[How To] Obtain Voice Chat In Windows Vista

[Ven0m]

This is DSP's homepage here.

[foreal]

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[coded]

On another forum it was mentioned that uninstalling Yahoo Messenger, installing the TrueSpeech Codec, then reinstalling Yahoo Messenger would get voice to work.

That too has failed, at least for me.

[mello]

trillian pro does the trick, ive tryed every download and patch, but untill today i bought trillian pro, and gues what i have voice again in yahoo chat!, i dont like trillian much but it works!!!!!so this maybe a temp thing, but i have voice again, im using vista home.

[coded]

Didn't work with Trillian either. Plus Trillian installs a lot of useless crap.

[Ven0m]

Ok, reports are coming in that when you install the codec, and Yahoo! Messenger v8.1.0.416, you can get voice now.

[projectdarkmayhem]

i struggled with this problem, because i was one of those unlucky people that the codec alone didnt solve the voice issues.

1. get yahoo messenger 8.0 or above, i could only get it to work with 8.8 myself.

2. download ytunnel 2.5 basic.

3. download the codec in the last post and restart. it should work, but it will come up with the error message that your audio mixer couldnt be initialized. just hit ok, it will still work.

[Ven0m]

Well, that's not needed now. Since Yahoo! Messenger v8.1.0.416, Y!Tunnel isn't needed anymore to obtain voice, as Yahoo has seemed to have modified yacscom.dll to work if you have the codec installed.

[patndoris]

I was also one of the "unluckies" for whom the codec did not solve the problem....UNTIL NOW!! Woo Hoo! I tested Vista with the 8.1.0..416 version of YH tonight and was indeed able to connect beautifully in a voice conference.

Life would be grand if only my bluetooth headset would work so well....but that's a post for a different thread. I'm so glad voice is back - no more switching between XP and Vista laptops!!

-Doris-

[andyouknowhat]

After d/l all codecs that 'should' work, but didnt at all.. tonight I was in Yahoo private message which normally works with voice....so I plugged my headset and mic in, did the mic wizard thing .... normally I didnt have to do this, and now I have sound and voice in ALL yahoo chat rooms....