?d=MCZ6K0D3[/URL]
this is the user which talks (me)
[URL]http://www.**********.com/?d=6P6XI4WU[/URL]
this is the user for the music
and it helps u dont support **********, so i cant show the pictures
or u can copy the link and type mega upload in place of the ******
sry for many re-editings

[brambopaus]

Originally Posted by Prog-Rocker

can you post pic of both client setups plz.

what OS and audio device are you using?

it seams like im just not able to get any good pics in here... and i dont know what OS means, and also dont really know what u mean with the audio device... i think the sound card or something