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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:36:46 +0200

Shockvoice 0.9.5 Changelog

Changes Client

• MAC BETA Client is finally available.
• Shockvoice client is portable now.
• when going through "show server info" then "edit", users with SMB permission get
  the right dialog now.
• completed french translations.
• client logfiles are now deleted after 7 days.
• when editing a group, permissions you cannot assign are greyed out now.
• when cross-connecting or disconnecting, open server edit dialogs are closed and
  servername in title is reset.
• on the server info dialog, the edit button is now greyed out for non-priviledged
  users.

Changes Server and Client

• Shockvoice does now properly encode cyrillic and other non ASCII text.

Changes Server

• server now uses digital signed licensefiles to become a commercial version. no
  separate version needed anymore.
• deleting channels which contain voicegroups which have voicegroup keys attached
  works now.
• added support for HLSW. http://www.hlsw.org/
• when beeing moved in a hidden channel, hidden users will now become visible for
  the joining person.
• fixed utf8 encoding.
• fixed automatic log deletion.
• Mono is no longer needed.

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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:16:06 +0200

Shockvoice 0.9.5 ready for download

As announced in the last news, today is the official launch of the
0.9.5er Shock Voice version.
Some small bugs were still fixed.
We have held back the announced VoipOverlay for some reasons.
We encounterd some bugs who threatend our release.
But we will continue working on this.

And now finaly we finished the MAC client.

Please be also aware of our Boards and our Wiki.

Downloads could be found on our Downloadpage.

Changes Client

• MAC BETA Client is finally available.
• Shockvoice client is portable now.
• when going through "show server info" then "edit", users with SMB permission get
  the right dialog now.
• completed french translations.
• client logfiles are now deleted after 7 days.
• when editing a group, permissions you cannot assign are greyed out now.
• when cross-connecting or disconnecting, open server edit dialogs are closed and
  servername in title is reset.
• on the server info dialog, the edit button is now greyed out for non-priviledged
  users.

Changes Server and Client

• Shockvoice does now properly encode cyrillic and other non ASCII text.

Changes Server

• server now uses digital signed licensefiles to become a commercial version. no
  separate version needed anymore.
• deleting channels which contain voicegroups which have voicegroup keys attached
  works now.
• added support for HLSW. http://www.hlsw.org/
• when beeing moved in a hidden channel, hidden users will now become visible for
  the joining person.
• fixed utf8 encoding.
• fixed automatic log deletion.
• Mono is no longer needed.

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Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:14:00 +0200

Shockvoice Version 0.9.5 roleoutplan and update

The new Shockvoice Version 0.9.5 is ready.

As the changes are very heavy in this version we will provide access to the new version to our hosters first.
Hosters can download the new client and server version in the customers area now.
We will send the new needed license files to every hoster via email.
The license file is necessary to use the commercial server version.

After receiving the license file the server can be updated easily to the new version.

A server update is recommended!
Client version 0.9.5 may not work correct with server versions earlier than 0.9.5.
On our wiki page is a new entry, howto insert the license files into the server. Hosters can find this
here http://wiki.shockvoice.net/index.php/Tokens
We will release the version 0.9.5 to everyone on Monday 8/30/2010. This will include the client autoupdate to the latest version.

Until then, each server version 0.9.5 should have been or should be updated on this day.



Changes Client

• MAC BETA Client is finally available.
• Shockvoice client is portable now.
• when going through "show server info" then "edit", users with SMB permission get
  the right dialog now.
• completed french translations.
• client logfiles are now deleted after 7 days.
• when editing a group, permissions you cannot assign are greyed out now.
• when cross-connecting or disconnecting, open server edit dialogs are closed and
  servername in title is reset.
• on the server info dialog, the edit button is now greyed out for non-priviledged
  users.

Changes Server and Client

• Shockvoice does now properly encode cyrillic and other non ASCII text.

Changes Server

• server now uses digital signed licensefiles to become a commercial version. no
  separate version needed anymore.
• deleting channels which contain voicegroups which have voicegroup keys attached
  works now.
• added support for HLSW. http://www.hlsw.org/
• when beeing moved in a hidden channel, hidden users will now become visible for
  the joining person.
• fixed utf8 encoding.
• fixed automatic log deletion.
• Mono is no longer needed.

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Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:38:45 +0200

Important Update for 0.9.5 Version

We have another small update regarding the upcoming version.
We're done with the version and finished everything.
Internal testings are running at the moment and the release is
scheduled for this week.

We're sorry for the long release time and the delay of this release,
but we have so many major changes and minor bugfixes included.

A very important Note!

ALL server versions are FORCED to be updated to 0.9.5

All clientversions will be updated through aus with autoupgrade a few days after the release.
No client is then combatiple with a server version lower than 0.9.5

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Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:03:59 +0200

Medal of Honor Beta Lottery

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Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:09:35 +0200

Shockvoice Version 0.9.5 preliminary patchnotes

Shockvoice had a small quite period the last weeks.
After the work on the homepage and some other things,
we are back working on the new shockvoice version.


There are many significant changes and here are the preliminary patchnotes:


Changes Client

• MAC Client is finally available.
• Shockvoice Clients are portable now.
• when going through "show server info" then "edit", users with SMB permission get
  the right dialog now.
• completed french translations.
• added plugin for VoipOverlay. http://www.voipoverlay.com/
• client logfiles are now deleted after 7 days.
• when editing a group, permissions you cannot assign are greyed out now.
• when cross-connecting or disconnecting, open server edit dialogs are closed and
  servername in title is reset.
• on the server info dialog, the edit button is now greyed out for non-priviledged
  users.

Changes Server and Client

• shockvoice does now properly encode cyrillic and other non ASCII text.
• shockvoice does no longer need a mono installation. It comes bundled with mono.

Changes Server

• server now uses digital signed licensefiles to become a commercial version. no
  separate version needed anymore.
• deleting channels which contain voicegroups which have voicegroup keys attached
  works now.
• added support for HLSW. http://www.hlsw.org/
• when beeing moved in a hidden channel, hidden users will now become visible for
  the joining person.
• fixed utf8 encoding.
• fixed automatic log deletion.

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Sun, 11 Jul 2010 07:48:04 +0200

Shockvoice Homepage Relaunch

Shockvoice had a small quite period the last weeks.
This was due mainly to the development work on the new version and
in detailed work on the new site.

Some time ago we have added a new member of the crew.
Silas "include" Menberg now cares for some time at the relaunch of our website.

In addition to a complete new redesign, a lot of things have changed in the functionality of the homepage.

Here is an overview:



Improvements of the Website

• Language-Switcher: Choose your prefered language: german or english.
• Latest news and changelogs are (as soon as they are completely translated) available in both languages.
• A redesigned navigation
• A new layout with interactive elements.
• New section: Success. Read about success-stories and different quotes.
• New section: Tutorials. Videoguides and more.
• New section: Additionals. A few tools and wallpapers
• Redesigned download-section
• completely new and interactive network-list.
• new banner-system with preview. see "link us"
• new PayPal-account. If you're an enduser and like to support our developement, feel free to donate.
• Support with IRC now online available as java-appled (see contact)
• Varia: New OpCode-cacher, BBcode-Parser, GZIP-compression and Print-Layout embedded

Changelog of SVquery:

• Completely new XML-Parser (PHP5 required)
• Embed SVquery on your website and use different themes
• Hide unused or empty channels
• Get a life-Demo in the section "additionals"

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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:47:42 +0200

Shockvoice 0.9.4 Changelog

Changes on client:

• fixed denoising (this time for real)
• fixed maximum textlengths of all input textboxes.
• fixed "grant" button in whiteboard to use selected user in viewers list instead of users list.
• added GSM 6.10 codec.

Changes on client & server:

• a temporary serverpassword can be generated which is valid for one day.
• possibility to display a banner in the client added.
• channels can be limited to a group now.

Changes on server:

• user accounts can now expire or be deactivated.
• added external authentication through LDAP, Eve Online and various Board systems. see SV.Wiki
• added SOAP webservice interface to control server, see SV.Wiki
• default user groups are created when creating a new server.
• when joining a hidden channel, users won't get permanently invisible for nonpriviledged users anymore.
• when joining a hidden channel, hidden users will now become visible for the joining person
• changed default value in config.xml for <hosterinterfaceactive> to 'false'. Change to 'true' if you are using svctl.
• updated install.sh script with new values for SOAP

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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:47:13 +0200

Shockvoice 0.9.3 Changelog

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.

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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:43:58 +0200

Shockvoice 0.9.2 Changelog

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 and 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.

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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:40:48 +0200

Shockvoice 0.9.1 Changelog

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.

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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:39:54 +0200

Shockvoice 0.9.0 Changelog

CLient Changes:

* 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 Changes:

* 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 and 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.

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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:37:57 +0200

Shockvoice raffles Freehosterlicenses

We would like to come to the aid of some communities a little and have a treat ready for you: we raffle 4 freehosterlicences for communities with a duration of one year.

What are your requirements to participate?

- You are eager to tread your own ways and to give active feedback to improve shockvoice
- you are an active community
- you have own servers to host shockvoice
- you are of legal age (18 years or older)

Interested? How can you participate?

That's quite easy. Just send an email with a nice presentation of your community to community [ät] shockvoice [d0t] net.

We will then chose the ten best and most innovative presentations which will be published online in our discussion forum for voting.
The four highest ranking communities will win a freehosters licence for free with a duration of one year. After this year the we would appreciate to extend the license.

In case you win we will of course provide our full installation service and our support!

What kind of license are we talking about?
- max. 2500 slots, no limitation to the instances
- only one license per person/server
- mandatory registration of the server in SVNetwork
- Not for commercial use. The use werbeads or other similar adverstisement is allowed to finance the server, as long as the offered service remains free of charge

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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:37:18 +0200

Shockvoice 0.9.4 Released

We're glad to announce the release of our new Shockvoice version.
We added some exciting features for you.

Here is our changelog:



Changes on client:

* fixed denoising (this time for real)
* fixed maximum textlengths of all input textboxes.
* fixed "grant" button in whiteboard to use selected user in viewers list instead of users list.
* added GSM 6.10 codec.

Changes on client & server:
* a temporary serverpassword can be generated which is valid for one day.
* possibility to display a banner in the client added.
* channels can be limited to a group now.

Changes on server:

* user accounts can now expire or be deactivated.
* added external authentication through LDAP, Eve Online and various Board systems. see http://wiki.shockvoice.net/index.php...Authentication
* added SOAP webservice interface to control server, see http://wiki.shockvoice.net/index.php/SOAP_Interface
* default user groups are created when creating a new server.
* when joining a hidden channel, users won't get permanently invisible for nonpriviledged users anymore.
* when joining a hidden channel, hidden users will now become visible for the joining person
* changed default value in config.xml for <hosterinterfaceactive> to 'false'. Change to 'true' if you are using svctl.
* updated install.sh script with new values for SOAP

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Fri, 23 Apr 2010 08:36:30 +0200

Shockvoice 0.9.4 preliminary beta notes

Hi,

we finally engaged the beta-testing of the 0.9.4 Version.
Huge improvements have been developed to this version and some exciting features have been added.
After an successful test we will release this Version.

Preliminary Beta Notes:


Changes on client:

* fixed denoising (this time for real)
* fixed maximum text lengths of all input text boxes.
* fixed "grant" button in whiteboard to use selected user in viewers list instead of users list.
* added GSM 6.10 codec.

Changes on client & server:

* a temporary server-password can be generated which is valid for one day.
* possibility to display a banner in the client added.
* channels can be limited to a group now.

Changes on server:

* user accounts can now expire or be deactivated.
* added external authentication through LDAP, Eve Online and various Board systems. see http://wiki.shockvoice.net/index.php...Authentication
* added SOAP web-service interface to control server, see http://wiki.shockvoice.net/index.php/SOAP_Interface
* default user groups are created when creating a new server.
* when joining a hidden channel, users won't get permanently invisible for nonpriviledged users anymore.
* when joining a hidden channel, hidden users will now become visible for the joining person
* changed default value in config.xml for <hosterinterfaceactive> to 'false'. Change to 'true' if you are using svctl.
* updated install.sh script with new values for SOAP