Entertain Me! (Vent piping)

Elki

The Cat wrote:

Maeking Poast 18 hours a day no longer enough to feed the craving for long-distance socialisation? Need to hear the cracking squeaky voices of your fellow geeks before you can sleep peacefully? Determined to figure out if that one forumer is actually a girl, or just fucking with you? Starting an international a capella group? Then the PA Ventrilo Server is for you, my friend!

Information and Rules Here. Go wild, kids.

But that's not all! It can also be used to pipe music. Not just the car commericals music that Than listens to, but good music.

The other sticky was just useless, so I'm leaving this one unlocked, and you can come in here and talk about whatever it is you're piping. I was gonna get this started, but my sound card is being uncooperative.

Go!

The Green Eyed Monster

I will make good use of this thread once I get home again, just sayin.

Variable

someone want to post the requirements to pipe? as in, what I need to play my music for you? I know it's not hard but it'd be cool to have it in here.

I'm definitely up for doing this some and listennig more.

Thanatos

Captain K wrote:

How to Pipe Music

By popular demand, here's a quick and dirty guide to piping music on the Ventrilo server.

Go into Ventrilo setup and uncheck "Use push-to-talk hotkey". This puts you in Sensitivity mode. Then change the Sensitivity value to 0, which will make your client constantly transmit.

Check that your "input device" and "output device" are both set to "Default DirectSound device", and make sure that the "use DirectSound" option is checked for both of these.

Under "Mixer" you should have your sound card or onboard sound device selected. It probably already is, but just make sure. If you don't know what it is, just pick something that looks like the name of a sound card or onboard sound device, because that's probably right. (you shouldn't ever have to change this)

Under "Mux" you should have "recording control" selected. (you shouldn't ever have to change this either)

Under "Line", you most likely have "Microphone" selected if you've been using Ventrilo normally. To have others hear every noise that your computer makes, search for a setting like "Stereo Mix", "Wave Out", "Wave Out Mix", or something along those lines--it will differ depending on what sound card or sound device your computer uses. When you select the right setting, Ventrilo will now transmit everything your computer outputs to others in the same channel as you.

Close the Ventrilo setup window and click "Mute Sound" in the bottom left of the main Ventrilo window--this means you won't be able to hear anything anyone says in the same channel as you, but you don't want to. Remember, your Ventrilo client is piping everything your sound device plays to the other people in the channel, so if your sound device starts playing someone's Ventrilo transmission, it will get piped back to everyone in the channel with you. i.e. annoying reverb.

Once you have the correct setup, hop in the Pipe Your Music Channel and fire up your sound program. Keep in mind that you may need to adjust your volume settings (your Ventrilo outbound setting, or your music player volume, or your operating system volume mixer, or some combination of all three) so that people get the best listening experience. Remember that changing the volume settings on your speakers won't change anything for the other people in the channel--in fact, this actually means you can pipe music without listening to it yourself, if you are so inclined. In any case, if you've never piped before, you should expect others to want you to adjust your volume settings, so keep an eye on other people's comments and/or consider opening the text chat window.

When you're done piping, do the following:

--uncheck "Mute Sound" in the main window

--open the Setup window, check "Use push-to-talk hotkey", and change your Line setting back to "Microphone" (you can safely leave your Sensitivity value at 0 as long as you only use Sensitivity mode when you pipe music)

Keep in mind that when you have the Setup window open, Ventrilo will not transmit, so if you open it to adjust settings while piping the other folks in the channel will hear only silence while it's open.

redx

I'm defintly up to listening to music. Don't have a headset or a mic, so no talking at this point.

Mabey play a bit here and there. I might have some stuff other folks haven't heard. Mabey. My e-cock isn't really so big as to go out on a limb like that, I guess. mabey later or something.

Variable

redx wrote:

I'm defintly up to listening to music. Don't have a headset or a mic, so no talking at this point.

Mabey play a bit here and there. I might have some stuff other folks haven't heard. Mabey. My e-cock isn't really so big as to go out on a limb like that, I guess. mabey later or something.

i don't have a mic either so don't feel bad. there is a chatroom thingy there as well we can go into if anyone feels the desire to talk (as I usually do)

The Green Eyed Monster

Well, I'm home, and to kick this thread off I'mma just play some shit in vent.

Anyone really want to hear anything or know about a certain song or anything, just ask and I'll check here from time to time and respond.

redx

keen

The Green Eyed Monster

send message
Dan's number:whistle:

gotta get rid of this pill taste

...

maybe I shouldn't have done the second one
I feel all fidgety and warm:whistle:

and then the line about getting bars on his phone are some of my favorite lyrics in the world. It's like the most base experience and thoughts in the world -- The Song.

The Green Eyed Monster

Chorus is a re-interpretation of a Toni Morrison poem, for those who are wondering.

redx

the black star bit?

kinda keen, hadn't heard anything by them before.

you couldn't post your playlist could you?

The Green Eyed Monster

redx wrote:

the black star bit?

kinda keen, hadn't heard anything by them before.

you couldn't post your playlist could you?

I could, and sorry I'm restarting iTunes because it was doing that skipping thing.

The Green Eyed Monster

What I've played so far tonight:

Act 2 - RJD2 - Okayplayer: True Notes, vol. 1
Tourist Trapeze - Sole - Bottle Of Humans
Up Rock - Diverse - One A.M.
Shallow Days - Blackalicious - Nia
Act Too...The Love Of My Life - The Roots - Things Fall Apart
The World Is Yours - NaS - Illmatic
Crosstown Beef - Medina Green (Plug 1's) - Soundbombing 2
3 Guys In A Bar (with Mr. Complex & D-stroy) - Sole - Learning To Walk
I Am I Be - De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State
The Way You Do It - Little Brother - The Listening
Constellation Remix - El-P - Collecting The Kid
Moonshine - Gift Of Gab - 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up
Purple - NaS - Lost Tapes
All Falls Down - Kanye West Feat. Syleena Johnson - The College Dropout
Me - Lifesavas - Spirit In Stone
Bottle Of Humans - Sole -Bottle Of Humans
Maybe I'll Come Down - Soul Coughing - El Oso
Blinded By The Lights - The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free
Thieves In The Night - Black Star - Black Star
New Slang - The Shins - Garden State
Ohio [by Damien Jurado] - CocoRosie - Believer: June/July 2005

Elki

ATCQ. I don't have any particular songs in mind.

The Green Eyed Monster

Elkamil wrote:

ATCQ. I don't have any particular songs in mind.

Aight, I'll do what I can.

The Green Eyed Monster

I love Scenario something special, but I still think this is my favorite Tribe song ever.

redx

celery77 wrote:

I love Scenario something special, but I still think this is my favorite Tribe song ever.

:oops:

dur... ATCQ.

The Green Eyed Monster

Big up to the Stereolab sample. It would be impossible for me to not like this song, and it's seriously a no-brainer to sample this.

Elki

This is great, but I have to go to bed.

The Green Eyed Monster

Elkamil wrote:

This is great, but I have to go to bed.

So much music though!

Yo Vish if you wanna play stuff I'mma stop soon. I gotta leave the house for a bit.

Thanatos

We should get together on Vent for the State of the Union tomorrow evening.

redx

damn cel, I hated none of that. I have a newfound respect for your taste and shit.

:^:

I might pick up a mic, and let the world hear the greatness that is my voice. Or like, a headset.

The Green Eyed Monster

I guess everyone left Vent, but if someone starts playing I'll listen.

VishNub

celery77 wrote:

I guess everyone left Vent, but if someone starts playing I'll listen.

I suppose I will.

I'm also watching Women's Tennis though.

Casual Eddy

I might try to give this a roll tonight...

But I can't figure out how to pipe it in on mac. Several of the settings/buttons in that guide appear to be missing.

DiscGrace

Casual Eddy wrote:

I might try to give this a roll tonight...

But I can't figure out how to pipe it in on mac. Several of the settings/buttons in that guide appear to be missing.

I have the same problem. Fortunately:

Nucsh wrote:

How to pipe music on a Mac

Piping music through vent on a Mac is entirely different than it is on a PC, as most have noticed by now. There is no built in option to pipe within the Mac prototype. HOWEVER, there is hope. There is a program/plugin out there called SoundFlower (http://www.cycling74.com/downloads/soundflower) that tricks Ventrilo into thinking that the plugin is a dedicated input device, much like it would register your built in mic or in-line mic. What soundflower does is then takes whatever is playing on your computer, and reroutes it from the speakers in to Ventrilo.

To pipe music on a Mac...:

1) Download SoundFlower
2) Install SoundFlower
3) Go to System Preferences
4) Go to Sound
5) Select Soundflower(2ch) as your output device
6) Open Ventrilo, and under 'setup', select SoundFlower(2ch) as the input device
7) Unselect 'Use Push-To-Talk Hotkey'
8) Change silence time to 0.5 seconds
9) Change sensitivity to 1
10) Enter the Pipe Channel and flip on the tunes

That's basically it, HOWEVER, you will not be able to hear what is being piped. To hear what you're piping, you need another program, SoundFlowerBed (http://www.cycling74.com/downloads/soundflower). This is an actual program, and needs to be opened. Once all settings are set and selected for Soundflower, you need to open Soundflowerbed. After opening Soundflowerbed, you should notice a flower shaped Epaulet (those little icons next to your system clock, i.e. volume meter or battery meter) appears. Click it. Scroll down under 'Soundflower (2ch)' and select 'Built-in Audio' (or whatever device you wish to route your music to on YOUR end) as your output.

There you go, if you or the vent community isn't hearing what's coming through, feel free to send me a PM or try to catch me on AIM.

Recommended volume settings (based on iTunes)

1) Set iTunes volume (not system volume) at 50%
2) Set output amplify within Ventrilo @ 2 (however, if it becomes too loud or distorted, move the amplification slider back to 0)
3) Adjust system volume to put volume on your end to your liking.


(Note: When done piping, be sure to exit Soundflowerbed and to reset all of your system settings. Go back to System Preferences and reselect your output device as 'built-in audio'.)

Information page for Soundflower

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Casual Eddy

Yay!

Thank you sir.

The Green Eyed Monster

I'm playing hip hop (mainly) in vent. People are welcome to drop in or ask for some other stuff besides the Native Tongues-esque type stuff that Elks likes so much.

Werdna

celery77 wrote:

I'm playing hip hop (mainly) in vent. People are welcome to drop in or ask for some other stuff besides the Native Tongues-esque type stuff that Elks likes so much.

I'm not much into hip hop these days...I've given both hip hop and metal an indefinite break in my music listening life since my high school days.

I consider myself an open minded person. Do you have any hip hop group recommendations --something accessible without being gangsta?

Someone besides the roots and common. that is, I already dig them.

The Green Eyed Monster

Werdna wrote:

celery77 wrote:

I'm playing hip hop (mainly) in vent. People are welcome to drop in or ask for some other stuff besides the Native Tongues-esque type stuff that Elks likes so much.

I'm not much into hip hop these days...I've given both hip hop and metal an indefinite break in my music listening life since my high school days.

I consider myself an open minded person. Do you have any hip hop group recommendations --something accessible without being gangsta?

Yo if you download the client which is linked in this thread, you can jump on this server and listen to what I'm playing for free.

redx

so, I didn't see anything that would automaticly show what song/artist is playing in the dirrections?

is there some sort of plug-in or where you doing that manually?

The Green Eyed Monster

redx wrote:

so, I didn't see anything that would automaticly show what song/artist is playing in the dirrections?

is there some sort of plug-in or where you doing that manually?

I was doing that manually via the comment button.

The Green Eyed Monster

G'yeah -- Vish be fucking with that Atmosphere. Seriously, an incredible album. I mean, as a hip hop junkie it's sort of my duty to like swear off those albums which are instantly accessible to everyone, but this album is instantly accessible to everyone. It totally transcends genre.

Podly

GIRL TALK PARTY IN VENT!!!

The Green Eyed Monster

Okay Vish I'mma play like two songs after Daft Punk and then I'mma pass the glowing orb off to you and then if you drop the ball and don't bring the PAR-TAY I'mma be pissed.

The Green Eyed Monster

TFS = not feeling it

The Green Eyed Monster

OMG VISH DON'T DROP THE ROCK!

The Green Eyed Monster

This is a fun exercise in paying attention to the lyrics. See if you can keep up.

VishNub

Me. Now. Currently on M.J.

Thanatos

Am I the only one old enough to have seen the original premiere airing of Black or White on Fox?

VishNub

Thanatos wrote:

Am I the only one old enough to have seen the original premiere airing of Black or White on Fox?

I'm certainly not.