Flash Tutorials
The flash tutorials here help you learn how to use the Ventrilo client. They mostly deal with Ventrilo Server Administrator issues; however, How to Connect to a Ventrilo Server is one of our more popular tutorials and is useful for all new Ventrilo users. If the following flash tutorials don't help you, try looking for your answer in our Documents and Frequently Asked Questions pages; and, as a last resort, please contact us with any questions.
- How do I connect to a Ventrilo server?
- How do I log in as Server Administrator?
- How do I report lag or packet loss?
- How do I create an AFK channel?
- How do I create an administrator?
- How do I create a non-administrator user?
- How do I ban or un-ban a user?
- How do I create or delete a channel?
- How do I change the MOTD?
- How do I create a Phantom User?
- How do I use ranks?
- How do I create Reserved Slots?
- How do I allow connections from the same IP address?
- How do I change a channel codec?
Connecting to your Ventrilo server may seem like a simple task after doing it for the first time, but new users to Ventrilo may find it more difficult. This flash tutorial will guide you through setting up a username in your Ventrilo client and connecting to a new Ventrilo server for the first time.
Although you can use our Control Panel to administrate your Ventrilo server, it's sometimes preferable to log in to the Server Administrator through your Ventrilo server directly and to administrate it that way. As long as you have your Server Administrator password on hand, this flash tutorial will guide you through logging in.
Although availability and performance is the first priority when operating our network, problems with a user's route to our hosting locations may cause lag or packet loss. In case you or a user of your server ever needs to report lag or packet loss, we've created this flash tutorial to walk you through the process. In order to analyze any potential problems, we'll need a "pathping" from your internet connection to the server you're lagging on. Watching this tutorial will teach you how to perform a pathing and send the results to our network technicians.
Creating Away From Keyboard (AFK) channels on your Ventrilo server is an easy way to separate your active users from the users idling in on your server. This tutorial will teach you how to create an AFK channel and then configure your server to automatically send idling users to that channel after a specified period of time.
Using the User Editor in Ventrilo Version 3.0, you can easily create administrator accounts for an unlimited number of users. This tutorial will show you how to use the User Editor to easily add new administrators to your Ventrilo server and will also show you how to log onto the server for the first time after creating the new administrator account.
With Ventrilo 3.0, all users are considered “Guests” until they are added to your server’s User List. This tutorial will walk you through the steps necessary to add a new user to your server’s User List using the new User Editor in Ventrilo Version 3.0. This tutorial will also help you get rid of the (Guest) tags that appear next to your users’ names when connected to your server.
This tutorial will show you how to ban or un-ban a user from your Ventrilo server. If you don't know how to log in as Server Administrator, please take a moment to first watch the tutorial on how to log in as Server Administrator on your Ventrilo server.
Channels are best used to divide your Ventrilo server among different groups of people. This allows groups to carry on their own conversations without overlapping with others. Creating a channel is very easy to do from inside your Ventrilo server. You will first need to log into your server as Server Administrator and then follow this tutorial to learn how to create a channel.
The Message of the Day (MOTD) is the notification that pops up when you join a Ventrilo server. This MOTD can contain any information and can be changed very easily. Be sure to be logged in as Server Administrator and then watch this flash tutorial on changing the MOTD.
Creating a Phantom User in Ventrilo allows you to listen in on a channel even if you are not in that channel. This flash tutorial will show you how to create a Phantom User in a channel for this purpose. Remember, you must first have permission to add phantoms to the server before this option is available to you. This permission can be found in the User Editor’s Network tab and can be added to any user on your User List.
Ranks are a new feature with Ventrilo Version 3.0 and you now have the ability to create your own ranks for your server and then assign users specific ranks. The rank system can be used to limit the ability to speak in certain channels to only users with certain ranks, which limits the number of users that can speak in that channel. This will come in very handy when you are leading a massive raid and only want certain high ranking users speaking in the channel.
If your Ventrilo server fills up before you or other users can connect to it, you may want to create reserved slots that give you access to your Ventrilo serve at all times. Watching this flash tutorial will teach you how to create reserved slots for your account. You must be logged in as Server Administrator to create reserved slots.
This quick tutorial will show you how to use the User Editor in Ventrilo Version 3.0 to allow multiple users to connect to your server from the same IP address. The option to allow duplicate IP addresses to connect to your server will allow as many people as you would like to connect to your server from places such as small LANs in a single house to users connecting from a large University campus.
Ventrilo 3.0 now gives administrators the option of changing your server’s codec on a per-channel basis. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to change a specific channel’s codec. Remember, you first need to be logged in as the server administrator on your Ventrilo server before you can change the codec on a channel.
Ventrilo is voice communication software for computer game players as well as business professionals. It allows you to talk over your Internet connection to anyone else who has Ventrilo and is connected to the same Ventrilo server. With TypeFrag you’re signing up with the most trusted and respected Ventrilo host.