Ventrilo - Channel

Display name

> This is the name of the channel that will be displayed in the main window.

Phonetic name

> This is the phonetic spelling of the channel name. This is used by the Text-to-speech (TTS) engine when ever you join or leave the channel. Since a channel name isn't always pronounceable the way it is spelled this option allows you to change the pronunciation to suit your needs.

> For example, the channel name might be "Hi there" but the phonetic name might be "Hello". Thus it says something completely different from the actual channel name.

> Or, if the channel name is "[T2K]Private" and you don't specify a phonetic name the TTS engine will pronounce this as "Left square bracket T2K right square bracket Private". This doesn't sound good and takes to long to pronounce. So, you can assign it a phonetic spelling of just "T2K Private"

Comment

> This allows a comment to be assigned to the channel name. Similar to the comment button from the main window for users, this option will force the channel to be displayed like the following:

> Channel name (Channel comment)

Channel password

> This is the join password for the channel. If you are editing an existing channel password then you must first enable the checkbox to the left of the Channel password input window, otherwise you will be editing the other fields while leaving the existing channel password alone.

> Leave this field blank if you do not want a password assigned to the channel.

Admin password

> This is the administration password for the channel. This password enables a channel admin to create sub-channels, add/delete channel ban list entries (root level channels only), kick and mute users that are in the same channel for which the user is an admin of.

Allow recording

> This option permits recording of anyone that's in this channel. When not checked it will prevent people from recording others user that are in the channel. Please note that this controls the programs built-in recording system and will not prevent people from recording your conversation by using Operating System or Sound Card mechanisms. In essence it is a good faith based control.

Allow cross channel transmitting

> This option controls whether or not some one from another channel is allowed to transmit cross channel to this channel. It is meant for someone transmitting into this channel rather then someone in this channel transmitting to another channel.

Allow paging

> This option controls whether or not people in this channel are allowed to be paged.

Allow wave file binds

> This option will enable or disable replication of wave file binds while the user is in this channel.

Allow TTS binds

> This option will enable or disable replication of Text-to-speech (TTS) binds while the user is in this channel.

Allow User-to-user transmitting

> This option controls whether or not someone can transmit to a specific person (User-to-user) while the target user is in this channel.

Restrict transmitting to USR file entries

> This option restricts who is allowed to transmit while in this channel to only those people who appear in the USR file of the server. Only a server admin can edit the USR file.

Disable sound events

> This option will prevent all clients in this channel from generating sound notification events. Such as those that are generated when ever someone joins or leaves the channel. This can be very useful for "Muted" channels and only one person is un-muted, while at the same time you don't want them to generate and then pick up extraneous noises when someone joins / leaves the channel. Very useful when doing auditions or someone is being a "Disc Jockey".

Voice mode

> Controls the operational mode of the channel in regards to voice streams.

> Normal

> > Standard mode. Anyone who joins the channel can transmit to it.

> Queued

> > Only one person at a time can transmit while in the channel until they stop transmitting or the time limit is reached. Each user is automatically channel muted when they enter the channel, as denoted by the "N" next to their name, until someone starts transmitting. The first one to start transmitting is the only one who is allowed to talk.

> Muted

> > Upon entering the channel each user is automatically channel muted, as denoted by "N" next their name. They can not transmit in this channel until a server or channel admin manually un-mutes them.

Transmit time limit

> This option controls how long a user is allowed to transmit during each try. If the user is still transmitting after the time limit has elapsed they will be automatically muted until they cease transmitting and then start again. Only applies to Voice modes Queued and Muted.

Phantom mode

> Controls whether or not a channel is allowed to have Phantom users added to it.

> Disabled

> > This is the default mode when a channel is created. It will prevent anyone from adding Phantom users to the channel.

> Allowed

> > This mode will allow people to add Phantoms to the channel. Please note that there is an option in the "Server Properties" window called "Restrict Phantom users to USR file" which will override this option and is global to all channels.

> Restrict to USR file.

> > Only those people who appear in the USR file are allowed to add Phantoms to the channel. To edit the USR file right click in the main window, select Server Admin and then select User Editor.

Max clients

> This option allows you to control how many users are allowed to be in a channel at any given time. A value of 0 means there is no limit.

> There is a similar feature in the server and is controlled by the "ventrilo_srv.ini" option called "ChanClients". It works the same way but is global to all channels. If it is enabled and is smaller then any value you enter here then the servers configuration will take precedence over any channel specific max clients value. If the channel specific max clients is smaller then the server "ChanClients" value then it will take precedence.