I've had my computer 18 months now but I've only just tried playing a DVD in it. The pictures are fine, but there's no sound. Sound works fine for playing CDs and everything else. Any advice welcome.
A friend had the same problem once There is a mute setting on your DVD player that is set - you need to find it and turn it off Stupid default setting - its a long time ago so I cant remember exactly where it is
What software are you using to play your DVDs?</p> Look for the mute button (loudspeaker sign) and try switching it.</p>
Mute button There's also something dodgy about the mute button. Try this: go into 'Control Panel', 'Sounds and Audio Devices', then.... you're gonna kick yourself for this one: Click to check 'Mute', then 'Apply', then uncheck 'Mute', then 'Apply' It's important to do both steps of mute->apply mute and then unmute->apply Hope that helps
My colleague had this problem She got video but no sound in MS Media player, but got when she tried WinDVD.
Could be a CODEC issue ? i.e. your PC does not have the right sound filters installed to play the DVD properly, your DVD is providing sound in a digital format that your PC does not understand at the moment. I always use K-Lite codec pack from : </p> http://www.free-codecs.com/K_Lite_Codec_Pack_download.htm </p> This will ensure that your PC can play all kinds of media formats/sounds etc </p> </p> </p> </p> </p>
Have you tried loading new codecs? I seem to remember a similar problem when I got this PC which didn't have the latest codecs. I got sound and no vision for some file formats so slightly different but might be worth a try. Have you tried different file formats and is it the same problem for all of them?
