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    Something wrong with sound

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Orphen, May 10, 2006.

  1. Orphen

    Orphen Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys

    This only happened just recently......when i try to play a video file using WMP (windows media player) it runs fine....but when i try to skip some bits of the video, the sound disappears? :confused:

    This is happening to all my video files, even the ones on my cd.....i've d/led the sound driver for my laptop (A6Ja) from the asus website and that still doesn't fix it........

    anybody got any ideas why i'm getting this problem?

    thanks
     
    Orphen, May 10, 2006
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  2. ejl

    ejl fudge

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    it might be an issue with the wmp. have you tried using a different player? i use vlc media player.
     
    ejl, May 10, 2006
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    Swatkins Notebook Consultant

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    Ejl's got the right idea. I'm not sure exactly, but the first thing that comes to mind is to try to play the same file with another media player and see if the same thing happens. If it doesn't than it's likely a WMP configuration issue.
     
    Swatkins, May 10, 2006
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    Bwen Notebook Evangelist

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    Do you have the most up to date WMP? Try reinstalling it with the newest link from Microsoft.com and also give Windows Media Player Classic a try, it's WMP 6.x and seems to run all video files even .rm and .mp4 if you have the little addons if needed.
     
    Bwen, May 11, 2006
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  5. Orphen

    Orphen Notebook Enthusiast

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    yep ok.......i've tried playing the video clips with Real Player 10 and the sound still disappears if i try to skip it...........wierd..........anymore solutions?
     
    Orphen, May 11, 2006
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    Orphen Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol wait ok, got it to sork now........had to download windows media player 10........wat an odd problem :confused:
     
    Orphen, May 11, 2006
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    Shampoo Notebook Deity

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    Orphen it was probably a problem with your audio codecs, which probably needed updating.

    That is all.

    No worries it happens all the time. Many people ask why certain audio/video does not play properly and the easy answer is that there is no standard for audio/video, so many, MANY different codecs are out there to produce audio/video.

    VERY, VERY annoying if you ask me because we must keep up to date with them and sometimes certain codecs can conflict with other ones and give us some weird problems.

    Rawr, we need standardization for this stuff~!!!!
     
    Shampoo, May 11, 2006
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