Client documenation

2006-05-04

  1. Introduction

    vjIRC is an IRC client with native support for voice communication. You can talk and chat at the same time with all other persons in the active channel.

  2. Quick-start

    A quick guide to start using the text and voice communication in vjIRC.

    • Text-chat

      -Start vjIRC
      Start vjIRC by double-clicking vjIRC.jar which is located where you chose to install vjIRC.

      -Settings
      Click on "Connection" under "Settings" in the menu. There you can select your nickname, this have to be unique. There is no need to change "Server" and "Port". Click on "Save".

      -Connect
      Click on "Connect" under "Connections" in the menu. vjIRC will now connect to the specified IRCserver.

      -Channel
      Click on "Join channel..." under "Chat" in the menu and enter the name of that channel that you want to join.

      -Chat
      You can now start to chat with the other persons in that cannel. If you want to start using the voice communication, see chapter 2.2.

    • Voice, a quick-start

      If you haven't already done it, read through chapter 2.1. first. To be able to use to voice communication you have to be connected to a IRC server and be in a channel.

      -Settings
      Click on "Voice" under "Settings in the menu. There you are able to bind a key to the voice communication. You are also able to set the input and output volume.

      -Talk
      Press the specified voice communication key once to be able to talk. Press the key again when you have stopped talking.

  3. Settings

    Gives you the ability to change the appearance and certain functionality in vjIRC.

    • Chat

      -Font
      Sets the font of the text in the chat.

      -Text-size
      Sets the size of the text in the chat.

    • Voice

      -Voice-toggle-key
      Binds the voice-toggle to a key. You press the key before you start to talk and and after you have finished talking.

      -Volume
      Sets the volume for input and output inside vjIRC.

    • Connections

      -Nickname
      Sets you nickname, this is the name the other users will see.

      -Server
      Sets the address to the IRC server.

      -Port
      Sets the port which will be used when connecting to the IRC server.

  4. Known bugs

    In certain situations, the user list does not update when you join a new channel. This can be temporarily fixed by changing nickname using the "/nick NewNickName" commando, without the quotes and where NewNickName is your new nickname

Server documenation

2006-05-4

  1. Introduction

    vjIRCd is a voice communication server for the IRC client vjIRC.

  2. Quick-start

    A quick guide to activate the voice communication server.
    This is all that is needed to start the server:
    "java -jar vjircd.jar irc.quakenet.org #testchannel123 vjircdname 6667"

    There are a few parameters that vjIRCd.jar requires, those are:

    -IRC server address
    The address to the IRC server. Ex. "irc.quakenet.org"

    -IRC channel name
    The name of the IRC channel that the server will be in. Ex. "#vjirc"

    -Server nickname
    The vjIRCd server needs to have a nickname to be able to enter the IRC network. Ex. "vjirc_server"

    -IRC server port
    The port that vjIRCd will connect to. Ex. "6667"

  3. Ports

    The vjIRCd server needs the following two ports to be opened:
    • 5680 for sound data
    • 5681 for control data

  4. Known bugs

    Do not use two servers in a channel!

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