Audio issue

[BeerMan]

when I play a video on google/youtube, there is no audio coming out of the pc speakers (Yamaha YST series). but on any other sites, including cnn and myspace, the sound comes out just fine.

before you say that the pc might be blocking the audio from gootube, this is not the case since the audio works well through the home stereo system that's hooked up the same way.

here's the usual "has anyone ever had this problem? how can it be resolved?"

[stan lee cup]

Weird. What kind of computer and operating system do you have?

[OTTo VoN BLoTTo]

This may sound simple, but is the volume turned up in those embedded media players?

[Len-Det64]

Check the volume on the site. There is typically a volume control with the player. It is either muted or turned way down.

[BeerMan]

Originally Posted by stan lee cup

Weird. What kind of computer and operating system do you have?

Compaq with XP

Originally Posted by Len-Det64

Check the volume on the site. There is typically a volume control with the player. It is either muted or turned way down.

already checked that.

I have the same problem with the arcade in LGK, btw.

[UnderTheGUN]

I have an issue with certain file types when played with Media Player. The audio plays back really slow. It sounds like if you play an album at the wrong speed. A girls voice will be really low, slow and scary. Like she is drugged out or something. I need to do some research and see if I can figure out which file types are involved.

[stan lee cup]

My thoughts...some of these may seem stupid, but should be asked:

1. You Tube runs on Adobe Flash Player 9 usually. Do you have it installed on your laptop?

2. Is it an older Compaq? Your sound card may not be able to handle newer applications.

3. Try this:

Hardware Acceleration Slider Is Set too High

If the Hardware acceleration slider is not set to None, move the Hardware acceleration slider to a notch closer to None.

To do this in Windows XP, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, and then click Sounds and Audio Devices (or just Sound and Audio Devices in Classic View).
2. Click the Audio tab, and then click the Advanced button under Sound Playback.
3. Click the Performance tab, and then move the Hardware acceleration slider to a notch closer to None.
4. Click OK, and then click OK again.
5. Click Yes if you are prompted to restart your computer.

Just some things to try. Hope something works for you!

link for other assistance:

http://support.microsoft.com

[BeerMan]

Originally Posted by stan lee cup

My thoughts...some of these may seem stupid, but should be asked:

1. You Tube runs on Adobe Flash Player 9 usually. Do you have it installed on your laptop?

2. Is it an older Compaq? Your sound card may not be able to handle newer applications.

3. Try this:

Hardware Acceleration Slider Is Set too High

If the Hardware acceleration slider is not set to None, move the Hardware acceleration slider to a notch closer to None.

To do this in Windows XP, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, click Sounds, Speech, and Audio Devices, and then click Sounds and Audio Devices (or just Sound and Audio Devices in Classic View).
2. Click the Audio tab, and then click the Advanced button under Sound Playback.
3. Click the Performance tab, and then move the Hardware acceleration slider to a notch closer to None.
4. Click OK, and then click OK again.
5. Click Yes if you are prompted to restart your computer.

Just some things to try. Hope something works for you!

link for other assistance:

http://support.microsoft.com

negative that, Houston.

[stan lee cup]

Originally Posted by BeerMan

negative that, Houston.

Bummer BeerMan. Sorry, I'm out of ideas. Hope it works out for ya.

[styx66]

a number of possible solutions in this:

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=1&gl=us

good luck!

[bodycheck]

audio codecs...
although an updated version of FLV player SHOULD take care of it.

only thing i can say for sure...its not your speakers... has to lie somewhere in the sound card/software on your machine.

[El Cochino]

Are you sure the "WAVE" on the "master volume" isn't muted or too low? double click the little speaker thingy next to the time on the lower right hand corner of your desk top... I've had that happen to me a few times.

[quix]

Since the problem seems to be isolated to Flash streaming I can only recommend reinstalling your Flash player plugin through the Adobe website.
Good luck.

[BeerMan]

Originally Posted by bodycheck

audio codecs...
although an updated version of FLV player SHOULD take care of it.

only thing i can say for sure...its not your speakers... has to lie somewhere in the sound card/software on your machine.

it is the soundcard. had a chance to check it out this morning.

swapped the jacks between the two ports on the card and now the Yamaha system is working and the home stereo isn't.

this soundcard is about 10 years old. SB Live! is what it is and it's worked well for a long time - til recently.

I guess that means it's time for a new one.

any suggestions? I'm not looking to break the bank (read that again, KBM).

thanks for the help, fellas.

[King Ludwig]

This could also do the trick... All I did was choose the largest of the codec packages and don't have to worry about loading several worthless media players when you get them all in one neat little package...

I KNOW this doesn't sound right...but it is a good player...