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Quick Start

This section gives a brief introduction on how to set up TeamTalk and connect to a server so you can chat with other TeamTalk users. The first section explains how to configure TeamTalk and the second section shows how to connect to a public TeamTalk server.

Here's an overview of this section:

Configuring TeamTalk

To start configuring TeamTalk simply press F4 which will bring up the Preferences window. The first tab in Preferences is called General and allows you to choose the nickname you want to use when talking to other users. If you're using speakers and not a head-set it is recommended to set up a Push to Talk key-combination and disable Voice Activation. A Push to Talk key-combination is a set of keys you need to hold down whenever you're talking (the Control-key would be a good choice). Using Push to Talk ensures there will not be echos from speakers when people are talking. Below is shown the recommended settings in the General-tab:

General tab

Configuring Sound System

Since some computers have several sound devices it is advised to ensure that the proper sound devices are selected in the Sound System-tab. If your microphone is not of the best quality it is advised to Enable denoising.

Sound System tab

Configuring Web Camera

If you have a web camera this can be configured in the Video Capture-tab. When configuring your web camera it is important to choose settings which do not overload your Internet connection and thereby causing the video quality to become poor. Also if some of the people in your video chat have a low bandwidth Internet connection also take this into account when configuring your web camera settings. Below is shown how a web camera is configured to work well on an Internet connection with 128 KBit upstream:

Video capture tab
TeamTalk supports many ways to configure one's web camera and it often takes some trail and error before everything is running smoothly for all users you're chatting with. If the users you're chatting with say that you're blinking red it means you have chosen video settings which are too demanding for your Internet connection.

Here is a list of recommended video settings based on an Internet connection's available bandwidth:
Now that your TeamTalk client's Preferences has been configured press OK and you're now ready to connect to a server which is explained in the following section.

Connecting to a TeamTalk Server

To connect to a TeamTalk server simply bring up the Connect dialog (press F2) and the TeamTalk client will receive a list of publicly available TeamTalk servers. An example is show here:

Server List

Select a server from the list of servers which become available and press Connect. TeamTalk will afterwards try and connect to the server and you will see the channels and users available on the server as shown here:

Main Window

This concludes this Quick Start tutorial to TeamTalk.