TEAMSPEAK TROUBLESHOOTING1) I can hear people but they can’t hear me!.
Check the Control Panel Mic level. Make sure the microphone mute switch isn’t checked.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This has found to be wrong in most cases, so make sure your mic isn't muted.
2) Voice is fine but the ingame sounds are deafening! turn windows sound down and t/s up or if vista equiped right click the speaker icon in the task tray and select volume mixer here you can adjust all sound program levels individually
3) There is a lot of static!
If you think TS is screwing your game, go back to "Settings" and "Options" and try adjusting the "Bandwidth allocations" down for upload and download.
4) My team mates tell me I am too loud!
Adjust the output volume in either control panel or TS settings.or use volume controls in vista
5) My team mates tell me I am transmitting a pinging sound while talking.
Make sure the “Transmit Button” is activated by “Scroll Lock” and not any other key.go to windows sounds and turn "default beep " off !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
6)I get all these echoes.
There basically are two ways echos can occur:
a) Sound from your speakers/headphones being recorded by your microphone.
b) Your sound driver recording all sound that you hear for you.
Now, 'which one do I have' you might be asking yourself...You can quite easily find out, just turn your speakers/headsets off (volume = 0%), and ask your mates if you are still echoing. If you are not, you got (a), else (b).
How to fix (a):
This type of echo is nearly impossible to fix completely, but you can minimize it greatly if you follow a few general points:
- Switch your speakers off when TeamSpeak is on, use a Headset to hear.
- Use Headphones that shield well, meaning they prevent as much sound as possible from being audible to the outside.
- Try and keep your Microphone as far away as possible from the Headset (or more general, the sound-source).
- Lower the Volume of the sound-source
How to fix (b):
These echos are produced by your sound-drivers, they should be configurable by your driver too (its not a bug, its a feature). From windows users I have often heard there is a checkbox in one of the recording menus called "what you hear", or "stereomix". If you uncheck this, the driver-echo should be gone. As windows is *insert*curse*, there doesn’t seem to be a way to change this on all machines - it depends on your driver/OS combination, you just have to search around.
7) My sound seems choppy.
This can be caused by unexpected behaviour in a few direct sound drivers (including creatives). After client version 2.0.23.23 most of these problems seem to be solved.
If that is not the case, try to use wave as output driver for teamspeak.
Manual: setting the client up and connecting to a server
Sound Devices
TeamSpeak automatically detects what recording devices your computer has. They are listed in the Settings --> Options -->Sound Devices under Device. Here you can choose your preferred device. Try by trial and error what works best for you (e.g. I found out that my headset and soundcard recording worked better than my usb webcam recording) Note that if there are only 2 options there (one being the "primary driver....") it doesn't matter which one you choose.
In this window you can also see what kind of recording you are using. There are two kinds of recording: Wave and Direct Sound. The first one generally delivers the best sound quality and the latter the lowest latency. When switching between those two it is sometimes needed to restart TeamSpeak (when you get an error message) in order to get it working properly.
DirectSound has a slider which controls the sampling buffer size. When it is to the utter left one has the lowest latency (one can hear each other with the least amount of time lag). When the slider is to the utter right you will have the same quality as Wave recording. When people on your server complain you are just sending "noise" but you can hear them fine, you are probably using DirectSound. Try sliding the slider to the middle or right position. Most of the times this seems to solve this problem (this problem occurs because not all soundcards all capable of sampling really short bits of sound, with the slider in the middle or right those samples are a bit bigger and hence solve the problem). Note: Windows XP users are generally better off using wave recording. W98 users should use DirectSound.
Sound Notifications
TeamSpeak has an extensive set of sound notifications. They all are pretty much self-explanatory. The volume slider on the right controls how loud these messages are played when something happens. These sounds are completely adjustable. If you want to use your own sounds here you just choose and event fill in the file you want to play (with the "..."button you can browse your computer for the file). You can check wether the file is good by pushing the "Check File" button. If you decide that the file is not good enough, you can revert to the default sound by pressing the "Default" button.
If you are annoyed by all these event sounds you can check the "Disable all sounds" box.
Other Settings
You can try disabling direct input when you are experiencing troubles with keybinds ingame.
If you don't want to be "whispered' at you can check the Block Whispers by default box.
You can set a Default guest nickname, this is handy when you connect to a server using the webbrowser login (e.g.
teamspeak://my.server.com).
You can choose wether you want an icon in the traybar by checking the box.
If you are experiencing "choppy" sounds while playing a game (e.g. when your harddisk shows some activity) set the Process Priority to Realtime and restart TeamSpeak. If all went well you shouldn't experiencing those choppy sounds anymore. If you are using WinXP you need to close down the client via the menu. Closing it down using the "X" button or trying to minimize it results in a complete freeze. Another solution is to put the program into Win98/WinMe compatibility mode. To do this:
- Right click on the shortcut and select configuration/settings.
- Go to compatibility and select windows98/windows me in the dropdown menu.
You can now use the buttons to close TeamSpeak down or to minimize it. It will be fixed in the next release.
Connecting to a server
In order to speak with your friends or colleagues you need to connect to a server. Open the menu “Connection” and press “Connect”.
Your local addressbook is still empty but we are going to add a server here. Press your right mouse button and click on “Add server”. You can name the server anything you like. After that “Label” shows your previous chosen name. Now fill in the Server adress in the specified field, this may either be an i.p. number or a name. After that you can choose a nick in “Nickname”. You are obligated to fill one in unless you checked the “allow server to assign nickname” box.
If the server is password protected you need to fill the appropiate one in at the “Password” field. If you are bugged by time-outs (unwanted disconnects from the server) check the “Auto-reconnect” button.
If you have registered with the server before you can optionally fill in your Login Name and Password (Important: do not fill in anything if you haven't registered with the server before!). Remember to check “Registered” and fill in some Nickname!. You may even fill in your favourite channel or subchannel you wish to connect to (optionally fill in the password to the sub-channel if required). After that hit the “Connect” button at the bottom. If all went well you are now connected to the server. You should see your name with a green light next to it.
Voice activation and push to talk.
In Teamspeak 2.0 there are 2 ways to communicate with your friends. The first choice is called push to talk. This means that you have to press and hold a certain button if you want to talk to others. The other way is by voice activation. This means that Teamspeak will automatically transmit to your friends when the program "hears" you talk.
Let's go and have a look how to configure your choice of transmitting. In teamspeak go to the settings tab and choose sound input/output settings. Here you see you can choose between the 2 voice send methods. If you choose push to talk, select it and press the set button to bind a key.The key you have chosen will now appear onscreen. To transmit you have to press this button. If you want to use a different button press clear and do it again. If you choose voice activation select that option. Below that option you will see a bar voice activation level which you have to configure for optimal sound. If you slide the bar to the far left Teamspeak will transmit as soon as you make the slightest sound, even if you whisper, chances are you will be transmitting to your friends all the time while you don't even know it. If you slide the bar to the far right you have to scream before Teamspeak will actually transmit. Finding the sweet spot, is a question of getting online with a friend and asking him if he can still hear you. Remember: left means that Teamspeak will transmit the slightest sound, right means teamspeak will only tranmit louder sounds.
Keybinding
Teamspeak comes with a very versatile system of binding options to certain keys so you have maximum controle over teamspeak without actually having to enter the program itself.
To bind keys go to the settings tab and choose key settings. You will now enter the window where you can actually bind functions to keys on your keyboard. To bind a function to a key press add. You can bind up to 3 keys simultaneously by pressing the set buttons. In the drop-down box under action you can specify what action that key or combination of keys should perform. In case that the action involves another person in the channel, let's say you want to whisper to a certain person, you can choose the person in the second drop-down box on the right. Finish the key-bind by pressing add and then ok. You now made yourself a key-bind.
In this fashion you can bind a key to change channels, or to mute your sound, whisper to a friend , mute your microphone, whatever you need. In the main key-bindings window you can also edit or delete your previously entered binds. With the export/import buttons you can save and restore your key-bindings. If you are very fond of the key-binds you made, you can save by pressing the export button. If you for some reason loose your binds and want to restore them press the import button and select the directory where you exported your key-bindings.
Registering with a server
Sometimes it is possible to register yourself with a server. The advantages of registering are numerous, for example the different privileges you acquired will be remembered.
In most public servers you are able to register yourself (it depends on the server setup), if the server is moderated it all depends on the way the server is moderated. You can register yourself by pressing the self tab and selecting register with server (if it is greyed out you need to contact the server admin). You proceed by choosing a username and password. Now you have registered yourself to the server, to take advantage of registering you will have to connect to teamspeak with your username and password. When you just started Teamspeak and want to connect to a server window you normally have entered a server address and a nickname. When you want to enter the server as a registered member (you must have registered before) you have to fill in your login name and password, make sure you have selected the option registered right above the login name. You can now connect as a registered member
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