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More info?)
Glee,
Will try the mediaplayer forums. Thanks for the addresses.
Had already been to the nwlink site. No help there.
And re: Hugh's suggestion, the sound is not muted and the volume control on
WMP is somewhere between 50-100%.
"glee" wrote:
> Have you posted the problem on the mediaplayer forums?
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player
> news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.multimedia.windows.mediaplayer
>
> You may also find something helpful here:
> WMP Mini-FAQ:
http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html
> --
> Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
>
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
> "Rob Forker" <RobForker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B4AC1494-7541-4D71-9F90-55D41C42FE6C@microsoft.com...
> > Emrys,
> > Thanks for the reply, but...
> > I've tried 'Preferred Device ' with both available options with no success...
> > I'm far from a beginner, but this has me baffled...
> > especially since I have sound in every other program except WMP...
> >
> > "Emrys Davies" wrote:
> >
> > > "Rob Forker" <RobForker@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > news:37E8DFBF-B45F-4103-B091-B228CA3E1CCD@microsoft.com...
> > > > I have no sound in Windows Media Player, ver. 7.1. Haven't for a long
> > > time
> > > > but thought I would try and fix it.
> > > > Sometimes it just plays the video without sound without getting an
> > > error
> > > > message. Sometimes it will pop-up the error message: "Can't playback
> > > the
> > > > audio stream. No audio hardware is available or the hardware is not
> > > > responding" and will not even play the video.
> > > > Have downloaded and reinstalled WMP. No good.
> > > > Have read and tried all the KB stuff.
> > > > Under Multimedia, Audio, what is in the box is 'VIA Audio (WAVE)'.
> > > When
> > > > going to Advanced Properties to reset the acceleration, Apply, OK, it
> > > appears
> > > > to work but after going back to check it, it is back at Full Accel. It
> > > won't
> > > > hold it at Min.
> > > > The other option in the box is 'Use any available device'. Have tried
> > > doing
> > > > that but still no sound in WMP.
> > > > I can't see how this can be a sound card/hardware problem as WimAmp
> > > plays
> > > > .wmv, .avi, .mpeg files just fine with sound, as does Quicktime with
> > > ..mov. CD
> > > > music plays fine.
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > >
> > > > System info:
> > > > Operating System: Windows 98 (4.10)
> > > > Computer Make: Compaq Presario (1277)
> > > > Processor: 433 MHz AMD-K6
> > > > Memory: 196 MB (188 w/ 8 relegated to sound card)
> > > > Screen Resolution: 800 by 600
> > > > Web Browser: Firefox & IE6
> > > > Other Information:
> > > > ZA, AVG, VIA AC97, Compaq / Phoenix BIOS, HP 5510 All In One
> > >
> > > Rob.,
> > >
> > > I am far from sure that I am being helpful here. Try going to Control
> > > Panel > Multimedia > make sure that 'Preferred device' is set correctly.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Emrys Davies.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
>