ListenIn on mTw with wSync

20-11-2008 02:14

A few weeks ago wSync.org was announced, promising synchronized sound with HLTV, and today we are ready for the first test.

Instead of finding a team of commentators, the first test will however feature the Danish WCG champions from mTw. The ListenIn concept is simple, we will be broadcasting, in sync with the HLTV, the live ventrilo of mTw, giving a unique insight into a professional CS teams communication. As most of you can probably figure out, then mTw speaks Danish on their ventrilo, meaning only Danish, Norwegian and Swedish people will have a chance to get much benefit. But fear not, mTw is just one of the many teams we will try to feature on ListenIn, and hopefully your favorite team will allow us to broadcast their ventrilo some day.

The match that will be broadcasted is mTw vs Playzone.no:

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For more information on how to listen in, pay attention to the match page, or the HLTV.org news section as more details will be posted before the match starts.

To preempt some issues that will most certainly show up, then this is the very first test of wSync. This means that there will be bugs, there will be crashes, and there is no guarantee that you will be able to enjoy any of the broadcast if everything goes wrong, but testing wSync on a larger audience is required to get these bugs weeded out, so please have patience even if you cannot get it working, we will do our best to feature mTw and other top teams again in the future.

looking forward to this feature

2008-11-20 02:31

cool but, if only theres an english speaking one coming up soon :(

2008-11-20 02:46

get the same for playzone???7

2008-11-20 03:04

Good for Danish people

2008-11-20 03:13

Remember guys, this is only a test, it is not to favour the Danes.

2008-11-20 03:29

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I can comment in russian for Kazakhstan because miscellaneous countries have different points on map and tactics names.

2008-11-20 07:42

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There is not going to be any commentators this time. It is only a test to show that wSync is synchronized with HLTV. I'm sure later on, we will be able to provide commentators on selected matches, in English though.

2008-11-20 07:47

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Okay. I think will be nice to approve commentators for different countries and create special hltv channels for it. Let me know if you need my help to support wsync.org ;-)

2008-11-20 08:00

Scandinavia has a nice application. :P

2008-11-20 03:37

nice.. try get ListenIn for a dignitas game, loads of people understand english ;)

2008-11-20 03:49

Idea is great. We just grabbed the opportunity to test it today with mTw, as it is just a test.

2008-11-20 03:53

We will try to ask other teams, but as you can imagine, not everyone is interested in getting their ventrilo public, so this will not be a feature for every match.. :)

2008-11-20 13:01

Haha yeah I thought that too man but thankfully its only a test for now with the Danes :)

2008-11-20 15:37

great idea!

2008-11-20 04:23

HEY! i know how to make this great idea even better. you should have some sort of subtitles either on the hltv or something else like it. subtitles would help other people that might be curious about what they say =]

2008-11-20 04:45

Close to impossible.

2008-11-20 05:04

hahaha... Do you realize how incredibly insane that would be ? It would take several persons, typing subtitles like crazy for each player, in sync, and they would have very little time to do it. Just the time between real action and the moment it appears on the hltv.

2008-11-20 07:50

yea i guess it's a no go. but you know how theres an hltv delay. there can be a delay in what the translators hear and when we hear it or see it.

2008-11-20 14:18

this should be good

2008-11-20 05:32

What's the minimum internet connection speed required? My internet connection is not so fast.

2008-11-20 06:44

128kbit/second

this is super...just wish i knew danish :P .....mtw r my fav team n this will really help us understand how they actually communicate...... can u make i thing clear......will the ventrilo function within the hltv link ? ...or is it a stream ? also if its within hltv wat happens if we are specing the other team...will we still be able 2 hear mtw ?

2008-11-20 07:06

No problem, I just have to learn Danish or Swedish before tonight. Always wanted to anyway. (this is the best idea ever, I'm gonna enjoy this sooo much, too bad I don't care at all about UK/USA or French teams :l)

2008-11-20 07:48

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i laughed when i saw your post :D I can speak danish, and i do not think that you can learn it in one day xD Nice try though mate

2008-11-20 14:27

Dude, it was a joke... No one can learn any language in one day xD Plus I sucked at learning German so I guess I would totally suck at learning Danish or Swedish. I'm always amazed by the lack of receptiveness to irony and sarcasm you can find on this website :D

2008-11-20 14:48

well i did know you were joking and when i look back at the reply i see that it kind of doesn't show that

2008-11-20 15:39

haha, yeah it doesn't but that's ok, no problem :D

2008-11-20 15:55

Well we use a lot of english terms anyway. Like we still say "rush" and "a and b site. So it shouldnt be totally that bad ;) camper & spotter etc. :D

hej dallex :D

2008-11-20 14:28

i guess we will still be able 2 figure out atleast half of what they say....like calling players from the other bomb site when the opposition rushes one bombsite, or perhaps words like 'house' , 'banana' , 'a, 'b' , 'pits' , 'mag' .....unless they have special words for these too. :D

2008-11-20 08:11

If I remember correctly, mTw use some legendary players names like potti or walle to name very precise spots. But yeah, most of the banana-like spots have the same name all around the world. It should still be amazing, even for the non-Danish speaking people, will make the hltv experience much more intense I guess.

2008-11-20 08:55

Cool! I am eager listening it, although I do not understand Danish! :D

2008-11-20 08:13

Haha! ;D

2008-11-20 13:40

Broadcasting ventrilo - great idea! Link to app please.

2008-11-20 08:30

better than hearing chinese on pplive ;) it would be interesting...

2008-11-20 08:53

Great idea :) <3 hltv.org

2008-11-20 09:11

Nice job...i always wanted to listen what players say in-game...but now when its really possible, i figured out that these players speak every language other than english(i.e., in-game)... mtw = danish sk = swedish mibr = portugese i dont know any of these languages... but i guess i'll have to learn these languages...it'll help me to communicate with my team when we play on lans where the other teams r sitting pretty close to us ...xD

2008-11-20 10:19

Great idea, i hope it works.

This is nice. Looking forward to hear them talk.

2008-11-20 11:14

Cant find the client to download on wsync.org :S

2008-11-20 11:46

The client is started via a link, no seperate download required, there will be more info about it around 19:00 today.

2008-11-20 13:00

I think atleast some Finnish ppl can also listen to this :) Nice job =)

2008-11-20 11:49

I like the concept of the idea. But personally I wouldnt allow it if it was my team you could listen to. But since its mTw I will listen so I can learn abit on how they communicate with each other. :)

2008-11-20 11:56

I don't think they are taking any risk, other teams won't be able to learn a lot more about mTw than they already do with the demos. It won't make them easier to read in the future, plus it's only a small match against a semi-elite team.

2008-11-20 13:58

nice idea,gl mTw

2008-11-20 13:13

Its awesome!

2008-11-20 13:52

Yeah, very nice idea, but I don't understand Danish though... I hope for a public ventrilo of dignitas or MYM (not possible?). :)

2008-11-20 14:10

We have not talked to MYM about it, as the technology gets more mature we will ask more teams..

Ah, and I think it wouldn't be so good for you guys, not so many ppl here understand polish...

2008-11-20 14:36

Will separate links be featured, that is with and without wSync service? Indeed a big addition to the already awesome Hltv service but I always like to be able to enable/disabled this kind of features ;) Pd: Hltv crew already training/warming up their voices for the shoutcast? xD

2008-11-20 14:31

You must actively start wSync for it to be enabled..

2008-11-20 14:38

And later on you can interact with it, I mean turn it on/off if you have chosen to start it?

2008-11-20 21:31

Yes, it starts a program like winamp on your computer..

2008-11-20 21:40

NICE! - all the best teams speak a language i can understand :D! german, danish and swedish.

nice, spanish pls for hispans ! :D xd

2008-11-20 14:51

Yes!! Looking forward too it:)

2008-11-20 15:27

smbdy gives me a crashcourse in danish plz ? :D

2008-11-20 15:54

lort = shit tits = bryster That's everything I know Now you're able to follow the stream

2008-11-20 19:07

And what we have to do? Just to start HLTV when the match will start?

2008-11-20 16:01

Wait till a little later, we will announce it.

2008-11-20 16:15

Nix0n, one question. HLTV is broadcasting with a small delay (about 2 mins). Will "this live ventrilo" be broadcasting with the same delay (we could hear what players say in specific situation)?

2008-11-20 18:05

Yes it will all be synchronized.

2008-11-20 18:15

Will it be free of money or it won't?

2008-11-20 16:04

100% free.

Great to see the wSync project is moving, to bad im not home to night to watch the match.

2008-11-20 16:14

Looking forward to it, amazing idea.

2008-11-20 16:51

hope its good :) gl

2008-11-20 17:57

Congratulations for the great idea

2008-11-20 18:43

najs n1ce!!!!!!!

2008-11-20 19:14

I think this is a really great idea. i've always wondered why somebody hasnt dones this. In the future will you integrate it into the website? Like how the scorebot is. Just click it and it'll play?

2008-11-20 19:39

Yea, something like that.. :)

2008-11-20 19:44

when are you gonna tell what to do for listen to the match?

2008-11-20 19:47

This test had been done in a similar way by a spanish radio named RadioBehind. They broadcasted the live ventrilo of team spain during a match of the ESL nations cup, but they couldn't (or didn't want to) make it synchronised with the hltv all the time. Instead they put the sound a round after the hltv displayed the action. Anyway broadcasting the ventrilo of a top team was very fun for the fans and I hope you hltv guys, somehow manage to broadcast many ventrilos of many top teams. GL and great idea.

2008-11-20 19:53

the match starts in 10 minutes :S

I think wSync just crashed ;o lol

2008-11-20 20:06

i was listening awhile but then it went off or something

2008-11-20 20:10

vi sitter här i venten och spelar counter strike!

2008-11-20 20:11

Where do u get the link to the vsynk? Can find it anywhere..

2008-11-20 20:14

wtf? how can i listen?

2008-11-20 20:15

Works!

I like the way they were joking most of the time :)

2008-11-20 20:35

I just got home so i wasn't able to watch the match, but waiting eagerly for the next one. And I'm all set for this 'cause I speak finnish, swedish and english fluently :D A question for those who watched the match; did it work properly? And finally, when is the next one coming up?

2008-11-20 21:09