I thought my headphone jack had a problem but it seems I can't listen to youtube videos or internet streams from my notebook on my headphones. However I can listen to music cds, and flash drive audio and video files. Any ideas? Do I need to change any settings? Please help if you can.
If you are telling us your sound works fine but not YouTube,
then I am sure the following is not your problem or solution:
-- you might have turned the volume down
-- you might have muted it before
-- a cookie might have kept it that way
-- it could be due to slow connection
-- it could be due to high traffic
-- try watching it during off peak hours
-- solution: buy their downloader?!?!
By the way, 'cookies' are tiny files that websites plunk onto
your computer about your viewing preferences, such as the
features that you have enabled on your YouTube homepage.
Cookies do not affect sound whatsoever.
I see questions similar to yours every few days on Y!A now,
so I recently did a whole lot of Googling, searching, reading
and poring over dozens of discussion threads and websites,
only to realize that there are no definitive answers out there.
The only semblance of a part solution which kind of worked
for a few people would require you to either:
1 -- fool around with your "registry" (which I would be totally
deadset against because that could really screw things up);
2 -- download some utilities (which I would be just as much
against, because that kind of stuff is what probably created
your problem in the first place).
Thus, my first piece of advice is to shutdown then reboot. If
that doesn't work, clear your "cache" of "Cookies", "History"
and "Temporary Internet Files", thus making your computer
"fresh" in YouTube's eyes. My infamous "CHTIF" triple-cure
has resolved hundreds of Ylisten to youtubeouTubers' problems. So why not
yours. Please reboot after doing this:
Internet Explorer 6:
→ Tools → Internet Options
→ Delete Cookies → OK
→ Delete Files → OK
→ Clear History → Yes
→ OK
Internet Explorer 7:
→ Tools → Internet Options → Delete...
→ Delete files → Yes
→ Delete cookies → OK
→ Delete history → OK
→ Close (browsing history window)
→ OK
Mozilla Firefox 3:
→ Tools → Clear Private Data
[x] Browsing History
[x] Download History
[x] Saved Form and Search History
[x] Cache
[x] Cookies
→ Clear Private Data Now
Apple Safari 3:
→ Edit → Preferences
→ Security (tab) → Show Cookies
→ Remove All → Done
after that:
→ Safari → Empty Cache → Empty
after that:
→ History → Clear History
If that does not do the trick, here's some other suggestions:
? If you've got GWA or any kind of "accelerators", get rid of
them immediately, because they are always in conflict with
YouTube. Applications such as AIM, AOL, ICQ, and Yahoo
Messenger also interfere with YouTube.
? There could also be conflicts with other video players that
are installed on your computer, like Windows Media Player,
Real Player and QuickTime. Check all of their volumes, too.
? The newer versions of Flash are frustrating a whole bunch
of YouTubers. Most updates are typically good for only one
thing: software conflicts. If you are using 1 of the 8 versions
of Flash 10 (yes, there actually are 8), you should consider
the Asker's comments on this other "Best Answer" of mine:
? Please avoid crappy utilities, downloaders and converters.
There are some answerers here on Yahoo! that are actually
disguised salespimps. If anyone's solution is for you to buy,
install, use or get something, please bear in mind that their
answers have probably got nothing to do with your question
and that the wares they are peddling might actlisten to youtubeually worsen
your problem. Besides, what kind of stupid and self-serving
answer is..."Despite the fact you cannot hear any videos or
watch them properly, buy our downloader".[my paraphrase]
? Some people found success by just closing their browser
and restarting it. A couple others rebooted, and one person
wrote to me recently saying that everything started working
magically again the next day with no effort on his part; thus
your problem might just be a temporary glitch.
If you're able to determine the "cause" and its "cure", could
you please click on my avatar and write to me so that I can
include it in my future Yahoo! Answers. One other apparent
cause so far seems to be if you download "Torrents" music.
I wish you luck and hope that there's something in my long
answer does the trick for you.
Here are 2 other possible solutions to videos with no sound.
They might seem old but they both got very positive results:
FIREFOX + VISTA
zarin denatrose . wordpress . com / 2008 / 07 / 31 / fixing - sound - firefox - vista /
WAVEMAPPER
www . my digital life . info / 2007 / 08 / 15 / adobe-flash - no-sound - wavemapper-trick /
Have you noticed the volume box in the bottom right corner of the video screen. You might have turned it down or muted it before and a cookie might have kept it that way.
or ...
2. It could be due to slow connection or high traffic.
Try watching it during off peak hours, the sound play will probably play better.
Or you could watch it offline... try using 'zillatube' . It plays the video much smoother and better.
It works very well....just google search for "zillatube", and select the first search result for download...
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