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Going Crazy: Why No Sound w. Flash 9 in some but not all sites w/ embedded video?

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July 22, 2006
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i have going crazy with no sound w/ Flash Player 8 or 9 in Internet Explorer (IE) with playing embedded video. this problem occurs with many websites with embedded youtube or other flash videos. the sound bar was set to zero, but even if i drag it to a higher level, there is no sound. yet, when the same video is played from youtube directly, it works perfectly.

when i uninstall Flash 8 or 9 and reinstall an older version such as Flash 7, the sound plays perfectly without problem.

i am running win xp professional sp2. latest updates/patches installed. ie 6.

i have tried the following:
1. the k-lite codec trick - does not work.
2. scanned for virus/spyware - none found.
3. uninstall all Flash w/ adobe uninstaller and reinstall the latest build - does not work.
4. clean out all registry entries related to flash and reinstall - does not work
5. deleted quicktime - does not work

can someone please help me? i searched everywhere and this is driving me mad. i saw simliar posts but none describes my situation and offers a fix.

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karalius

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I read a post about adobe flash palyer 10 http://notechie.com/adobe-flash-player-soon-the-final-version-10/ . Is it true?

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professorw

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Alright, by some miracle of God Himself and not Adobe who have a tech support department parallel to the Keystone Cops, I have sound back on YouTube and I have no idea how it happened. Here is the sequence this morning that happened to get YouTube sounds back. First, I downloaded the YouTube downloader. Second, I uninstalled WinDVD 8 a program that suchs it takes too long to startup and more. Finally, I found another virus on my comp and I took it out, and I don't mean on a date you bleepy bleeps Santa Clops fans. I really think WinDVD 8 was the culprit and the sound came back once I took it out, and I don't mean on a date you Santa Clops Fans! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7g8KMA7nFk

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Wrigleyville

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I've been working on this for 3 days and no solution yet. I've tried all the tips on this site but they haven't fixed the issue. It seems to me that the player isn't even starting. Napster errors out when it tries to launch the player and XM Radio.com goes from "Conecting..." and then right back to "Ready" when I hit the play button. Other than these two sites Flash is playing the audio everywhere... I've tried Flash 7,8, and 9 but the same thing happens with all of them.

The other oddity is this problem only affects my user account. If I create a new user everything works fine and it also works with user accounts that were created before the problem appeared...

Any thoughts?

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professorw

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I don't understand it either: one minute we have flash sound, the next minute we have zero sound. If you want to still watch YouTube videos try this I am using it right now http://www.download.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html?part=dl-10647340&subj=dl&tag=button the YouTube downloader. What is Adobe's problem why can't they help us? This cannot be a software issue the way it happens it must be virus, spyware, ad-aware or outside of the program related. Zamzar is not reliable to download YouTube videos because it takes about two days to complete. If Adobe can't help us with the Flash sound problem, then their programs are unreliable. Now you know why I encourage publishers to use Quark versus InDesign and the generic Foxit Reader Program versus Acrobat. Plus they both actually cost money which we don't have.

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Anonymous

I will finally chime in here - I used to have embedded video sound, which my kids use for Webkiinz, etc and I use for youtube. Then one day it stopped working. I scoured forums for weeks and have tried everything short of completely reinstalling windows. I tried CC scan, Registry fix, Real Tek Manager, Speaker plugs, K-lite Codecs, Virus, Drivers, MSadcm.drv and wave mapper or what ever the files are. I moved stuff from one comp to another, etc.

I tried different versions of IE and Firefox and Adobe Flash. One time it came back for 5 minutes and then disappeared again.

Beyond frustration, I simply blame the embedded video suppliers for not giving us a choice of what software to use to view their content. We are stuck with Adobe and Adobe does not ensure the codec it is using is making it to your speakers. That is so lame. Just pipe some data out and don't care if it ever works with your computer.

So if you read all of the above forums, I tried it all including the 4 "Flash 7 no sound fixes". All to no avail.

I cannot hear you tube sound and my kids cannot hear sound on any of the kiddie sites that all use Flash for their content.

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professorw

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Alright, I have also lost sound to my Adobe flash Player while viewing videos on YouTube and Google. I have tried almost everything to fix it: the cut and paste reg file fixes, checking that file in the registry, I even deleted it and recreated it but it did not help, scanning for viruses, reinstalling, checking Flash Settings, running repair programs and everything else I could find online and nothing works.

However, here is the weird part, I wanted to check and see if downloaded YouTube videos would work and they did, I downloaded a YouTube file off of Zamzar and run it and the sound worked fine so the sound does work perfectly from downloaded youtube videos in WMP. To repeat, I have tried all the reg.fix cut and paste files, the myscom32 file in the registry, reinstalling, scanning for viruses, repair programs, etc. Every solution I could fine online is one I have attempted, please advise.

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sumfuktupkid

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Hey folks,

I've tried the registry fix, uninstalling and reinstalling codecs and browsers, k-lite codec pack and running the k-lite codec repair tool, all with no results.

I have found a quick solution for anyone who has Realtek audio hardware and is running their goofy software:
1. open up the Realtek HD Audio Manager
2. Crawl behind your tower and unplug all the cords from your speakers
3. Plug them back in (in the right color coded spots, of course)
4. The Realtek manager will ask you what those holes are supposed to do. The settings that are already there should be correct. It shouldn't be very hard to figure it out otherwise: front speakers, back speakers, center/sub woofer, etc.
5. Test it on Google video, you should be good. Another post mentioned stopping and restarting the process and may also be a good solution, although I did not try this.

I have fought with this for about 2 1/2 weeks and never thought to check this. Although I don't remember exactly, I'm eager to assume this issue started occurring when I updated my Flash software. Needless to say I'm not a fan of either Realtek or Adobe right now (never have been a fan of Realtek, btw).

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qwertytical

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LOOK HERE!!: I was having this problem - sound on everything except flash and did all the registry settings and no go -- I went into the sound control panel for my sound card --> this is the control panel software specific to my sound card and NOT the windows one. In the panel I had a caution symbol - I clicked it and it fixed the problem. I know everyone will have different sound cards and panels and wont necessarily have this caution icon to click on - but my point is that if the registry fix does not work for you -- then the problem may be sound card software specific -- check your soundcard software control panel and play around with your preferences -- possibly even try an uninstall/reinstall of your sound card software.

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Anonymous

I was 2 weeks watching many forums and trying all of the tools (registry, system settings, updates aso.) to fix the problem with the missing sound by using flash videos (You Tube) and system sounds. My solution by chance: anything is wrong with my REAL TEC SOUND CARD or the settings in the REAL TEC HD-AUDIO MANAGER:

When I click in "sound effects" everything settings except "Non" and "Living Room" the sound of my You Tupe and flash sounds works. So I set "General" and don´t ask why it is so. I think there are other different answers, but that´s the one what helped me.

Good luck everybody!

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prez3711

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in case people still have this issue...

i went through every possible solution on this page and others.

my exact problem was just about every embedded media on every page in ie and firefox played, but with no audio, i could play audio files on my pc though.

after i restarted computer and messed with registry and audio settings and drivers forever...

solution:
opened the realtek manager
opened task manager
under the applications tab, right clicked the realtek program and hit go to process
ended the realtek process and relaunched.

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johngfcare

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i was have same problem, and site show me missing graphic, instead of view video. but it fix after some updates.

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chsajid11

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don't be crazy, install new updates. you will be fine with sound.

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Anonymous

I download the update version of Flash player when i having any problem with flash.

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