TS3 Suggestions

[theiggsta]

Hi there,

Since I can't email or PM any of the devs, here is a list of some suggestions for your next installment of TS3.

For a framework that is cross-platform (Linux, Windows, Mac) I highly suggest getting the Qt toolkit by Trolltech (link at the bottom) which makes developing multiplatform applications a breeze. This should make the development process smoother overall and allow for some flexibility in the programming itself.

One of the biggest (and only) complaints about TeamSpeak is the fact it uses compressed codecs which is what makes it so bandwidth friendly (and notoriously metallic sound quality). However, in your next edition makesure to include the larger editions of the Speex codec (Speex-Wideband) and optionally some other codecs like TrueSpeech for instance to broaden the range of choices.

Keep up the good work with teamspeak. I have always been a teamspeak supporter and like many others, cannot wait for the next edition to hit the streets.

Here are some links for stuff to checkout.

Trolltech (Qt Toolkit, be sure to checkout their trial first and maybe pickup the book about programming with it) - http://www.trolltech.com/

DSP Group (Makers of TrueSpeech audio codec) - http://www.dspg.com/technology/truespeech_compression.html

[Peter]

Hi there,

thanks for the feedback. If you read the news, you know we are working on TS3 full time for 2 months already - naturally we have already decided on the toolkit to use :P. Though Qt is a nice toolkit, it has some downsides (especially the need to acquire a costly commercial version to be able to release none opensource windows programmes). As I posted somewhere else already, we chose wxWidgets ( www.wxwidgets.org ), which is a great toolkit with lots of useful stuff in it, and some advantages over Qt :).
About codecs: we definitely have the wideband speex codecs on out TODO list, will have a look if these TrueSpeech codecs have anything to offer that speex has not (if you know of any comparison, shout).

[xcalibur22]

I was a long time Teamspeak user till i found out about ventrilo. I loved there codec's. You could understand people so much better, and it didnt have a bad delay like teamspeak. But then they messed up and did the LICENSE crap. Anyways, I been looking into getting the New Teamspeak 3 when you guys release it. I just hope you change the codecs to something higher, and allow it not to have a bad delay. Sucked to say in a game, BEHIND YOU! and 2 seconds later he gets the message but already dies.. heh heh :D

Keep us informed :)

-casey