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VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble

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Re: VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble

#3
This is great but would need to run on windows for the typical mumble use-case of gaming.

It would also be great to have this running on ESP32 or similar, so you could make dedicated IP desk intercoms - I envisage a star-trek style intercom, with each button being a channel that you can join by pushing it in (can join multiple simultaneously).

Re: VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble

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post #2

It mentions WebRTC but this project wouldn't work in browsers as it's a Go CLI tool. Is there any alternative to WebRTC nowadays? How far along is WebTransport? Anything else that could rely on older web tech?

The project just mentions WebRTC as bloated, it's not WebRTC compatible at all. WebTransport isn't there yet so browsers are hamstrung by not having access to real sockets.

Re: VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble

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post #3

This is great but would need to run on windows for the typical mumble use-case of gaming. It would also be great to have this running on ESP32 or similar, so you could make dedicated IP desk intercoms - I envisage a star-trek style intercom, with each button being a channel that you can join by pushing it in (can join multiple simultaneously).

> This is great but would need to run on windows for the typical mumble use-case of gaming.

You can game on Linux just fine.

Re: VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble

#8
I wonder if there are plans to offer a "headless" mode where call-status is streamed to an FD instead of using a TUI. I'd love to be able to compose/wrap this tool outside of a terminal emulator.

I've been idly hacking on something quite similar but using QUIC instead. One of the downsides with QUIC of course is that it assumes TLS by default which makes it inefficient for use on encrypted transports (like wireguard, zerotier, tailscale, or yggdrassil.) I'll definitely give this a go as I'm a big fan of NNCP, another project by the author.

Re: VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble

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post #3

This is great but would need to run on windows for the typical mumble use-case of gaming. It would also be great to have this running on ESP32 or similar, so you could make dedicated IP desk intercoms - I envisage a star-trek style intercom, with each button being a channel that you can join by pushing it in (can join multiple simultaneously).

> This is great but would need to run on windows for the typical mumble use-case of gaming. You can game on Linux just fine.

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Re: VoRS: Vo(IP) Simple Alternative to Mumble

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post #3

This is great but would need to run on windows for the typical mumble use-case of gaming. It would also be great to have this running on ESP32 or similar, so you could make dedicated IP desk intercoms - I envisage a star-trek style intercom, with each button being a channel that you can join by pushing it in (can join multiple simultaneously).

This reminds me of a ESP32 Walkie-Talkie: https://www.reddit.com/r/esp32/comments/mbwq6f/walkietalkie_...
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