Phantom with Ventilo Voice Over

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Phantom with Ventilo Voice Over

Post by Redeye » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:06 pm

Setting up a Phantom Server with Ventilo Voice Over

The following information describes a way to name our files. Steps for boss to record training tracks with voice and instructions to play them back as a Phantom track with Voice Over.

Naming files
There are 4 files associated with every phantom track.
1. Originating mission file.
2. Boss' recorded track.
3. Traced Phantom track.
4. Voice file.
Each has its own extension for identification.
To keep continuity, all will be named the same, except the mission file.

1. Mission name examples
VTB Phantom Raz v04.mis
VTB Ramp Raz v04.mis

VTB Phantom Kir v09.mis
VTB Ramp Kir v09.mis

VTB Phantom Soc v10.mis
VTB Ramp Soc v10.mis

2. 021208 Raz04P Rock BupPir.trk Boss' Recorded Track (ready for Phantom trace)
3. 021208 Raz04P Rock BupPir.phtrk Traced Phantom track
4. 021208 Raz04P Rock BupPir.vrf Ventrilo Voice recording

Basics
Phantom missions start in the air (Raz04P), Ramp (Raz04R) is a ramp start.
Each Phantom track must be played back on the original mission it was recorded on.
Many flights/tracks can be produced from one mission file.
Therefore, each track, Phantom track and voice file must identify the mission file used (Raz04P), within its name.

Naming your own Recorded Track from a live team practice
021208_BupPir_123456_1a.trk
(Date_Maneuvers or type of Show_123456 etc_Position(#) and sortie sequence a, b, c etc).

Recording voice and track
To produce a training track with voice to be "phantomized", Boss will:
1. Select the recording key binding in Ventrilo.
2. Open LockOn, and select the originating mission file.
3. Load the mission and hit S to start the track and voice recording.
4. Fly maneuvers and record voice.
5. Exit mission and/or stop voice recording by hitting Esc.
6. Name (see above) and save track.
7. Rename the Ventrilo voice recording using the same name as the .trk.
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Pilots who have a second phantom machine will now produce a Phantom track from Boss' track. Name it the same as the .trk and .vrf.

To Playback
To playback a Phantom track with voice over on your server machine.
1. Select the playback key binding in Ventrilo.
2. Mute all pilots in the Ventrilo channel to prevent echo.
3. Open the recording/playback in Ventrilo and select the voice file.
4. Open Phantom Control and select the track you want to fly, hit phantom and USE!
5. Open LockOn, create MP server and select the originating mission file.
6. Load the mission and hit S to start the track and voice recording.
7. Clients join at their leisure and fly off Phantom Boss with voice.
8. Exit and/or stop voice playback by hitting Esc.
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Sound card and Ventrilo server settings
To broadcast the voice over Ventrilo, the Phantom machine will have to make adjustments to their sound card and Ventrilo settings. In your sound card/recording control select “What U Hear”. In your Ventrilo setup, select voice activation by un-checking the PTT mode. You can adjust volumes on the right under amplifiers, inbound/outbound. I also adjusted silence time and the sensitivity.
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Two solutions for Ventrilo echo
To prevent echo over the Ventrilo channel, on your Phantom server machine, mute each pilot by clicking on their name and selecting mute. You only have to do this once. Or, you can have a channel designated for a voice file playback. Then set it broadcast to a different channel, leaving us to talk freely without the echo.

Clients joining
Pilots who want to join the flight as clients would simply join the LockOn host server. They will hear the voice broadcasted over the Ventrilo channel. Everything will be synchronized and done for them!

NOTE: This does not require running a Ventrilo server on your phantom machine. Simply connect to an existing Ventrilo as a client by following the steps above and take advantage of Voice Over in your Phantom tracks.
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