Good News, we're currently developing the new shockvoice version 0.9.4. We will start Beta-testing this Version on Sunday 14.03.2010, with some of our Hosters and Users. After a successful test, we will release this Version soon. Preliminary Changelog 0.9.4: Changes on Client * fixed denoising * fixed maximum textlengths of all input textboxes. Changes on Client and Server: * possibility to brand the client with a banner. * channel access can also be limited to user groups now Chan...

Good News,

we're currently developing the new shockvoice version 0.9.4.
We will start Beta-testing this Version on Sunday 14.03.2010, with
some of our Hosters and Users. After a successful test, we will release this Version soon.

Preliminary Changelog 0.9.4:

Changes on Client

* fixed denoising
* fixed maximum textlengths of all input textboxes.

Changes on Client and Server:

* possibility to brand the client with a banner.
* channel access can also be limited to user groups now


Changes on Server:

* added SOAP webservice interface to control server.


We're also looking forward to integrate the GSM Codec to shockvoice.
It's not sure, if we will release this with 0.9.4 or if we do separate this to 0.9.5.

[CENTER] We did take care on our social networking the last days. The new shockvoice board is finished and we switched everything from our old SMF Board, up to this brand new Vbulletin Software. Also we opened some accounts on social networking sites. You can follow us on Twitter now. Our Tweet is reachable under http://twitter.com/shockvoice We will be rechable on Facebook too, during the next Weeks. [/CENTER]

We did take care on our social networking the last days.
The new shockvoice board is finished and we switched everything from our old
SMF Board, up to this brand new Vbulletin Software.
Also we opened some accounts on social networking sites.
You can follow us on Twitter now.
Our Tweet is reachable under http://twitter.com/shockvoice

We will be rechable on Facebook too, during the next Weeks.

[CENTER] Today we made another big step on the road of Shockvoice. We are glad to announce, that our Hoster Diabolic Gameservers signed an contract with the croatian ESL. They're offering exclusive packages for the ESL including Shockvoice. For all interested Players in the croation ESL you can find the packages here [/CENTER]

Today we made another big step on the road of Shockvoice.
We are glad to announce, that our Hoster Diabolic Gameservers signed an contract with the
croatian ESL. They're offering exclusive packages for the ESL including Shockvoice.

For all interested Players in the croation ESL you can find the packages here

Shockvoice is glad to announce a new pricing model and license structure. We received very much feedback through our hosters and customers, with precious input regarding our technical solution, license structure, etc. We decided to change some things in the structure to make it more easy and coherent, how the Shockvoice licensing is built-on for commercial customers. The community version is still for free. Here we go: Community Version: ● 500 slots, 3 instances max. You're not allow...

Shockvoice is glad to announce a new pricing model and license structure.
We received very much feedback through our hosters and customers, with precious input
regarding our technical solution, license structure, etc.

We decided to change some things in the structure to make it more easy and coherent,
how the Shockvoice licensing is built-on for commercial customers.
The community version is still for free.


Here we go:

Community Version:

● 500 slots, 3 instances max. You're not allowed to install SV more than once per person/server.
● You're free to register your server at SVNetwork.
● No commercial usage allowed. This includes hosting free servers financed by ads.
● no license needed - free


Freehoster license:

● No commercial usage allowed
● Advertising allowed
● only one license per person/server
● forced to register with SVNetwork
● unlimited instances
● 2500 slots for 16,80EURO/month (exclusive VAT)*
● 5000 slots for 33,61EURO/month (exclusive VAT)**
* Price inclusive VAT 20EURO/month
** Price inclusive VAT 40EURO/month


Commercial license:

● unlimited slots
● unlimited instances
● forced to register with SVNetwork
● 100-5000 slots 0,06EURO/slot(exclusive VAT)*
● 5000-10000 slots 0,05EURO/slot(exclusive VAT)**
● 10000 + slots matter of negotiation
* Price inclusive VAT 0,071EURO/slot
** Price inclusive VAT 0,059EURO/slot


If you want to obtain a license from us, please write an email to licensing(at)shockvoice(dot)net
We even found a way to speed up our licensing process. No needless paperwork anymore. The new licensing process will be handled online through Echosign.

Good news everyone. A new version of Shockvoice is ready. This one is a pure maintenance release which fixes various bugs in the client and server. Here is a list of all the changes: * client: * fixed french language file * fixed server modify (basic) dialog * fixed denoising * "Send message to all" is now greyed out for admins who cannot use it. * reconnect interval will now increase with every failure till 30 seconds max. * several empty notice messages fixed (when kicked/banned) * c...

Good news everyone. A new version of Shockvoice is ready. This one is a pure maintenance release which fixes
various bugs in the client and server. Here is a list of all the changes:

* client:
* fixed french language file
* fixed server modify (basic) dialog
* fixed denoising
* "Send message to all" is now greyed out for admins who cannot use it.
* reconnect interval will now increase with every failure till 30 seconds max.
* several empty notice messages fixed (when kicked/banned)
* context menus for user/channel/voicegroup are now correctly partially greyed out according to permissions.
* server:
* fixed server delete command
* fixed usage of port number with mysql server in config.xml in the form (server:port)
* fixed SUM, SP permissions
* fixed evaluation of default groups for anonymous/registered users.

A new Shockvoice version was just released and adds some new exciting features: * client: * fixed issue with dead keys not working while client runs. * certain options are now greyed out if users do not have the permissions. * some minor bugfixes made. * client can now be started more than once. * fixed channel ordering. * max users in channels can now be modified correctly. * voice activation improved. it will now try and filter noises and measure the human voice more accurate. * imp...

A new Shockvoice version was just released and adds some new exciting features:

* client:
* fixed issue with dead keys not working while client runs.
* certain options are now greyed out if users do not have the permissions.
* some minor bugfixes made.
* client can now be started more than once.
* fixed channel ordering.
* max users in channels can now be modified correctly.
* voice activation improved. it will now try and filter noises and measure the human voice more accurate.
* improved 'new voicemail' dialog
* server:
* added better control over log file creation in the server.
* performance improvements made in the server.
* a kick now automatically adds a short ban of 1 minute.
* a ban is now automatically followed by a kick.
* a lounge is now automatically added to each newly created server.
* server & client:
* added CELT codec
* codecs can now be added through plugin system
* added away messages

If you want to upgrade your server, make sure you update your sqlite/mysql databases using the included update SQL scripts!
Be aware that the sqlite databases have to be also manually changed additional to the SQL scripts. See the NOTICE file for information.

Hi Guys, sorry for the Downtimes the last Days. Our Hoster Strato locked our Servers due to alleged DDOS Attacks. I really don't know what they're doing on the weekends, but we didn't recieve any response out of their TicketSystem. Now we're back up and running. Sorry for the inconvenience but it wasn't our fault. The Shockvoice Team

Hi Guys,

sorry for the Downtimes the last Days.
Our Hoster Strato locked our Servers due to alleged DDOS Attacks.
I really don't know what they're doing on the weekends, but we didn't recieve any response out of their TicketSystem.

Now we're back up and running.

Sorry for the inconvenience but it wasn't our fault.

The Shockvoice Team

This week Shockvoice reached a new milestone. We could finally place Shockvoice in France. To reach this step we won VeryGames, one of europes leading game and voice server providers. VeryGames have been experts of vocal and game server hosting since 2004. They were very helpful with further improving the quality of Shockvoice through testing and bugreporting and they provide french translations for the client. We're still working together with their administrators to increase stability and func...

This week Shockvoice reached a new milestone. We could finally place Shockvoice in France.
To reach this step we won VeryGames, one of europes leading game and voice server providers.
VeryGames have been experts of vocal and game server hosting since 2004. They were very helpful with further improving the quality of Shockvoice through testing and bugreporting and they provide french translations for the client.
We're still working together with their administrators to increase stability and functionality of our product.
We would like to thank VeryGames for their fantastic co-operation and co-development.
They are significantly involved in improving Shockvoice to present a great new voice tool for all users.
Visit VeryGames here: http://www.verygames.co.uk

The Shockvoice Team

This is primarily a bugfix release, the only new feature are hotkey sounds. The complete list of changes: * client: * added simple audio feedback for hotkeys * fixed missing H flag for hidden channels in treeview * fixed loading backdrops in whiteboard after one has been loaded already * when creating voicegroup in a channel, that channel is now preselected. * vertical scrollbar is now correctly displayed for lists. * french language files completed. * server: * fixed deleting of chan...

This is primarily a bugfix release, the only new feature are hotkey sounds. The complete list of changes:

* client:
* added simple audio feedback for hotkeys
* fixed missing H flag for hidden channels in treeview
* fixed loading backdrops in whiteboard after one has been loaded already
* when creating voicegroup in a channel, that channel is now preselected.
* vertical scrollbar is now correctly displayed for lists.
* french language files completed.
* server:
* fixed deleting of channels that contains voicegroups
* added sqlite migration script for 0.8.4
* fixed receiving of voicemails
* fixed logging in with empty nickname
* fixed possible database exceptions during login
* admins can now join voicegroups which are locked through a group
* default groups for anonymous and registered users are now also checked when joining a secured voicegroup.
* deleting a server that contains users with voicemails now works.
* stopping servers fixed.

Hello, after about 9 months of hard work, we can finally announce the new Version of Shockvoice, which finally comes also including a preview of the linux client \o/ Here is the list of all changes: * client: * linux client finally available. * new treeview & gridview controls developed. * gridview now correctly sorts indices and datetime values. * logfiles implemented in client. new improved exception and error handling implemented. * new dialog to edit users for a group added. * added...

Hello,

after about 9 months of hard work, we can finally announce the new Version of Shockvoice, which finally comes also including a preview of the linux client \o/
Here is the list of all changes:

* client:
* linux client finally available.
* new treeview & gridview controls developed.
* gridview now correctly sorts indices and datetime values.
* logfiles implemented in client. new improved exception and error handling implemented.
* new dialog to edit users for a group added.
* added quick connect dialog.
* added global hotkeys.
* server:
* server now uses less threads to limit resource usage.
* many performance optimizations were made.
* serverside mixing was removed from the server.
* fixed crash in whiteboard when user disconnects while backdrop is transmitted.
* fixed bug with adding single server account user to a virtual channel.
* query will now also transmit voicegroup information, server information and user's admin/anonymous flags
* server & client:
* Audio routing is now switched automatically between UDP/TCP
* 128bit AES encryption added for all traffic.
* new communication protocol implemented which saves traffic when transmitting audio over tcp.
* protocol encoding changed from ASCII to UTF8.
* voice groups implemented which allow a quick public alternative to virtual channels.

IMPORTANT: The 0.9.0 Shockvoice is NOT compatible anymore with the 0.8.4 version. If you update your server, make sure all your users get the 0.9.0 client.
The automatic update will not touch the old 0.8.4 client for exactly this reason either, so one manual upgrade into the 0.9 generation is needed. After this, your clients
will automatically upgrade again.

The encryption is currently in a not fully functional state. If you experience problems while using it, please switch it off in your
servers config file. The rest of the application is pretty stable at this point and in the coming months we'll be working on finally
leaving the beta phase behind us and release a completely stable version. Thanks for any testing and bugreporting you can do
and we hope you enjoy this release.

The Shockvoice Team.

Hello, it's been a while since our last news, actually painfully long. I had a look at our news section and was shocked at how much time has passed :) But it's finally time to post some news. We've been very busy this year bringing you the new 0.9.0 release of Shockvoice. And it is indeed a big release. Pick any two releases of Shockvoice and the differences between them will not even come close to what happened between 0.8.4 and the new 0.9.0. We've basically reinvented big parts of the softwa...

Hello,

it's been a while since our last news, actually painfully long. I had a look at our news section and was shocked at how much time has passed :)
But it's finally time to post some news. We've been very busy this year bringing you the new 0.9.0 release of Shockvoice. And it is indeed a big release. Pick any two releases of Shockvoice and the differences between them will not even come close to what happened between 0.8.4 and the new 0.9.0. We've basically reinvented big parts of the software and added tons of new stuff and fixed lots of long outstanding bugs.
We went into feature freeze this morning and are fixing some remaining issues. We are planning the 4th of October for the release. (fingers crossed)
Also we will finally have a Linux test client for you, but it is in testing stage and it has not all of the features the windows client has (I'm sure you can forgive us for not having the webbrowser in the linux client :)
Anyway, we're very excited about this new release and we'll soon shed a little light on what exactly has changed. Stay tuned for just a little longer.

The Shockvoice Team

Changes are as follows: * client: * added denoising filter * added echo cancellation filter (experimental) * updated speex codec to the newest version * fixed bug that destroyed dead-key information like adding an accent to a letter. * server: * fixed virtual channel problem: when users reconnected, they could not hear you anymore. * fixed changing a channel from registered to administrative without having the permissions. * server instances will now report to svnetwork at different ti...

Changes are as follows:

* client:
* added denoising filter
* added echo cancellation filter (experimental)
* updated speex codec to the newest version
* fixed bug that destroyed dead-key information like adding an accent to a letter.
* server:
* fixed virtual channel problem: when users reconnected, they could not hear you anymore.
* fixed changing a channel from registered to administrative without having the permissions.
* server instances will now report to svnetwork at different times instead of all at once.
* fixed possibility of putting a channel into one of its own subchannels which can cause stack overflows and crashes.
* fixed users beeing invisible when connecting if they're not in a channel.

This is a bugfix release and contains the following changes: * client: * svlink handling fixed. * servers in connection dialog are now sorted. * mouse key works with vchannels now. * tray icon connect/disconnect fixed. * when creating a channel, another persons "create channel" dialog is no longer closed. * server: * performance optimizations made. * fixed sending vchannel info to clients when connecting, so vchannels work again. * server & client: * ghost users fixed

This is a bugfix release and contains the following changes:

* client:
* svlink handling fixed.
* servers in connection dialog are now sorted.
* mouse key works with vchannels now.
* tray icon connect/disconnect fixed.
* when creating a channel, another persons "create channel" dialog is no longer closed.
* server:
* performance optimizations made.
* fixed sending vchannel info to clients when connecting, so vchannels work again.
* server & client:
* ghost users fixed

Finally a new release is finished. Here are the changes: * client: * default channel can now be set again. * client now reconnects to the correct channel if multiple channels with the same name exist. * assign groups window now has a remove entry button. * update check delayed client startup. fixed! * client now stores channel passwords. (only in combination with SV server versions >= 0.8.2) * slightly changed connection dialog * server: * hoster interface got a series of new commands ...

Finally a new release is finished. Here are the changes:

* client:
* default channel can now be set again.
* client now reconnects to the correct channel if multiple channels with the same name exist.
* assign groups window now has a remove entry button.
* update check delayed client startup. fixed!
* client now stores channel passwords. (only in combination with SV server versions >= 0.8.2)
* slightly changed connection dialog
* server:
* hoster interface got a series of new commands to modify servers/users/plugins.
* svnetwork register call could potentially hang important functions of the server. fixed!
* logging in with an account while it's already logged in from another location will kick the old client.
* server & client:
* users with SUM permission can now only create single-server user accounts. IU is required for multi-server accounts.
* new code for ping timeouts that is less aggressive.

A new version of Shockvoice has just been released. It contains mostly bugfixes. Here the changes: * server: * fixed server unregister at svnetwork. * fixed permission check of CK when kicking people from channel. * fixed sqlite on linux. * a couple minor bugfixes. * admins can now drag underpriviledged users into protected channels. * client: * fixed removal of registry entries when uninstalling. * fixed whiteboard desync problems. * "Message of the day", "Server Message" and "Maint...

A new version of Shockvoice has just been released. It contains mostly bugfixes.
Here the changes:

* server:
* fixed server unregister at svnetwork.
* fixed permission check of CK when kicking people from channel.
* fixed sqlite on linux.
* a couple minor bugfixes.
* admins can now drag underpriviledged users into protected channels.
* client:
* fixed removal of registry entries when uninstalling.
* fixed whiteboard desync problems.
* "Message of the day", "Server Message" and "Maintenance Message" can now contain clickable links.
* media player plugin can now read ID3 tags of MP3s and their duration.
* media player now supports drag and drop of files.
* media player now continues with next song after finishing current.
* event sounds do not interrupt each other anymore.
* server & client:
* whiteboard now transmits backdrop images to all users.
* nicknames now displayed in whiteboard instead of account names.

Yes, it's true. Shockvoice 0.8.0 was finally released and is now entering the beta phase. That means licensing will soon start but bear in mind, that we'll start the licensing process slowly with only a small amount of hosters until everything runs fine. Details on the licensing process will be published within the next days, please be patient. Here is again the complete list of the most important updates since SV v0.7.7 : * client: * treeview improved. new separate icon for speaking symbol....

Yes, it's true. Shockvoice 0.8.0 was finally released and is now entering the beta phase. That means licensing will soon start but bear
in mind, that we'll start the licensing process slowly with only a small amount of hosters until everything runs fine.
Details on the licensing process will be published within the next days, please be patient.

Here is again the complete list of the most important updates since SV v0.7.7 :

* client:
* treeview improved. new separate icon for speaking symbol. channel imploding bug fixed.
* completely new lightweight UI
* blacklist query has been implemented. blacklisted servers cannot be connected to anymore.
* speaker/mic mute options added.
* shortcuts added to all important functions
* changing sound devices does not require restart anymore.
* column widths in channel view are now saved.
* servername is now displayed in the titlebar.
* tray message balloons added.
* audio recorder added.
* client will now minimize correctly without leaving a box in the lower left corner.
* keys now have proper names in config and virtual channel setup instead of sys164 etc.
* added voice test to configuration.
* fixed auto reconnect when initial connect fails.
* when connecting, the client does not block anymore
* fixed crashes when connecting/disconnecting USB audio devices.
* event sounds can now be set for every event type additional to the computer voice.
* fixed a couple of bugs in the connect dialog when using more than one entry with the same host.

* server:
* resource usage optimized. server now uses less threads.
* register at svnetwork will now also work correctly for servers which use bind-to-ip
* whisper into moderated channel no longer possible.
* create channel ban fixed.
* fixed SU/SUM permissions. without UI permission they did not work.
* fixed bug when muting user. user could still be heard when several people speak.
* when deleting servers or users, their complete information is now deleted from the database.
* sqlserver windows authentication now supported

* server & client:
* moderated channels implemented.
* audio can now be router over UDP & TCP instead of UDP only
* fixed whispering (key changes were not updated correctly)
* default codec quality can be configured in each server.
* a default registered usergroup can now be configured.
* added sending messages to all users
* the usual list of small bugfixes.

Another new version of Shockvoice was just released. Some important bugfixes were made in both server and client so get this update and test it. As far as it looks, the beta might be released very soon now. The server runs now runs stable and has all the features we want for the beta version. Keep your fingers crossed :)

Another new version of Shockvoice was just released. Some important bugfixes were made in both server and client so
get this update and test it. As far as it looks, the beta might be released very soon now. The server runs now runs stable
and has all the features we want for the beta version. Keep your fingers crossed :)

Getting closer and closer... client 0.8.0 pre6 and server 0.8.0 pre3 are released today. lots of bugfixes were made: - fixed empty fields in "manage server instances" in pre5 - fixed server creation with the same name - switching a server instance to active again will now show server as active - fixed installation error when installing the client - fixed error in slot calculation - fixed a bug in usergroup management - fixed bug in rights management when using virtual channels - it's no longer ...

Getting closer and closer... client 0.8.0 pre6 and server 0.8.0 pre3 are released today.
lots of bugfixes were made:

- fixed empty fields in "manage server instances" in pre5
- fixed server creation with the same name
- switching a server instance to active again will now show server as active
- fixed installation error when installing the client
- fixed error in slot calculation
- fixed a bug in usergroup management
- fixed bug in rights management when using virtual channels
- it's no longer needed to kill the windows server process from the task manager
- fixed too long usernames. They will be stripped now.
- fixed bug in server creation using hoster interface
- it's now possible to mute anonymous user
- Client version is no longer visible in form header
- It's now possible to change directly from one instance to another
- improved server memory management
- added new sounds and option for custom sounds
- added maintenance mode and hard redirection
- added "Message to all" feature (usable with SM right)
- it's now possible to setup a Shockvoice Server on a 64bit machine. Just delete "libsvcodec.so"

We're now also taking bets on how many more prereleases we will do before the 0.8.0 final.
Whoever gets closest wins a cookie :D

These new versions fix a whole range of bugs and issues and are now the default downloads. Hopefully this will be the last releases before the 0.8.0 final.

These new versions fix a whole range of bugs and issues and are now the default downloads. Hopefully this
will be the last releases before the 0.8.0 final.

Yet another prerelease for your enjoyment. We're getting closer to the real thing :) - fixed server info form - fixed "created by" field in channel info form - column widths in channel view are now saved. - change in sound devices does not require restart anymore. - servername is now displayed in the titlebar. ftp://ftp.shockvoice.org/shockvoice/0.8.x/svclient-0.8.0pre4-win32.zip

Yet another prerelease for your enjoyment. We're getting closer to the real thing :)

- fixed server info form
- fixed "created by" field in channel info form
- column widths in channel view are now saved.
- change in sound devices does not require restart anymore.
- servername is now displayed in the titlebar.

ftp://ftp.shockvoice.org/shockvoice/0.8.x/svclient-0.8.0pre4-win32.zip