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Windows Media Player has no sound?
My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what
has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several months. I have no intention of upgrading to WinX, and after weeks of MS changing descriptions of updates from Optional, to Recommended, to Important, and/or dropping any useful descriptions ... I got tired of spending my days chasing info on them and stopped them altogether. I know the security risks, etc., but I'm wondering if I had already installed some updates affecting WMP? Anyone have any suggestions on what I should check and or anything I can do to restore WMP on my Win7 pc? If MS has succeeded in disabling my WMP use, they are just moving me closer to the date I switch to Linux or Apple. Barbara |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
chicagofan wrote:
My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several months. I have no intention of upgrading to WinX, and after weeks of MS changing descriptions of updates from Optional, to Recommended, to Important, and/or dropping any useful descriptions ... I got tired of spending my days chasing info on them and stopped them altogether. I know the security risks, etc., but I'm wondering if I had already installed some updates affecting WMP? Anyone have any suggestions on what I should check and or anything I can do to restore WMP on my Win7 pc? If MS has succeeded in disabling my WMP use, they are just moving me closer to the date I switch to Linux or Apple. Barbara You did not say what you use WMP for. There are MUCH better alternatives. I dumped WMP back around 2001 and use MPC, VNC, Screamer, Goldwave, etc. |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
Go into Control Panel Sound and try different settings to select the
sound source. -- -- No signature --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: --- |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
chicagofan wrote:
My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several months. snipped the venting and vacuous promises Windows 7 has separate volume level controls in its Mixer app. Maybe you muted (zero volume, not actual mute mode) WMP's mixer volume. With WMP first loaded, click the volume tray icon and click on Mixer. See what volume level is selected for WMP in the Mixer. Well, might as well check it is not muted, too. While there is a volume slider inside of WMP, it will range between 0 to 100% of the max volume level set in the mixer. With both WMP loaded and then the mixer, set the WMP mixer level to, say, 33%. Then slide the volume control inside of WMP. You'll see the volume slider in Mixer move from zero to the max level set there. http://www.thewindowsclub.com/the-ne...-mixer-control |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
Paul in Houston TX wrote:
chicagofan wrote: My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several months. Anyone have any suggestions on what I should check and or anything I can do to restore WMP on my Win7 pc? You did not say what you use WMP for. There are MUCH better alternatives. I dumped WMP back around 2001 and use MPC, VNC, Screamer, Goldwave, etc. Sorry, Paul! I was trying to play music in the WMP library that I have recorded from my DVD collection. However, since posting this I tried to play one of my DVDs and it also had no sound ... but I noticed the sound icon had a small red x. When I removed it the sound came back with the disk ... and with the library. There was no indication in the library playback. When I looked through all the sound settings for devices, etc., there was nothing muted. If it is blocked when I reboot tomorrow, guess I will have to search again for what is controlling it. I have VLC too as an optional player, just rarely use it. Thanks for your patient response as always. bj |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
On 11/19/2015 3:19 PM, chicagofan wrote:
My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several months. I have no intention of upgrading to WinX, and after weeks of MS changing descriptions of updates from Optional, to Recommended, to Important, and/or dropping any useful descriptions ... I got tired of spending my days chasing info on them and stopped them altogether. I know the security risks, etc., but I'm wondering if I had already installed some updates affecting WMP? Anyone have any suggestions on what I should check and or anything I can do to restore WMP on my Win7 pc? If MS has succeeded in disabling my WMP use, they are just moving me closer to the date I switch to Linux or Apple. Barbara I absolutely refuse to use Windows Media Player. I have RealPlayer, VideoLAN (VLC), and Winamp installed. VLC generally handles all kinds of media, both streaming and files (e.g., DVDs, CDs). For some uses, however, I prefer RealPlayer or Winamp. -- David E. Ross Pharmaceutical companies claim their drug prices are so high because they have to recover the costs of developing those drugs. Two questions: 1. Why is the U.S. paying the entire cost of development while prices for the same drugs in other nations are much lower? 2. Manufacturers of generic drugs did not have those development costs. Why are they charging so much for generics? |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
OldGuy wrote:
Go into Control Panel Sound and try different settings to select the sound source. Thanks, OldGuy, if it happens again, will do. bj |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
VanguardLH wrote:
chicagofan wrote: My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several months. snipped the venting and vacuous promises Windows 7 has separate volume level controls in its Mixer app. Maybe you muted (zero volume, not actual mute mode) WMP's mixer volume. With WMP first loaded, click the volume tray icon and click on Mixer. See what volume level is selected for WMP in the Mixer. Well, might as well check it is not muted, too. While there is a volume slider inside of WMP, it will range between 0 to 100% of the max volume level set in the mixer. With both WMP loaded and then the mixer, set the WMP mixer level to, say, 33%. Then slide the volume control inside of WMP. You'll see the volume slider in Mixer move from zero to the max level set there. http://www.thewindowsclub.com/the-ne...-mixer-control If it happens again tomorrow, I'll see if my vacuous mind can follow your kind instructions. Thanks ..... bj |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
David E. Ross wrote:
On 11/19/2015 3:19 PM, chicagofan wrote: My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several months. I have no intention of upgrading to WinX, and after weeks of MS changing descriptions of updates from Optional, to Recommended, to Important, and/or dropping any useful descriptions ... I got tired of spending my days chasing info on them and stopped them altogether. I know the security risks, etc., but I'm wondering if I had already installed some updates affecting WMP? Anyone have any suggestions on what I should check and or anything I can do to restore WMP on my Win7 pc? If MS has succeeded in disabling my WMP use, they are just moving me closer to the date I switch to Linux or Apple. Barbara I absolutely refuse to use Windows Media Player. I have RealPlayer, VideoLAN (VLC), and Winamp installed. VLC generally handles all kinds of media, both streaming and files (e.g., DVDs, CDs). For some uses, however, I prefer RealPlayer or Winamp. My favorite was MusicMatch which Real Player swallowed up. I only use WMP for the DVDs I recorded for lazy listening. I downloaded VLC some time ago, but still haven't tried it. bj |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
chicagofan wrote:
My speakers are working, and I have no idea where to look to see what has changed in WMP, because I haven't used it in several months. I have no intention of upgrading to WinX, and after weeks of MS changing descriptions of updates from Optional, to Recommended, to Important, and/or dropping any useful descriptions ... I got tired of spending my days chasing info on them and stopped them altogether. I know the security risks, etc., but I'm wondering if I had already installed some updates affecting WMP? Anyone have any suggestions on what I should check and or anything I can do to restore WMP on my Win7 pc? If MS has succeeded in disabling my WMP use, they are just moving me closer to the date I switch to Linux or Apple. Barbara My recommendation for sound issues, is to start with the sound icon in the tray. It has separate parts for "record" and "playback". http://i43.tinypic.com/rj1owi.jpg It also has selectors to redirect output to "digital audio", which might attempt to travel over your HDMI cable. If you re-installed a video driver for example, one with a digital sound driver package inside the same folder, it can reinstall digital sound, and "grab" audio from the existing setup. Looking in the Sound icon and all those sub-menus, would be a way to sort it out. The speakers you're using right now, might well be on the analog audio choice. Paul |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 21:31:39 -0500, chicagofan wrote:
David E. Ross wrote: I absolutely refuse to use Windows Media Player. I have RealPlayer, VideoLAN (VLC), and Winamp installed. VLC generally handles all kinds of media, both streaming and files (e.g., DVDs, CDs). For some uses, however, I prefer RealPlayer or Winamp. My favorite was MusicMatch which Real Player swallowed up. I only use WMP for the DVDs I recorded for lazy listening. I downloaded VLC some time ago, but still haven't tried it. bj I can only remember buying three computer programs in my life, (my computer life started in 1982), and MusicMatch was one of them. Sadly, I never installed or used it. -- Char Jackson |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:37:25 -0600, Paul in Houston TX wrote:
You did not say what you use WMP for. There are MUCH better alternatives. I dumped WMP back around 2001 and use MPC, VNC, Screamer, Goldwave, etc. Why not MPC-HC? -- s|b |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:47:35 -0800, David E. Ross wrote:
I absolutely refuse to use Windows Media Player. I have RealPlayer, Why on earth... The last thing I remember of RealPlayer is that is was called 'The Mother of All Spyware'. -- s|b |
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Windows Media Player has no sound?
On 11/20/2015 11:50 AM, s|b wrote:
On Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:47:35 -0800, David E. Ross wrote: I absolutely refuse to use Windows Media Player. I have RealPlayer, Why on earth... The last thing I remember of RealPlayer is that is was called 'The Mother of All Spyware'. I won't go into all the details. However, I marked RealPlayer's cookies.txt as read-only, preventing the storage of cookies. -- David E. Ross Pharmaceutical companies claim their drug prices are so high because they have to recover the costs of developing those drugs. Two questions: 1. Why is the U.S. paying the entire cost of development while prices for the same drugs in other nations are much lower? 2. Manufacturers of generic drugs did not have those development costs. Why are they charging so much for generics? |
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