Corelation between Voice and Dual Cores?

As I have throughly checked my system to get voice enabled on the FirstLook viewer, and reading the many posts where some can get it to work 'out of the box' and some cannot, is there maybe a corelation between voice not working and dual core systems?

What I have done so far:
Checked that my actual soundboard is used as default in preferences.
Checked that I am on a voice enabled sim.
Checked all the settings both in preferences and about land, to see that all is selected.
Tested my hardware out of game.
I'm not using a USB headphone setup.
Selected middle mouse button as 'click to talk' (default) works (and it does change the state of the client interface button).
Checked in my firewall under exceptions tab, and made sure both voice programmes are selected.
Checked in task manager that both programmes are in use.
Checked in the 'enabled users list' and I am not shown.
Checked with other voice enabled users (who do show up in the list) whether they can hear me (even though I can't hear them) which they cannot.
I have no 'white dot' or any other indication that I have voice enabled.
Checked VIOP bandwidth setting and ran tests online that show my connection etc is in great order.
Checked my router and there are no signs (reported) of any ports being blocked.
Checked I have not muted any sound functions.

What I notice:
I cannot hear any media music anywhere (although I can using the standard client).
I can hear ambient and sound bytes everywhere, including wind and footsteps.

I have a AMD 5.4ghz Dual core system, 2gb 533mhz single bank ram, 2tb Sata II raid configuration HD setup, 500mb IDE HD, DVD RW+, nVidia 7900GT Pci-E+ GC, 8mb ASDL connection (also rated and checked for ping, latency, packet loss and download/upload speeds), nVidia MB, 800 watt PSU.

Is this maybe linked to the affinity issue with Dual Core systems?

I'm not using a USB headphone setup.



That could be it, mine didnt work until I used usb headphone and mic set.

That doesn't fit within the profile of those that do and don't use USB headphone/mic setups, I checked with several people and the posts made on this forum, there seems to be no corelation between USB and non-USB setups.

Do you use a Dual Core system?

Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2140

Well... there is still no corellation between USB and Non-USB head sets. Some have USB and some do not. What I am trying to find out is, if those with problems are using dual core systems and its only a starting point, I didnt want to make the perumtations too wide at this point, as it would mean a poll on a wide range of system specs.

The reasoning is simple, SL had to do some workrounds on the client to get it to exist with dual core systems, although that is basically resolved now with the standard client, there are still issues with the voice enabled FirstLook with people suffering their system not working with voice, even with identical settings enabled. Some wouldn't work with or without using USB headsets, like mine.

USB drivers cannot be considered superior to a 'mechanical' connection direct to the soundboard, rather than a MB multi-port device utilising MB re-routing to a PCI slot in order to comminicate through API's. So there must be something else in the equation.

Quite correct. The main reason for using a USB headset is that the sound QUALITY is often better, because the microphone inputs on sound interfaces that are integrated into motherboards (and notebook computers) are usually terrible. If you have a good separate sound card, a non-USB headset will probably work as well for you as a USB model.

The other advantage that the USB setup has is that the amount of mic gain available is pretty much guaranteed to be appropriate for the microphone. There are sometimes cases where a separate microphone and sound card just won't play together, even though each component is fine by itself.

Mine's working.

Dual core AMD Opteron 2 Ghz. 2 Gig RAM. GeForce 8800GTS, Soundblaster Audigy using 3.5mm jacks for audio & mic.

I may have been 'barking up the wrong tree', I finally managed to get my setup working last night. What I did was to completely remove all traces of SL from my system, then fresh reinstall the standard client, then the FirstLookVoice version. After a registry clean and defrag (standard proceedure for me), it all worked fine.

The only thing I noticed was, several people in our group, who followed the same proceedure, it wouldn't work for them no matter what we tried. Dual Core corelation causing the issues, seems to be null and void now.... oh well back to the drawing board.

If I discover anything that may help others to get Voice working, I'll post it back here. Hopefully other people will do as well?

I have a MAC, G5 Dual Core and something doesn't work. I've tryed EVERYTHING. Mic functions well and in testmyvoip I got 4. When I'm in a voice enabled region I can't see the small white icon on my head and the "active speakers" panel is empty!

I've lost my hope...

I have the same, however, it seems to phase in and out, as I move across the enabled sim. When I TP anywhere else that's voice enabled, I need to relog to make it work, same when I move. The only way I 'forced' it to remain connected for a long time, was to have the 'talk key' engaged all the time. As long as I don't go into a coughing fit, most seem to tolerate it. Would be nice to have a 'refresh, or reconnect' function, save all the relogging.

Had a problem with voice until I used a usb headset...

It maybe that the USB drivers poll the OS to maintain its connection, a bit like pinging a server. I'm not going to rush out and buy one just yet LOL.. but worth a close eye on though, thanks for the input to the thread.

I'm on dual core and my motherboard's sound input works fine. However, my main card is an x-fi and has no mic input on the back, only on the front panel, and the front panel gets horrible EMI from my geforce 8600gts, especially while playing SL, since it's at work.

Also, great poll. How about us who don't have this problem on dual core?

Some Mac users might be having a problem with their Plantronics USB DSP Headsets not working (as microphones) with their macs. If this is your problem, goto Audio MIDI Setup, select your plantronics Microphone and unmute the input (towards the lower left hand quadrant.)

This is a bug with the new Software Update.

In order to narrow down potential problems, you have to start somewhere, rather than be too general. My own systems consist of 2 single core CPU's and 1 dual core. It is only the one with the Dual core that was having issues with FirstLookVoice as a dissimilarity, so I wanted to start the thread only dealing with that as a foundation.

I don't have a dual-core (that I'm pretty sure of, I realized I need to actually check this, lol, but I am pretty certain it's not, but neither here nor there), but I have this problem.

It started when I got a new mic, USB. Before, I had a standard mic, that just plugged into the regular mic/headphone jacks. Now that I've gotten the USB mic I hear ALL of the footsteps and ambient sounds, and clickclack of typing, no matter where they are in a particular sim, I hear no music (had to test that one, I usually leave that option off and listen to my own tunes), and all of this only started when I got the USB mic. So I'm not sure =s

I have a Dell Pentium 4 dual core.
I use a Logitech 250 usb headset and have no problems with voice.
Only one issue is I sometimes get an echo on my own voice in headphones, and to stop this I find to turn the speaker volume down on your pc. This works ok as long as you have sl volume up high and then click the volume icon and alter the sliders there to suit yourself. Turn the music slider down and then you can talk and hear the music at the same time.

Buts as i say the echo I get can be a nuisance.

I have a G5 dual pre pentium. The input and output selector drop downs in Voice prefs dont work and I have not been able to get it going despite all kinds of re installs and reboots with all kinds of different configurations. I too am losing hope

One thing I did try, amongst others.. in order to get the client to recognise my sound devices, is to use the Control Panel, Audio icon, and run through checking all my devices in the drop down boxes and not leave them as either System, or Default and certainly not some Microsoft driver. I then ran the Hardware check, to make sure my microphone was registering.
Turning off any enviroments in the soundboard control programme is a must I believe (well I did it). I know SL uses OpenGL for graphics, but I'm not sure exactly what API it uses for sound (maybe DirectX), using dxdiag in C:\WINDOWS\system32 folder, to check all the sound options work, may assist in getting this working.

Overall, we are relying on a 3rd party to support the sl voice, and it does have a habbit of dropping your voice connection, if it senses no activity for an undefined period, relogging cures it but it's annoying at best.

I have gotten as far as seeing the white dot, but I haven't heard any voices yet. Windows (Vista) keeps shutting down the SLVoice.exe program. I have tried it in XL compatibility mode and regular, but it's the same story both ways.

I have no mic/headphone plugged in ... I just wanted to hear the conversation. Could that be the issue?

The white dot above your head signifies that your client is connected to the voice servers. The disconnection maybe the OS, but I would hedge my bets, its the third party provider, I have the same issue when I move about from parcel to parcel and tp to another sim, I have to relog. Pity there is no 'refresh connection' facility. You could try clicking your middle mouse button (sticky push to talk), you may see a green radiant glowing from the white dot, which means the voice server is receiving a signal (even when you don't have you mic plugged in), when you do speak, this gets bigger. Leaving this clicked will potentially leave you connected for longer periods, but if your mic is plugged in, anyone walking past will hear everything you say, intended or otherwise LOL.