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Thread ID: 79748 2007-05-30 23:22:00 Multi person voice chat mejobloggs (264) Press F1
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554607 2007-05-30 23:22:00 Just recently got into talking to people online with my headset. I use google talk or msn, which only allow you to talk to one person at a time.

Is it possible to get a multi-person voice chat? I think it would be quite neat.

*just specifying exactly what I mean. Not me being able to have more than 1 conversation at once, but rather a 'group chat'.
mejobloggs (264)
554608 2007-05-30 23:33:00 Hi mjb,
Skype will do all of that....conference calling, group chat and text chat
JonB
JonB (1885)
554609 2007-05-30 23:35:00 Ventrilo with Hamachi bob_doe_nz (92)
554610 2007-05-30 23:42:00 Cool, I will have a look at both of those. Thanks! mejobloggs (264)
554611 2007-05-30 23:45:00 Hmm, I don't really like the idea of the whole Skype p2p thing... mejobloggs (264)
554612 2007-05-30 23:49:00 Ventrilo looks good. How come I have to use Hamachi with it? mejobloggs (264)
554613 2007-05-31 00:36:00 Ventrilo looks good. How come I have to use Hamachi with it?

You don't, but it makes things much easier.

Rather than using your IP address that your ISP give you, Hamachi assigns you a number like an IP address which you use as the number to connect to another user.

And because IP addresses are automatically changed by the ISP, having an address that does not change... well you get my drift.

When your playing old multiplayer games that use IP addresses, Hamachi comes into it's own.
bob_doe_nz (92)
554614 2007-05-31 02:13:00 Ah cool. Sounds great. I use Hamachi anyway, so no worries. mejobloggs (264)
554615 2007-05-31 05:47:00 Hmm, I don't really like the idea of the whole Skype p2p thing...

I am pretty sure that Skype allows you to limit the number of video or voice callers during any one session.
winmacguy (3367)
554616 2007-05-31 06:45:00 Yeah, but people still leach off your bandwidth, and apparently it utilizes the hdd quite frequently. But hey, maybe i'll use it, depending on the others mejobloggs (264)
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