No Sound in Videos - No changes Made to Laptop

hi,

I have an Acer Aspire V5 laptop.It has a celeron cpu,and is a basic small laptop.
I listen to video news online,and i have not installed or uninstalled any software prior to the problem of no sound in videos since it last played back video with sound.

I have tried to play the same video on firefox and internet explorer,and there was no sound,only video.
The browsers are using FlashPlayer as far as I know.And the speakers (realtech are the default speakers-found in the control panel/sound.Is there another sound setting??
The sound card works as skype works.

The volume link is not available on the video played in both browsers.And the mute button is available in IE but not in Firefox,but it is not muted(as I have checked).
And the volume which is accessed from the bottom right hands side of windows is at max.

What has happened to the volume??

Thanks to anyone that can help.

I would uninstall the sound card in Device Manager and select the box to delete the drivers if given as an option. Then either reboot or scan for hardware changes and let windows search and install the driver. Be sure to have internet access when you do it.

I would NOT check the box to uninstall the drivers, just uninstall the sound device in the Device Manager, then restart the PC and when Windows starts it will detect and reinstall the sound. If there were a Windows corruption of the sound this will fix it.

However, as it worked and now does not, a System Restore back to an available restore date when it did work correctly may take care of the problem.

Thanks for the replies.
Well i tried to unisntall the driver for the sound card in Device Manager,system restore to an earlier time and finally a system recovery.And there is still no sound in videos.So i gather there must be a physical connection loose to the speakers ??

Anyway thanks for the replies

In your original post, you stated your sound card is OK; therefore, I'm assuming that some sounds work and the problem is restricted to just online videos. Is that correct? If so, could you possibly download one of those videos to your laptop and see if the audio works when the video is resident on your laptop? Also, please test your audio to confirm it is OK by doing the following:

Go to Control Panel > Sounds> right-click on speakers and select test:

Hi,

Yes i have done the above as shown in your post,as well as used the realtek software for a speaker sound test;and checked the volume sound link,the system sound test,and can see the realtek speakers as the default in control panel "sound" .There was no sound in any of the cases.But i can call out on skype,so i assume that means the sound card is ok.There are no other sounds other than skype calls that i make that i hear via headphones.Tbe usual sound the skype software makes on quitting is absent.There are no other sounds,just sound for skype calls on the headphones.Is there a mute button somewhere that is not found in the places i have mentioned that I have looked ?

How do you download videos to the laptop? They are videos from news sites such as news.com.au.
I have used IE,waterfox and previously firefox,and chrome on the same videos - no sound,just video.

cheers

OK, it does sound like you have a general sound issue so no need to download any video. There is one other mute setting to check. Go to Control Panel > Sounds > Communication Tab and make sure the "Mute all other sounds" box is not ticked:

no the "mute all other sounds" radio button isnt checked.Only the reduce sounds by 80% button is checked.So i assume there is a loose cable connection inside the laptop? I only found 1 flashplayer settings link in control panel,and one in chrome,which led to a pop up browser page that said it was displaying the actual storage and security etc settings.Is there another flash player settings option.I did try right click on a flashplayer video for those settings...no change to sound at all.

....cable problem

ciao,thanks for the help

Well, if you didn't drop it and/or you cannot associate any triggering event with the loss of your sound, and you have tried to reinstall the drivers (as suggested by others), then I guess it is a hardware and/or connection issue. In addition, you asked about additional flash settings and the only one I can come up with is when you are watching a youtube video, right click the youtube video, select settings, and disable hardware acceleration; however, I don't see how that could be the issue but good luck and I hope you get it fixed!

Me Too!

Wait, My2Cents, don't go! I have the same problem too! But unlike the original poster, I believe I can provide some additional information that could lead to solving this problem.

1) Purchased brand new in July 2013 with no issues until July 2014.
2) Never dropped or damaged, home laptop use only.
3) Problem occurs with any and all sounds, not just online videos only. Music files, stored videos, etc.
4) Sound never works on initial start-up, BUT it does fix itself whenever I reboot the laptop. Frustrating that I have to resort to this but why not work the 1st time everytime instead?
5) Finally... I have screen shots! See below:





I can tell you with confidence that the music files work perfectly (because of reason #4 above) So that can't be the culprit. But the 2nd screen shot seems to suggest something is amiss. So I went to the task manager to see what could be running that may be malfunctioning the sound.



If you'd like, I could take more screen shots but this is as far as my expertise takes me, I just don't have the eye to catch anything out of the norm. Thanks for looking into this though!

Thank You!!

popeye said:

I would uninstall the sound card in Device Manager and select the box to delete the drivers if given as an option. Then either reboot or scan for hardware changes and let windows search and install the driver. Be sure to have internet access when you do it.

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Thank You So Much!!!!!!!