audio just quit working?

[adamf9898]

the audio was working just fine, but after i rebooted my pc, the audio just quit all together working, i think somehow the audio codec got removed from my pc and i dont remember what the codec was

i checked the properties tab in windows media player and it says unknown for the audio, please help this is very annoying

[adamf9898]

ok, some more info:

i tried playing the movie with winamp, the sound plays perfect, but now the video wont play, it just shows a black screen

what is my luck¿

the movies are in xvid, i really hope someone can help me

[gitreel]

Do you have the latest xvid codec installed?

[jimmalenko]

If you post information about the file in you first post you are more likely to receive help faster

Can you tell me what audio the file has (use GSpot or AVICodec) ?

It sounds like you don't have the correct audio codec installed.

[adamf9898]

ok, i used gspot, and the audio codec is MPEG-1 Layer 3

i also noticed that when i selected render in gspot, i got an error saying cannot play back audio stream, no audio hardware detected

and i am using the XviD-1.0.1

[jimmalenko]

sounds like your sound card or onboard sound might not be working properly. Can you play any sounds at all ?

[adamf9898]

yes, i can play mp3 files, perfect, just the movie won't play any audio

can i just get the MPEG-1 Layer 3 audio codec somewhere?

[jimmalenko]

Take a screen capture of what GSpot tells you and post it here.

[adamf9898]

for some reason, its not letting me upload the image

[jimmalenko]

for some reason, its not letting me upload the image

Your image was too big. It has to be below 50KB, and in JPEG, GIF or PNG format. Never mind. Judging by the pic you emailed me, it was a good idea you didn't post it

Anyway ...

Perhaps you could try reinstalling all your codecs ?

[adamf9898]

i just tried that, i reinstalled over 10 codecs, and i still get no sound, but the video plays perfect

know anything about pci multimedia device drivers? cuz in my system device manager, i have a yellow question mark beside this, i dunno where to get the driver at, and it says uknown device so i really dont know anything about it besides it says pci multimedia device

[jimmalenko]

i just tried that, i reinstalled over 10 codecs, and i still get no sound, but the video plays perfect

know anything about pci multimedia device drivers? cuz in my system device manager, i have a yellow question mark beside this, i dunno where to get the driver at, and it says uknown device so i really dont know anything about it besides it says pci multimedia device

A-HA !

that sounds like your sound card needs to be re-installed, like I said earlier. I was thrown off by the fact you got some sounds to play though. If it was truly your sound card, nothing would play at all.

[jimmalenko]

I don't mean to sound patronising, but we aren't your personal helpdesk, and contrary to popular opinon, can't see your screen from here. The more information you can provide to us, the quicker we can tell you how to fix it. Try putting as much information is your first post as possible - dribs and drabs along the way make it nigh on impossible to accurately figure out what's going on.

Head up, I'm sure you'll fix it in the end.

[adamf9898]

ok, well, my soundcard is attatched along with my motherboard, and the monitor, sound, keyboard and mouse ports are all on one chip, so how do i actually reinstall my soundcard?

[jimmalenko]

So it is a PCI soundcard (the plugs are in a separate area on the back of your PC and not in the same section as monitor etc)?

Preferably you should have a driver disc that came with the PC. If not, you need to identify the make and model of it and then try www.driverguide.com.

It still doesn't make any sense though that your MP3s still play - If there was something wrong specifically with the soundcard then no sound would work at all. Can you post a screen dump of the device manager screen ?

[adamf9898]

well, it doesn't seem like i can upload the pic, and it was .jpg and under 50kb, but i will email the pic to you

so what do i need to do?

[adamf9898]

ok, i guess i will just have to take my pc to the shop