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    DVD drive - no audio from DVDs

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by hydrogeo99, Jul 23, 2010.

  1. hydrogeo99

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    I have a Gateway MX6440 with a DVD/CD drive. I loaded a DVD to watch, and instead of getting sound, I got a constant clicking noise - the noise was coming from the speakers, not the drive itself. I've watched several videos online and the sound was fine...so I figured there was something wrong with the drive. I got another one and installed it. Put in a DVD and found the same problem...so must not be the drive after all. :mad: I put a CD in the drive and it played fine. The DVD plays video fine, but no sound...just the clicking noise. Any ideas what the problem is :confused: Thanks.
     
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    Your DVD's may be trying to pass the sound through the HDMI or other device. Check how you have your sound output setup..............
     
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    This computer does not have an HDMI port...I checked the settings for Sound in the control panel and the only playback option is the speakers. DVDs and CDs are both set to automatically play in Windows Media Player.
     
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    UPDATE

    At the suggestion of somebody in another forum, I loaded VLC Player and tried that. I set the default DVD player in the control panel to VLC instead of Widows Media Player, popped in a movie and Viola! - audio is now playing correctly with the video :) .

    I guess I'll just use the VLC Player for movies from now on, but still wondering what the issue is with Windows Media Player that won't allow the audio in DVDs only to play correctly :confused: .
     
    hydrogeo99, Jul 24, 2010
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