Audio Problems on Vista x64

[Guest Bobby Johnson]

Last night when I tried watching some video news clips

online I could not hear the sound because it was very, very

low and I wasn't able to find anyway to increase the volume.

Windows sounds seem to be normal and the Realtek HD audio

control seems to be playing the test sounds correctly.

 

I have Vista x64 on a Biostar TA770 A2+ with a Phenom 9600+

and 8GB RAM. This seems to have just suddenly happened. I

did download the latest Realtek HD driver, but that didn't

seem to change anything.

 

I'm open to suggestion.

[Guest Carlos]

RE: Audio Problems on Vista x64

 

Bobby,

Did you try system restore let's say, 2 days back in time?

I always keep shortcuts to different audio test files in order to test my

system: stereo mp3's, 5.1 ac3 dolby's, etc.

That way I am able to isolate at least half of the possible causes.

Regarding the online video clips, could it be a decoder issue?

What kind of audio enconding do they have?

Freeware Mediainfo

(http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86862&package_id=90341) can give you a hand here.

Carlos

 

"Bobby Johnson" wrote:

> Last night when I tried watching some video news clips

> online I could not hear the sound because it was very, very

> low and I wasn't able to find anyway to increase the volume.

> Windows sounds seem to be normal and the Realtek HD audio

> control seems to be playing the test sounds correctly.

>

> I have Vista x64 on a Biostar TA770 A2+ with a Phenom 9600+

> and 8GB RAM. This seems to have just suddenly happened. I

> did download the latest Realtek HD driver, but that didn't

> seem to change anything.

>

> I'm open to suggestion.

>

[Guest Bobby Johnson]

Re: Audio Problems on Vista x64

 

Carlos,

 

When I went to do a system restore I suddenly found that it

had been turned off, but I didn't do it. I had made an

Acronis backup in May and I restored the system from that.

The audio is now working correctly.

 

I did find a several references on the internet and at

Microsoft of which I tried several of the recommended

solutions - none of them worked. It seems this happens

quite a bit in both Vista x64 & x86 based on what I found

and no one has found a definitive reason as to what triggers

this.

 

The clips were off CNN and they must be using Adobe since I

was prompted to install the Adobe plug-in for I.E.

 

Thanks for your input.

 

Bobby

 

 

Carlos wrote:

> Bobby,

> Did you try system restore let's say, 2 days back in time?

> I always keep shortcuts to different audio test files in order to test my

> system: stereo mp3's, 5.1 ac3 dolby's, etc.

> That way I am able to isolate at least half of the possible causes.

> Regarding the online video clips, could it be a decoder issue?

> What kind of audio enconding do they have?

> Freeware Mediainfo

> (http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86862&package_id=90341) can give you a hand here.

> Carlos

>

> "Bobby Johnson" wrote:

>

>> Last night when I tried watching some video news clips

>> online I could not hear the sound because it was very, very

>> low and I wasn't able to find anyway to increase the volume.

>> Windows sounds seem to be normal and the Realtek HD audio

>> control seems to be playing the test sounds correctly.

>>

>> I have Vista x64 on a Biostar TA770 A2+ with a Phenom 9600+

>> and 8GB RAM. This seems to have just suddenly happened. I

>> did download the latest Realtek HD driver, but that didn't

>> seem to change anything.

>>

>> I'm open to suggestion.

>>

[Guest Juergen Kluth]

Re: Audio Problems on Vista x64

 

Hi,

did you walk to systems control -> sound and audio ?

 

depending on your graphicscard , which allready may have an audio controller

too, the default output could be switched to THAT device

 

check the settings

 

jk

[Guest Bobby Johnson]

Re: Audio Problems on Vista x64

 

I did check, but there was nothing to choose. I would

presume it would be a wave file sent via internet since it

was on-line video news clips, but don't know for sure.

 

 

Juergen Kluth wrote:

> Hi,

> did you walk to systems control -> sound and audio ?

>

> depending on your graphicscard , which allready may have an audio controller

> too, the default output could be switched to THAT device

>

> check the settings

>

> jk

>

>