Media Player No Sound

[BreezeLI]

Hi all!

I'm using XP Pro SP1 and recently my Media Player has decided not to play sounds on avi files. It seems fine for all other applications. I know it's not the avi files as they play fine in the divx player. I tried to upgrade to WMP10, but that didn't help.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!
-=Rob

 

[linney]

Is it just sound, do you have video displayed for AVI in WMP?

Have you checked in the WMP/ Tools/ Options/ File Types, see if AVI files are checked in the box to be played in WMP.

811982 - How to troubleshoot playback in Windows Media Player 9

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=811982&FR=1

This is a handy site for all things WMP.

http://www.nwlink.com/~zachd/pss/pss.html

310353 - How to Perform a Clean Boot in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310353&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

316434 - HOW TO: Perform Advanced Clean-Boot Troubleshooting in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;316434&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

310560 - How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310560&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

 

[BreezeLI]

It's just sound, the video plays fine. I don't think it's a codec, because the same video will play fine with video/audio in the divx player.

 

[linney]

Can mplayer2.exe (located in the same folder as WMP 9 or 10) play the sound?

 

[BreezeLI]

Does the same thing. First I get "Unable to download an appropriate decompressor." Them after I click CLOSE, the video starts with no sound. I reinstalled the divx codec (and Xvid and 3ivx, just to be sure), but I still get the same thing.

 

[linney]

Any clues here?

Error Message "Unable to Download an Appropriate Decompressor." Playing an .avi File

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278947/en-us?FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

You receive an "Unable to download appropriate decompressor" error message in Windows Media Player

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842186/en-us?FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Error Message: Unable to Download an Appropriate Decompressor

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/230687/en-us?FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

Unable to Download Supported Codecs in Windows Media Player

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297752/en-us?FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH