Mumble is a free, open-source voice-over IP application designed primarily for gamers. Thanks to its client-server architecture, users can communicate with one another even if they are using the same server. What really makes it stand out from other similar applications are its high quality, low latency voice capabilities.
For starters, it makes use of a low latency audio codec known as Opus. This codec enables low latency communication, which means that it reduces the delay between when a message is being conveyed and when it is heard by the receiver. The software also comes preloaded with an echo cancellation feature, which comes in handy when you are using mediocre speakers or other acoustic hardware for communication or gaming.
Due to end-to-end encryption, you don’t have to worry about user privacy either. It also targets different user groups and offers different features catering to the needs of each group.
Ability to choose between free and third-party servers
Stable and free server software
Access to channel viewer data without losing control
Custom web interfaces for users coming through Ice
Just like any other VoIP client, you can either rent or host a mumble dedicated server. If you are planning to do it on your own, you will have to download, install and configure the Mumble client yourself.
In this article, you will learn how to create, setup, host, connect and change your Mumble dedicated server.
How To Install a Mumble Client?
Download the Mumble client from here, and install it
Click on the mumble shortcut on the desktop to launch the Mumble client
This will open Mumble server connect and mumble chat windows
Press the ‘Add New’ button in the Mumble server connect window
Enter the label into the label field
Copy the IP address of your Mumble server in the address form field
Enter the port of your Mumble server in the port form field
Type in your username in the username form field
Click on “OK” and “Connect”
Click “Yes” to accept the command prompt asking you about the certificate.
A password entry window will pop up. Check the game panel for a private password and enter it.
Users can remove the password to convert it into a public server, which means that other users won’t require permission to join the server.
You are logged in to your server
Click “Configure” on the audio tuning wizard
Follow the instructions given in the prompt
Test the settings to ensure other people can hear your voice
How To Add Channels and Become an Admin?
Here is how you can become an admin and add more channels.
Before you become an admin, you will have to login as a SuperUser
Use the RCON password you have set in the game panel of your Mumble login details
Edit your login information as a particular server by going to the server and clicking Connect in the menu bar. Choose the server you have created, right-click it and select “Edit”
Go to the “Groups” tab
Select the “Admin” from the drop-down Group menu
Now, you can become the admin of the server without using the SuperUser user name
Enter your desired admin user name in the “Member” box, click “Add” and then ‘OK’.
Log out to change your server login information to log back in with your own username
Right-click on the root channel to add more channels. Type in all the required information and click “OK”
This will open the “Mumble server connect” dialog box
To add a server to your favorite list, click “Add New”
Enter the label, server address, and port number of your server
Type in your user name and click “OK”
Connect to your server
Select the newly created server in your favorites and click “Connect”
How To Change Server Settings?
If you want to edit the settings of your Mumble server, you need a BeastNode game panel. Once you have a BeastNode game panel, you can use the following steps to tweak the Mumble dedicated server settings.
Login to your BeastNode panel
On the right-hand side of the Mumble dedicated server, click on the“Manage Game” button
Replace the RCON password with a secure password. You can now use that password to login to your SuperUser account
Remember that you will need a private password to enter your Mumble server
Which method do you use to host mumble dedicated servers? Let us know in the comments section below.