Comments for Shot of Jaq

Comment on Let’s Get Ready To Mumble by Epicanis

Epicanis — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:58:10 +0000

I’ve been wondering if there’s any way to interface Mumble with Asterisk (or Asterisk with Mumble) so as to bridge the two – either perhaps a mumble->SIP bridge, or a “chan_mumble” for Asterisk.

Comment on Let’s Get Ready To Mumble by oxygen84

oxygen84 — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:30:35 +0000

Version 1.2.3 will be able to record sessions, it'll be released any day now, or you can use the developer snapshot which already has it.

I'm surprised the existing Mumble server providers weren't mentioned, there are several, though there isn't one that's considered 'the Freenode of Mumble' since I don't think they offer much for free. They are all also very gaming oriented.

I think the developers have missed a trick by not looking more at business audio conferencing. I found this site because it's one of the highest Google results for "Mumble meeting", just mentioning a usages other than gaming on their wiki would help.

Comment on Let’s Get Ready To Mumble by Mumbler

Mumbler — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:33:02 +0000

So I just set up mumble and rented a server and stuff, but what I’m wondering is that there aren’t many softwares that support recording function. the new version of mumble does but the server I rented is 1.2.2 so I can’t do that. Any advice for me? Thanks!

Comment on Let’s Get Ready To Mumble by eugenem

eugenem — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:53:40 +0000

Assuming you are using Ubuntu with Pulse audio, I figured out how to record Mumble’s audio a few months ago. If you are interested in my notes on this, send me an email at eugene.mal.davis@gmail.com

Comment on The End by ben

ben — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 15:55:29 +0000

Thanks guys. I’ve enjoyed listening to your podcast.

Comment on The Perfect 10: Android Apps by Tido

Tido — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:27:46 +0000

If you like to listen to podcasts or audio books, checkout: MortPlayer Audio Books in the Market. It has a few smart functions you like when you listen to podcasts and you can turn off stuff you don’t like.

Comment on Let’s Get Ready To Mumble by markrea

markrea — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:50:23 +0000

Anyone: I’m a co-host on a 3 person podcast and we just started using mumble instead of skpye. Can anyone help me learn to record all three voices on my end. One other guy does the recording for the actual podcast. I just want another copy of the audio. I have a mac and can use garageband, but am also somewhat familiar with audacity. Thanks!

Comment on Let’s Get Ready To Mumble by fwaggle

fwaggle — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 02:01:47 +0000

FWIW, you can put "passwords" on channels, but it's a tiny bit unintuitive to use - putting a password in the box when you create a channel just creates an "access token group" to which it allows access to the channel, then adds a rule to deny everyone else. It even works on temporary channels if you pick one of the public servers that allows you to create your own channel.

The downside is that actually joining the channel is counter-intuitive right now - you have to click the server menu, pick "access tokens", then type the password into the list - you'll then have all the access the access token group has.

The reason for this design is because the devs can't really figure out a way that doesn't lend itself to leaking of your access tokens if you forget what server you're on and an "enter password" dialog box comes up.

To answer a few other questions: Mumble's control channel (where everything but voice is transmitted) uses OpenSSL - the voice channel uses OCB which I'm led to believe cuts latency a bit.

Re: Podcasting with Mumble - you guys will probably love 1.2.3. If everything goes according to plan, the beginnings of a recording function should hopefully make it into the 1.2.3 release. To my knowledge, the plan for recording involves placing each stream into it's own Ogg container, which can then be dragged as individual tracks in something like Audacity, so that you can control pans, attenuate unwanted utterances, and just generally do all kinds of neat stuff you couldn't do without essentially a multi-track recording of the podcast.

In the interests of full-disclosure: I'm a Mumble host and contributor.

Comment on The Perfect 10: Linux Desktop Apps by Randy

Randy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:52:56 +0000

I have so many favorite Linux apps that it's difficult to come up with a top ten list.

How about:

Vim, Screen, BitchX, NetBeans, Chromium, Pidgin, dd, Thunderbird, The Gimp, gEdit, jEdit, TVtime, VLC, mPlayer, Exaile, Songbird, OpenOffice.org, and many others.

Comment on The End by CanadianLinuxNerd

CanadianLinuxNerd — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:07:50 +0000

This is what I get for being to busy to check in on the show for a while, gutted. You guys were awesome and I will miss it. Heck I still miss Lugradio. Still hopefully you guys will get the podcast bug again as some point, I guess I’ll just have to look forward to whatever you guys come up with next. Thanks for both the amazing shows you’ve given us so far, they’ve been incredible. Hope we hear from you again soon.

Comment on The End by grizzlysmit

grizzlysmit — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:32:53 +0000

hmmm just when I was starting to get into it, I only just started to listen, ah well it was good, all the best guys

Comment on The End by hessiess

hessiess — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:19:46 +0000

Sorry to see this podcast go, it was good while it lasted. Looking forward to more from you guys in the future.

Comment on The End by Omega

Omega — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:15:29 +0000

I will surely miss Shot Of Jaq. It’s been great.

Comment on The End by erm

erm — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:57:56 +0000

Stages of Grief: 1. Denial and Isolation.

This can't be happening. You left Floss weekly, and now Shot of Jaq? I feel so alone.

Anger.

Well eff you. Mr. "Art of Community" eff you. What does this say about comunity?! You like to effing kick us to the flipping curb whenever we're not convenient.

Bargaining.

Hey man, don't stop. I promise I'll come by and add to the discussion. I'm sorry I never added to the discussion before. It's just that I like to listen, and think about it on my own.

Depression.

Yet one more person who has let me down.

Acceptance.

Eff you man. I ain't accepting this. I'm probably going to switch distros. Even if you do start the show back up I won't know because I've already deleted you from my rss reader.

Comment on Out With The Old by Sean McCann

Sean McCann — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:12:41 +0000

This kind of activity is done by a charity in Ireland Called Camara. They take in computers and put Linux on them. They then ship these PCs to Africa . Most importantly they send over Volunteers to educate and train the locals so that they can run and maintain these systems. They even create custom courses for using the machines.

You can learn more about all of the cool stuff they do at http://camara.ie/web/

Comment on The End by conorjjhogan

conorjjhogan — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:49:44 +0000

This was a very very interesting experiment - have been listening weekly since Jono mentioned it on twit and have been hooked since.

Good luck with everything.

Comment on The End by Flamekebab

Flamekebab — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:14:17 +0000

Now I’m curious..

Comment on The End by don

don — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:13:05 +0000

I think I'll probably miss Shot of Jaq, although if I have to brutally honest, they were getting slightly tedious, maybe the fact that it was a tight schedule somehow started showing up in your voices? :p

Good luck with everything else guys!

Comment on The End by MMH

MMH — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:17:21 +0000

Prescient move; the Internet will be coming to an end as well in about 12-18 months, and the other End is going to neither pretty, nor particularly fun to write about… best of luck with whatever comes next…

Comment on The Reality Of RSI by Jess

Jess — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:25:28 +0000

Good read. It doen’t matter what sector you work in, good ergonomics ought to be a right set down in the contract of every single employee. Anyone who’s had to suffer with RSI would agree with me, Employers really should incorporate workplace ergonomics within their over-all HR strategy.

Comment on The End by dieresys

dieresys — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:12:20 +0000

Comment on The End by rossyp83

rossyp83 — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:49:47 +0000

I fell about 4 eps behind, and then I spot this, absolutely gutted. Really enjoyed the show, thought it was just getting better and better. I'd be happy to listen less frequently, any chance we could tempt you back for a few specials in the future?

All the best, thanks for such a great idea and all the hard work you put into it, made it a pleasure to listen to.

Comment on The End by kevie

kevie — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:59:30 +0000

Bye guys, the show was entertaining while it lasted, I really hope that somebody does take up the app of jaq and convert it for another shotcast. All the best with your projects/work, thanks for the entertainment and thought provoking conversation,

Comment on The End by tola

tola — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:41:00 +0000

Oh man, I’d just reached the bottom of the “Shot Of Jaq Regulars” and was ready to work my way up!

Comment on The End by hoover

hoover — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:27:09 +0000

Hi folks,

I'm also sorry to see you go, but here's to hoping a new lugradio show rises from the ashes...

All the best for your future projects!

Uwe