preVentrilo Files

What is preVentrilo?

preVentrilo is a program that will sit in your system tray and pause your
media player when certain actions occur on Ventrilo. It can do this when 
omeone else talks and/or when you talk. If you are using Winamp, you also 
have the option to adjust the volume rather than pause.

The following must be true for the program to work correctly:

    * You are using 32bit Ventrilo (64bit Ventrilo is not supported at 
      this time. You can have a 64bit processor, but you must be running 
      the 32bit version of Ventrilo.)
    * Ventrilo is using DirectSound for output.
    * Ventrilo is not using extended mode.

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Supported Media Players

preVentrilo has been tested and is fully compatible with:

    * Winamp

It is recommended that you use Winamp for maximum compatibility. However, 
limited support is available for:

    * foobar2000 (v0.9.5.5 with no customization) note: for better support, 
      use the Winamp plugin and Winamp settings in preVentrilo.
    * iTunes (v8)
    * Rhapsody (v4)
    * Windows Media Player (v11)

Refer to the "Known Problems" section of this page for the reason that 
these media players are only considered mostly compatible. If the version 
that is listed is not the version you are using, the program may still 
work - try it out. The above is the list of what it has been tested with.

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Using preVentrilo

Using preVentrilo is easy. It will even start Ventrilo for you if it isn't 
running. Download it, extract it, and go to the folder where it was 
extracted. After you double-click "preVentrilo.exe" to start it up, you 
should notice a new icon in your system tray. You can right-click on this 
icon to bring up a menu where you can choose different options.

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Problems with preVentrilo?

Here are a couple things you should check if you experience problems:

    * preVentrilo is only compatible with 32 bit Ventrilo.
    * Ventrilo needs to be using DirectSound for output (click on the 
      "Setup..." button, and check "Use DirectSound", above "Output Device" 
      on the upper right section of the window).
    * Make sure that Ventrilo is not running in extended mode (right-click 
      on the main Ventrilo window, View > Extended mode should not be checked).
    * Your media player is listed in the supported list.

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Known Problems

preVentrilo is a work in progress and has a problem or two when not using 
Winamp:

    * When not using Winamp, preVentrilo will unpause your media player 
      when someone speaks and pause it when they stop if your media player 
      is paused at the time they speak. This will not happen if the media 
      player is stopped. Temporary solution: stop your media player rather 
      than pausing it. This does not occur with Winamp.