I've been experimenting with Voice. Mumble has been tossed around for quite a while as an option. But who needs that aggro? For Mumble:
The client-side burden is the big one. Every single user on a grid who wants voice has to manually replace their SLVoice.exe. That's not a one-time thing either — any time they reinstall Firestorm or update it, they may have to do it again. For a grid of substantial size, this is real friction. You'll need solid documentation and probably a pinned announcement, and you'll still get support tickets. ----- I don't want to deal with that! So, now I found out that Opensimulator Core, and the NGC ships with Janus/Web-RTC out-of-the-box. Well, it's not spatial, from what research shows, but it is great reliable sound, and it works grid-wide, with no individual region set-up needed!
Open Source Janus/Web-RTC: https://github.com/meetecho/janus-gateway
Follow these steps:
Step 1 — Upgrade Robust
Add the WebRTC voice connector to your Robust.ini.
One server, one config change.
Step 2 — Stand up Janus
Spin up a Janus Docker container on your server. Lightweight, easy, one-time setup.
Step 3 — Wire them together
Point Robust at Janus via the ini config. Done. Every region on the grid gets voice automatically.
NO individual separate Region set-up needed.
NO need for your User's to have to configure their Client, every time they Update their Viewer!
What do you use to replace Vivox?
What are your thoughts?
Do you use Mumble/Murmur?