A VoIP client.

Particularly awesome not just because of it's spectacular quality, but because it's free (client and server), and forces all of its users to fix their fucking microphone settings so everyone else doesn't have to constantly fiddle with their per-user volume.

You can also run your own server "Murmur".

2017-02-15 - 1.2.19 on Windows 10
- 1.2.16 previously
- 1.2.13 previously
2016-04-03 - 1.2.11 on Slackware 14.1
2016-03-26 - 1.2.4-0.2ubuntu1.1 on Lubuntu 14.04.4 LTS
2011-08-10 - (version not recorded) on Unity Linux, a 2011 alpha, updated recently.
- Before the Mandriva repository switch.
I used to use Ventrilo.

Table of Contents [hide]

1 2016-04-03 - 1.2.11
2 2011-08-10 - (version not recorded)
- 2.1 Lowering CPU Usage

2016-04-03 - 1.2.11 ∞

Installed with slpkg:

\slpkg  -s sbo  mumble

Spoiler

+==============================================================================
| Package                 New version        Arch    Build  Repos          Size
+==============================================================================
Installing:
  mumble                  1.2.11             i486           SBo
Installing for dependencies:
  pysetuptools            18.2               i486           SBo
  six                     1.10.0             i486           SBo
  pytz                    2014.10            i486           SBo
  python-dateutil         2.4.2              i486           SBo
  python-gflags           2.0                i486           SBo
  protobuf                2.6.1              i486           SBo
  opus                    1.1.1              i486           SBo
  speex                   1.2rc2             i486           SBo

Installing summary
===============================================================================

2011-08-10 - (version not recorded) ∞

Spoiler

\smart install \
  git \
  libqt4-devel \
  libspeex-devel \
  libboost-devel \
  libopenssl-devel \
  libspeechd-devel \
  libpulseaudio-devel \
  libcap-devel \
  libprotobuf-devel \
  protobuf-compiler \
  libogg-devel \
  libg15daemon_client-devel \
  libxi-devel \
  libavahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel \
  libsndfile-devel \
  ` # `
\git clone git://github.com/mumble-voip/mumble.git mumble
\cd mumble
\git submodule init
\git submodule update
\git checkout --track -b master origin/master
\qmake -recursive main.pro
\make

To update the Git repository, do:

\git pull

These were mentioned as dependencies for a Ubuntu build, but were not found in the Unity Linux pre-Mandriva-repository repository:

libasound2-dev
g++
libzeroc-ice-dev
ice-slice
slice2cpp
libspeexdsp-dev

g++ isn't a package, but the command works, so it's installed from /somewhere/.
I need to research what the other projects are..

Before installing these:

libavahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel
libsndfile-devel

.. when trying the final make, I got:

Spoiler

/usr/lib/qt4/bin/uic VoiceRecorderDialog.ui -o ui_VoiceRecorderDialog.h
g++ -pipe -Wfatal-errors -fvisibility=hidden -Wshadow -Woverloaded-virtual -Wold-style-cast -Wconversion -Wsign-compare -Wall -Wextra -O2 -g -frecord-gcc-switches -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -pipe -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fomit-frame-pointer -mtune=generic -march=i586 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-strict-aliasing -DPIC -fPIC -O2 -g -frecord-gcc-switches -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -pipe -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fomit-frame-pointer -mtune=generic -march=i586 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-strict-aliasing -DPIC -fPIC -I/usr/include/speex -I/usr/include/alsa -D_REENTRANT -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DRESTRICT=__restrict__ -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DMUMBLE_VERSION_STRING=1.2.4 -DMUMBLE -DNO_CRASH_REPORT -DUSE_ALSA -DUSE_OSS -DUSE_PULSEAUDIO -DUSE_BONJOUR -DUSE_DBUS -DUSE_SPEECHD -DUSE_G15 -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_SVG_LIB -DQT_SQL_LIB -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtNetwork -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtGui -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtXml -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtSql -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtSvg -I/usr/lib/qt4/include -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtDBus -I../../src -I. -I../bonjour -I../../celt-0.7.0-src/libcelt -I/usr/lib/oss/include -Irelease -I. -x c++-header -c mumble_pch.hpp -o release/mumble.gch/c++
mumble_pch.hpp:117:20: fatal error: dns_sd.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
make[2]: *** [release/mumble.gch/c++] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/data/live/_inbox/software/mumble/mumble/src/mumble'
make[1]: *** [release] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/data/live/_inbox/software/mumble/mumble/src/mumble'
make: *** [sub-src-mumble-make_default-ordered] Error 2

note: if installing dependencies, be sure to run ldconfig and \qmake -recursive main.pro line again.

After installing:

libavahi-compat-libdns_sd-devel
libsndfile-devel

.. now I get:

Spoiler

AudioOutput.cpp:985:68: warning: shadowed declaration is here [-Wshadow]
In file included from /usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore/qvariant.h:50:0,
                 from /usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore/qvariantanimation.h:48,
                 from /usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore/qpropertyanimation.h:45,
                 from /usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore/QtCore:7,
                 from mumble_pch.hpp:30:
/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore/qhash.h: In member function ‘typename QHash<Key, T>::iterator QMultiHash<Key, T>::insert(const Key&, const T&) [with Key = const ClientUser*, T = AudioOutputUser*, typename QHash<Key, T>::iterator = QHash<const ClientUser*, AudioOutputUser*>::iterator]’:
AudioOutput.cpp:797:28:   instantiated from here
/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore/qhash.h:931:45: warning: declaration of ‘value’ shadows a member of 'this' [-Wshadow]
/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore/qhash.h:931:45: warning: declaration of ‘key’ shadows a member of 'this' [-Wshadow]
/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore/qhash.h: In member function ‘typename QHash<Key, T>::iterator QMultiHash<Key, T>::replace(const Key&, const T&) [with Key = const ClientUser*, T = AudioOutputUser*, typename QHash<Key, T>::iterator = QHash<const ClientUser*, AudioOutputUser*>::iterator]’:
AudioOutput.cpp:827:30:   instantiated from here
/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore/qhash.h:928:45: warning: declaration of ‘value’ shadows a member of 'this' [-Wshadow]
/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore/qhash.h:928:45: warning: declaration of ‘key’ shadows a member of 'this' [-Wshadow]
g++ -c -include release/mumble -pipe -Wfatal-errors -fvisibility=hidden -Wshadow -Woverloaded-virtual -Wold-style-cast -Wconversion -Wsign-compare -Wall -Wextra -O2 -g -frecord-gcc-switches -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -pipe -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fomit-frame-pointer -mtune=generic -march=i586 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-strict-aliasing -DPIC -fPIC -O2 -g -frecord-gcc-switches -Wstrict-aliasing=2 -pipe -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -fomit-frame-pointer -mtune=generic -march=i586 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-strict-aliasing -DPIC -fPIC -I/usr/include/speex -I/usr/include/alsa -D_REENTRANT -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include/avahi-compat-libdns_sd/ -D_REENTRANT -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DRESTRICT=__restrict__ -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -DMUMBLE_VERSION_STRING=1.2.4 -DMUMBLE -DNO_CRASH_REPORT -DUSE_ALSA -DUSE_OSS -DUSE_PULSEAUDIO -DUSE_BONJOUR -DUSE_DBUS -DUSE_SPEECHD -DUSE_G15 -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_SVG_LIB -DQT_SQL_LIB -DQT_XML_LIB -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_NETWORK_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtCore -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtNetwork -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtGui -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtXml -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtSql -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtSvg -I/usr/lib/qt4/include -I/usr/lib/qt4/include/QtDBus -I../../src -I. -I../bonjour -I../../celt-0.7.0-src/libcelt -I/usr/lib/oss/include -Irelease -I. -o release/main.o main.cpp
main.cpp: In function ‘int main(int, char**)’:
main.cpp:128:2: warning: declaration of ‘s’ shadows a previous local [-Wshadow]
main.cpp:128:2: warning: shadowed declaration is here [-Wshadow]
main.cpp:182:46: error: format not a string literal and no format arguments [-Werror=format-security]
compilation terminated due to -Wfatal-errors.
cc1plus: some warnings being treated as errors

Lowering CPU Usage ∞

Idling with 30% CPU usage is horrific. It can be lowered a significant amount. Not enough for my tastes, but it's a start.

A big fix is to remove echo cancellation. You'd have to wear headphones though. Boo.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PulseAudio#2._Determine_sampling-rate_of_the_sound_card ^[ 1 ] was https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#2._Determine_sampling-rate_of_the_sound_card

Determine sampling-rate of the sound card

\arecord  -f dat  -r 60000  -D hw:0,0  -d 5  test.wav

To fiddle with the sample rate:

tab1:

\sudo  \nano  /etc/pulse/daemon.conf

default-sample-rate = 48000

tab2:

\killall mumble lxpanel ; \sleep 1 ; \pulseaudio --kill ; \sleep 2 ; \pulseaudio --start ; \lxpanel >> /dev/null 2>&1 & /1/bin/mumble.sh ; \htop

(LXPanel ends up with 100% cpu usage, and needs to be restarted.)

Footnotes[+]

^ 1	was https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PulseAudio#2._Determine_sampling-rate_of_the_sound_card

Last updated 2022-04-07 at 19:33:42

spiralofhope

Mumble

2016-04-03 - 1.2.11 ∞

2011-08-10 - (version not recorded) ∞

Lowering CPU Usage ∞

One comment on “Mumble”

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Search