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Voice Comms

5 ZeroUtil articles cover voice comms, published between June 2026 and September 2026. Each one is written to explain the mechanism rather than list steps, and links to the free browser tools that do the job.

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A player seen from behind in a dark room, wearing an over-ear headset lit red and blue, facing a blurred monitor.
Gaming Tools

Every Way to Hear FACEIT Demo Voice Comms, Compared

Console commands, a web calculator, CS Demo Manager, a voice extractor and extensions: what each does for FACEIT demo voice and what it leaves to you.

Article title card. Two columns of five dots either side of a dashed dividing line, the left column amber and the right grey, with the line: the server decides who was recorded
Gaming Tools

How to Hear the Enemy Team's Voice in a CS2 Demo

Whether you can hear the enemy in a CS2 demo depends on what the server recorded, not on your console. Which demos carry it, and the mask for one side.

Article title card. A loudspeaker icon struck through by a thick amber line, with the line: the demo has no voice in it
Gaming Tools

Why You Can't Hear Voice in Your CS2 Demo (Fixes)

Can't hear voice comms in a CS2 or FACEIT demo? The real causes - no voice in MM/Premier demos, unset tv_listen_voice_indices, reset commands - and fixes.

Article title card. A row of five binary digits, three of them picked out in amber, with the sum 13 below, and the line: the slots you pick add up to one number
Gaming Tools

How to Hear Voice Comms in a CS2 Demo

Hear voice comms in a CS2 demo with tv_listen_voice_indices: which demos record voice, how the slot bitmask works, and how to isolate one player or a side.

Article title card. A loudspeaker icon with three arcs beside it, the innermost in amber, with the line: the file with the voice in it is the .dem.zst
Gaming Tools Guide

How to Hear Voice Comms in a FACEIT Demo (CS2)

FACEIT records both teams' voice, but only in one of the two demos a match leaves you. Which file to open, the three FACEIT commands, and the slot bitmask.

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