TeamSpeex

The last revision had a small endian bug that caused some nasty sound input/output on Intel Macs, running it under Rosetta worked fine though.

I made a small adjustment to the audio code and Andreas Ley confirmed that it now works natively on his iMac Intel Core Duo 2Ghz with 2GB Ram running Mac OS X 10.4.4 (thanks for testing Andreas!). Here is what he had to say:

Works perfectly! And it’s quite a lot faster than under Rosetta. The native Version peaks at 4.7% CPU usage (out of 200%) when talking and listening while running it under Rosetta peaked at about 20%.

Thanks a lot!

So if you want to run TeamSpeex natively on your brand spankin’ new Intel Mac (lucky you), grab the updated Universal Binary from here:

TeamSpeex-1.0beta-r406.dmg

I made a new test revision available which is compiled as an Universal Binary. It should run on both PowerPC and Intel Mac’s.

I have not tested if this really runs on Intel Macs since I do not own one. So if you own an Intel Mac or if you have access to one, please test if TeamSpeex works or not. Maybe you can try running it under Rosetta as well to see how it performs.

You can grab the revision directly from here:

TeamSpeex-1.0beta-r403.dmg

You can discuss this revision here, or just leave a comment on the blog.

Please note that is a test revision and should not be considered as a new Beta release.

TeamSpeex 1.0 Beta 2 is now available for download, it has alot of improvements over the previous public beta.

So go grab your copy from the downloads page now!

This beta now supports Voice Activation which was the most requested feature. Most of the client and admin commands are implemented as well, such as Sending Text Messages, Registering with the Server and Creating/Editing Channels.

And the most important is that I have fixed most of the critical bugs that were found in the previous beta. Thanks to all the testing and the bug reports from you guys and gals!

Unlike the previous beta, this beta build is compatible with Panther and Tiger, but it will probably not run on a Mac OS X version below 10.3.9.
For all the Jaguar users out there, I am sorry that this doesn’t run on your Mac yet. but don’t feel left out, I will work on it.

For the ones that still dont know about it, I have setup a forum where you can ask questions, report bugs or discuss anything regarding TeamSpeex. You may still use the blog comments for feedback but it’s recommend to use the forum for complicated questions.
I occasionally put new test revisions (non public release) on the forum as well, so keep an eye on it if you are interested in testing the latest revisions.

Good news for all Mac users wishing a Ventrilo client!

The creators of Ventrilo have made a first release of their Mac client available, marked 2.3.2.Prototype.6.

I hope the release of TeamSpeex speeded up their development a bit

Quoted from Ventrilo’s page:

Flagship Industries is pleased to announce the first public release of the official Ventrilo client for Mac OSX. Designed and developed by the same company that created the Ventrilo product line, Flagship Industries is totally committed to future development and suppport of the Macintosh client. This includes custom PowerPC and Intel (when available) architectures to fully optimize the online voice communication experience.

This Ventrilo client is compatible with all Version 2.3.x servers and is 100% interoperable with all 2.3.x Windows clients.

The Mac client is a functional prototype, meaning that it does not have all of the features that are currently available on the Windows platform. However, base functionality has reached the point so that the general public can begin using the program and provide feedback. Over the next several months we will release periodic updates to the Mac client as more features are added and as the new architecture is finalized. This will include Channel and Server admin features, sound events and changes to the User Interface.

Their Mac status page indicates that their prototype only supports the Speex codec, just like TeamSpeex. But I think they will work on supporting other codecs in the future.

I don’t use Ventrilo myself so I haven’t tested it, but this is good news for all Mac users as this closes another huge gap between the PC and Mac platform.

You can grab a copy from their downloads page.

While i’m still here, I can give you some news on TeamSpeex.
I’m awaiting some last reports from Panther users and I hope to make the build available for public tomorrow. The build has alot of bugs fixed and has a few new features, including Voice Activation.

Also I have put a simple forum online for people to post problems and such so it wont clutter the blog comments anymore.

Good news everyone, TeamSpeex is now downloadable for public testing!

The icon you see here on the left is made by Aakash Soneri and is set as TeamSpeex’s application icon with his permission.

I hope you all like the icon, I certainly do, and it beats the hell out of the standard application icon, so thank you Aakash!

Make sure you visit Aakash’ DeviantArt page to see all of his deviations.

Now, about the beta, as noted in the previous blog post, it is very barebone. Alot of things are not implemented yet and there is alot of room for improvement and optimizations. But you can expect all the basic functionality.

So go over to the downloads page and get your self a copy to join the open beta.

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Wondering what TeamSpeex is? I’m happy to tell you but first I’ll explain what TeamSpeak is:

TeamSpeak is a Voice over IP program used by alot of gamers to communicate with each other with voice. The TeamSpeak client is available for Windows and Linux users and an official Mac client has been announced more than 1 year ago but there is still no Mac client as of today..

So I was tired of waiting and seeing Mac users being left in the dark and not supported by not having a client, up until now ofcourse because (you probably already guessed it) TeamSpeex is a TeamSpeak client for Mac OS X!

I named it TeamSpeex because it only supports the Speex codec. It is fully compatible with existing TeamSpeak servers, and with PC and Linux users.

Here is a screenshot showing the User Interface:

Currently the client is being beta tested by several Mac gamers, an open beta will be available soon for everyone to download, so stay tuned!