Voice Overhaul and Video Calling

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Functional requirements:

• [x] User can connect to a voice chat and start listening to other participant's or streaming a participant's video.
• [x] A server owner may restrict who can join using the channel using the "Connect" permission.
• [ ] A server owner or moderator (with "DeafenMembers" permission) may restrict who can listen server-wide.
• [x] Users may turn on their microphone and broadcast it to other participants.
• [x] Users are able to turn off their microphone at any moment.
• [x] A server owner may restrict who can talk in a channel using the "Speak" permission.
• [ ] A server owner or moderator (with "MuteMembers" permission) may restrict who can talk server-wide.
• [x] Users may share one or more video streams, such as their camera, a game, or their screen.
• [x] Users are able to turn off their video streams at any moment.
• [x] A server owner may restrict who can share video by using the "Video" permission.
• [ ] A server owner or moderator (with "MoveMembers" permission) may move a member between channels.
• [ ] A server owner may configure an "afk" room that users are automatically moved in to if they appear to be idle.
• [ ] A user is able to mute another person for themselves in a call.
• [ ] A user is able to change the volume of another person for themselves in a call.
• [ ] A user is able to start or stop watching any particular video stream.
• [ ] Users receive a notification when a call is started in a group chat.
• [ ] The message is updated when the call ends with the total duration.

TODO: incomplete list

Non-functional requirements:

• [ ] Users are only able to join one voice channel at a time.
• [ ] Users experience low-latency communication by default.
• [ ] Users can tell if there is an ongoing call in a room and who is participating.
• [ ] Users can tell at a glance if there is an ongoing call in a server.
• [ ] Users are able to see their current call status at a glance.
• [ ] Users are able to tell who is currently talking in a room.
• [ ] Users are able to tell who is currently not broadcasting their voice.
• [ ] Users are able to tell who is currently not listening to anybody else.
• [ ] Users are able to tell which other people can hear them.
• [ ] Users are able to test if other people would be able to hear them.
• [ ] Users automatically hear voice and (camera) video by default.
• [ ] Users automatically watch screen shares within the context of group chats.
• [ ] Users do not automatically watch screen shares within the context of servers.
• [ ] Users are able to choose a layout which best fits what they are doing, i.e. watching a stream or listening to people.

TODO: incomplete list

Needs discussion:

• [ ] (non-functional) Users are automatically disconnected from voice calls when they are idle.
• [ ] (functional) Users are able to preview video streams before watching them.

Future work:

• [ ] Integrate high-quality noise cancellation a-la Krisp but open-source, e.g. DeepFilterNet

[Graxo]

Hi! I was wondering was the current status is on this. I would love to use Revolt, i got everything running except for the voice channels.

[Rexogamer]

We're currently focusing on the client rewrite - once that is done, we'll focus on this

[Graxo]

We're currently focusing on the client rewrite - once that is done, we'll focus on this

Alright, so Revolt is not usable as voice chat solution atm?

[Rexogamer]

It is technically useable, but the experience isn't necessarily up to scratch - please have patience as we are a group of volunteers 🙏

[Graxo]

It is technically useable, but the experience isn't necessarily up to scratch - please have patience as we are a group of volunteers 🙏

yes, ofcourse. ill be patient. Im trying to get the "old" branch to work.. but as there is no support for it and im not managing it by myself, ill wait for a new release.

[nlutterman]

Is there a need for assistance with this? Is this work on hold because there isn't enough bandwidth?

I'd be willing to lend a hand if that's the case.

[Zomatree]

Its in development, you can see the progress at https://github.com/revoltchat/backend/pull/318

[MerlinTheCodemancer]

I want help i need know and learn to help to accel this process because i some happy with revolt and 75% migrate when this function start BETA ALL for clients i migrate discord to REVOLT 100%