Category | Voice over IP utility |
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URL | https://www.mumble.info/downloads/ |
Status | Active |
Security | Developed externally and hosted internally |
Mumble is the voice communications used by WinterCo and is internally hosted. It replaced Teamspeak 2 because it has better voice quality and doesn't have the "phone home" licensing issues of Teamspeak 3.
On the WC-EN “Services” page, click the green arrow at the end of the Mumble row to activate your Mumble account.
You will be given a page with your Mumble user name and password. Copy the Mumble password. When you click to continue, Mumble will be launched and you will be asked for the password! If you didn’t copy the password first or if you have problems with the password, use the “Reset Password” for Mumble on the “Services” page. It’s the second icon that looks like two arrows chasing one another. Then try connecting and using your newly chosen password.
Connecting, of course, requires you to have Mumble already installed.
When you connect for the first time, you’ll want to do a few things:
PoP | Domain | Status | Provider | Note |
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Mainland China | winterco.cn / mumble.winterco.cn | Online | Official | |
Los Angeles, US | us.mumble.winterco.cn | Online | Official | |
Hong Kong, CN | hk.mumble.winterco.cn | Online | Official | |
Frankfurt, DE | de.mumble.winterco.cn | Online | Official |
The TEST Wiki has a nice graphic on how to set up whisper/shout keys, but the basic steps are as follows: nice graphic on how to set up whisper/shout keys
You might want to set things up so that this is actually swapped: what you think of as your normal push-to-talk is actually whisper/shout to current (AKA ‘local’) and the push-to-talk that broadcasts to all linked channels (AKA “red lips”) is a different key that you need to consciously think about using. You can edit shortcut keys in the same settings area. Click in the “Shortcut” area of the shortcut whose key binding you wish to change and press the key(s) you want to assign to that shortcut.
Mac OS X Users: If you’re using a recent version of Mac OS X, the above instructions will work, but you may find the hotkeys don’t work. You need to enable access for assistive devices for Mumble:
If you’re an FC, you might also need a ‘global’ key that broadcasts to a linked set of channels, like all the command channels simultaneously. Setting this up is similar to setting up the ‘local’ key. Follow all of the above steps, but instead:
Remember, as an FC, when speaking to your current command chat or to all command chats, preface what you’re saying with “Local” or “Global” as appropriate.
By default, Mumble will have text-to-speech notifications for all kinds of events, like people leaving and joining a channel. In large fleets, this quickly becomes very annoying! However, it’s pretty easy to configure Mumble to have pop-up notifications, text-to-speech notifications, a custom sound, a console message, or any combination of those (or nothing) for each particular type of event.
You may need to restart Mumble for these to take effect.
EvE in Windows works with the Mumble overlay so you can easily see who is or isn’t talking and whether they’re using local or global. It’s apparently a bit more of a pain in Windows 10 but straightforward in older versions.
If you’re using Windows 10, then download the Windows x64 Development snapshot from the Mumble site and have it replace your existing Mumble.
Note: It’s necessary to start Mumble first so the overlay can hook into EvE.
You may find it convenient to be able to run more than one copy of Mumble so that you can be on our comms and WinterCo-CN at the same time. This is relatively easy to do in Windows but trickier on the Mac. These instructions cover Windows only. There’s also a BRAVE video demonstrating the process here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKK5ZWdiFco
"C:\Program Files\Mumble\mumble exe" -m
.You can now start Mumble multiple times.
Note: Using this method, the hot keys will be the same! You probably want to either remember to put yourself into a “No Chatter” room on one or set up a hotkey to toggle mute. With the latter, if you’re muted on one, using that hotkey will unmute you there and mute you on the other one.