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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2009 12:07:50 GMT
HI ALL ,,, can anybody help me with the problem I am having down-loading a video file [''garry's wonderfull-land''] ,the problem is I get the vision & not the sound....  ? I can get the sound ok from ''UTUBE'' ,which seems strange ,but not 4 file.... my connection is on very slow at the moment taking over 1 hour to d/load the video only to find ''NO-SOUND''..  & I have done it twice..... any help will be appreciated CHEERS...........barry..  |
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Post by bill on Jun 23, 2009 15:38:57 GMT
G'Day Barry ;D,
I have downloaded it. The file is "Wonderful Land_TVS3 Video Demo.wmv" and on my computer is 18,233 kb in size. Is that what arrives at your end? You might have trouble with such a long name or the fact that it has spaces in it. If the file size is different then it is corrupted.
I can email it to you but obviously that will still use up your bandwidth. Let me know if you want me to do that.
Bill
PS Thanks for your concern about me not being around. I work away from home and my mobile broadband card failed so I was offline more often than not for the past fortnight. Got a replacement, so back to normal.
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Post by George Lewis on Jun 23, 2009 22:40:24 GMT
Hi Barry, As Bill suggests, check the size of the file. If it is the same size you most likely have the dreaded missing audio codec. Depending on what was used to create the video file and what you are using to play it, you can have video but no sound, sound but no or bad video or won't play at all. The whole business of video and audio codecs in Windows is a bl  dy mess. Fortunately there are some quite good free media codec packages on the 'Net, so if this is the problem do a Google for them. Alternatively, make sure you have the latest update for Windows media Player, which may fix the problem. Regards George |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2009 4:41:03 GMT
HI BILL & GEORGE ,,, bill I am happy to know you are ok mate as I had noticed your absence !!! I will try to work though the promlem here & if I cannot fix-it I will take you up on your offer,thanks... GEORGE ,, I recently had a problem with my ''sound-max'' on board sound card & had to eventuly go to the ''intel-site to d/load a new driver... which may be the problem? ,but I can get sound from ''UTUBE'' it seems very odd? ? CHEERS & THANKS ...........barry.. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2009 4:46:50 GMT
HI bill I just checked my video size it states size is 17.8 mb? barry... |
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Post by fenderplucker on Jun 24, 2009 4:54:35 GMT
Hi Barry,
have you tried "playing" the file on the 4-shared page, rather than "downloading" it to your computer?
Best Regards,
paul.
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Post by bill on Jun 24, 2009 7:37:52 GMT
G'Day Barry,
I think the file is OK at 17.8 MB. On both a Windows Vista and Windows XP machine right clicking the file and choosing properties reports the file size as 17.8 MB (18,670,524 bytes). The reported size on disk is slightly different.
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Post by George Lewis on Jun 24, 2009 8:00:46 GMT
Hi Barry, Bill and Paul,
I suspect Barry has to download because his connection speed makes playing a 4Shared streaming video virtually unusable.
I recently had this "missing audio codec" problem when experimenting on converting video to various wmv formats and in the end decided Youtube was the simplest solution as they convert everything to Flash format. Notice, 4Shared also doesn't know what to do with 16:9 videos in streaming mode. They are "squashed". I know Gary is tall, tanned and fairly thin .... but not that thin !!! Thank goodness at least the audio is OK ... whoops, unless like Barry there is no audio.
Barry, have a look at "About Media Player" are you on 11. something ??
Regards
George
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Post by Charlie Hall on Jun 24, 2009 8:50:49 GMT
VLC media player is well worth trying, and it's free. It plays almost anything there is, sound and video.
Regards,
Charlie
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Post by bill on Jun 24, 2009 9:28:09 GMT
VLC media player is well worth trying, and it's free. It plays almost anything there is, sound and video. Regards, Charlie Good point Charlie, that's exactly what I use on this laptop. Barry, download from here - www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2009 2:01:37 GMT
HI ALL ,,,thanks all as well ,,,george yes it.mediaplayer 11... & still no joy with that file ,,,albiet the vision & yes I have net gary & he is not as thin as that!!!!!!!!,,, BILL3 , can you tell me if I will lose my library ,any way I will try to d/load that media-player suggested ........thanks,, PAUL,,, yes mate same problem or actully no video either trying the direct ,4 shared ? CHEERS barry.. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2009 5:41:08 GMT
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Post by Charlie Hall on Jun 26, 2009 10:40:16 GMT
Hi Barry,
I don't know if this will help or not but you could have a look at the sound settings menu. You should find it from the Control Panel. There should be settings for playback and a separate set of settings for recording. Check the playback settings to make sure that all wav and other sounds are activated.
Regards,
Charlie
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Post by bill on Jun 26, 2009 11:52:19 GMT
G'Day Barry,
VLC has the codecs built in which is why I thought Charlie's suggestion was worth trying. I doubt if it makes any difference but you say you used VLC to download the file, did you try just playing the file that you had already downloaded with VLC, that is everything just on your computer?
I think Charlie's most recent suggestion is the thing to try. Look at the volume control, not just the simple one with one slider, the 'advanced' one with several sliders for various sounds. Put them all to maximum for a start! Also check that the 'audio sound playback' is set to the device you want to use (you will have at least a built in sound capability plus the sound max card, assuming that is an additional card over and above the one that is almost certainly built into the motherboard.
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Post by Charlie Hall on Jun 26, 2009 11:58:59 GMT
Hi Bill,
I think Soundmax is possibly the system for some built in motherboard sounds. I know it was on one of my computers.
Regards,
Charlie
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2009 14:27:27 GMT
HI bill & charlie ,, I may have mis led you bill in mentioning a sound card ,but my computer only has as charlie noted above a built on board sound system & it's ''soundmax'' ,,I mentioned this before but to jog the topic , a couple week's ago I lost the sound-max driver,I accidently deleted it instead of another program [silly I know now & i was unaware that I had done so for a while ,, I rang the chap that supplied the computer & he advised me to d/load a new driver from the net at ''driver.com'' or similar I had to join the site but after many wrong d/loads it was futile .. I pulled the side cover off & got the ''intel-board no'' & finally went to the intel site & after some messing around found & d/loaded the appropriate-s/max driver , .. I thought everthing was good it played my tunes in the media player etc,,,Until I tried d/loading charlie's band ''T-R-I-R's from the site & after confering with charlie etc I found that I had failed to make ''sound-max'' the ''default-player'' I fixed that & d/loaded charlies band no worries ,,And now this it's weird as I can d/load from utube OK but not the file from 4 shared? / Sorry to go on&on but I thought I would fill you in in total bill & charlie although charlie has known some of the above prior to this as I had queried why I could not listen to his band!!!!!! CHEERS -fella's ,barry..[PS] I forgot bill yes I tried the already d/loaded video ,actuly 3 of them but no joy it will play all my other stuff... |
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Post by bill on Jun 26, 2009 20:22:15 GMT
G'Day MATE,
I'm guessing everybody knows who I'm addressing ;D
Well, there are a couple of lines of investigation. You could look to see if there is a more up to date driver for your audio/motherboard. You could try an older driver.
However, is it only that one file? Or is it all .wmv files? Do you have this problem with any other sound/video files at all? I'm talking here about files that you have on your computer, to avoid any problems associated with the downloading process itself. If it's only that one file then we will just have to accept that you can't hear that one but, see next.
I can change the video into a different format or a windows video file with different settings. If you have a .wmv file that works ok, load it into windows media player and right click on the file name in the list at the right hand side of the screen and choose 'properties'. Then copy the details that are displayed there under the 'file' tab and post them here (bit rate, video size, aspect ratio, video & audio codec).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2009 4:49:45 GMT
HI ,bill,, thanks for your continued help mate ,,,I in desperation d/loaded updated audio-codec's from micro-soft ,but still no joy ,,,BUT I eventully listened to it on the 4shaed-site & it did play & it is a very good sound indeed !!!, SoI tried again & d/loaded my fouth video .but alas no sound again ,just a humming-sound a little staticy? as before ,, I did what you told me [propertie's] as follow's bit-rate-1.06 mbps... video size 768x576... aspect ratio-4.3.. audio codec-window's 9-2-64kbps-44khz.. video codec-window's media9.. I feel bill that it is something not set right in my b&^%$#y-costalot-computer? ?? CHEERS..............barry.. |
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Post by George Lewis on Jun 27, 2009 6:11:51 GMT
Hi Barry,
What a frustrating pain in the ar.. this is for you .. Especially since Windows Media Player should play this video without any problem (it's using it's own codecs !!). So something in your system is not right. As I said before, Windows handling of media codecs is a crikey mess ..
There are several free codec packages that might fix the problem, but also might bring their own fresh problems so, ... suggest you start by uninstalling Windows Media Player 11 (it should revert to WMP10 or similar) then download and install WMP11 again.
If this doesn't work PM me your landline no. and a good time to call, we might be able to pin it down better by phone.
Regards
George
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2009 6:38:09 GMT
THANKS george for that info I will give it a go & get back to you monday....
CHEERS mate barry..
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Post by bill on Jun 27, 2009 7:58:18 GMT
G'Day Barry,
I see that you've managed to see & hear the file by playing it on the 4shared site direct. So far so good!
I think those 'properties' you posted are the ones for Gary's video (?) - what are the properties of a video in .wmv format that you *can* see & hear?
BTW there is a buzz/hum in the sound on my computer just before the tune starts i.e. at the point where the video changes from a picture of the TVS with captions to Gary playing. I mention that just in case it gives George another clue.
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Post by bill on Jul 3, 2009 7:49:27 GMT
G'Day Barry,
I'm following your computer sound problems but I'm not sure of the solution.
(A) I don't think this will solve it but it may be worth a try. In Windows Media Player, select the tools menu (if it isn't visible, right click over the bar at the top of the programme where the other buttons are 'now playing' etc. but not over a button), select 'options...', click the performance tab and set the video acceleration slider to the left, then click OK and see if it makes any difference.
(B) How is the sound system (amp & speakers or just speakers?) that you use to listen to sound on your computer connected to the computer? Are there different possible ways of connecting whatever it is you use? If there are, try all the different possible ways of connecting and try playing the sound files with each option.
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Post by joeboy on Jul 4, 2009 8:07:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2009 14:31:41 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2009 22:38:53 GMT
HI ALL ,,,,,&bill &robert.... well guy's I give up I d/loaded that directive x ,, deleted the dud video's& then re d/loaded from 4shared & still no joy ,It give the same sort of noise as before just a interference type sound not loud but there when the sound tries to start ??.
well I have heard the file once from the player in 4shared ,so that will have to do!!!!
ITS a B%#@dy mystery ...
thank's for you help on this issue ..................barry..
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Post by bill on Jul 5, 2009 8:44:02 GMT
G'Day Mate :-) I thought that you were having other problems with the sound on your computer. Now that you've tried several things, if it's just that one file either just forget it or if you want to keep trying I can change the file into a different format and see if you can view & hear that. You can download a smaller version of the file here - www.4shared.com/file/116069526/43323e81/WLsmall.html(this is not for general use as it isn't as good quality as the original). If you can play .flv files then you can try downloading this version - www.4shared.com/file/116070595/79a7d0ca/WLbig.html (this is slightly larger than the original, so will take about the same time to download). |
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Post by joeboy on Jul 5, 2009 9:02:36 GMT
Hi Barry
Sometimes mate, you get a little niggle like this, it will often turn out to be something stupid. It most likely is a setup issue or a dll file or something similar that has been corrupted or inadvertently deleted. You can try downloading & installing one or 2 other media players like Real Player or Apple Quick time, things like that could correct the error.
What I would personally do now after trying all that you have is to uninstall all the media players from your system (including any shared files that the uninstall reports as they will be replaced when you re-install the player), re-start the PC then do a Deep Scan with a good quality registry scanner, something like RegCure (http://www.regcure.com/) have the software remove all the registry entries that it recommends. Re-start the computer & re-install your media player.
It can be so hard sometimes to track down these niggles, in some cases only a format & complete re-install is the only way to go. But you may prefer to live with it rather than go down that route.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2009 11:00:55 GMT
HI ,,,robert & bill ,,,sorry to give you guy's this much trouble I have d'loaded bill's small file & it was fast to d/load bill but no sound either I am d/loading the larger one now , thanks for you trouble bill but that one is no-sound as well....
Robert as I seem to be able to d/load all other files I will leave it alone now I have tried all avenue's & your help is much appreciated ,I will do with-out that one ...I have actully heard it once ... we'll move on ,greatfull never the less................barry..
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Post by sheendigs on Jul 5, 2009 12:31:01 GMT
Hi Barry
Just two little questions..
Can you play any Cd on your Media Player?
Have you made any changes, since the last time you used WMP?
If you cannot play any CD..check you master volume control..and see if you have not muted anything at all...
If something happened after you last played some music and do remember when it was..you could go back with a restore date function that your computer saves and this could solve your problem.
Take always a good habit of creating a restore point 'Before' any implementation...If something goes wrong just put back your computer at that date...
As for wonderful land with Gary you will begin to hear the tune at 00:11...
I hope this helps..
Sheendigs
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Post by bill on Jul 5, 2009 12:56:20 GMT
G'Day Mate,
OK I'm baffled. There's something like Robert says going on.
Can you play quicktime files?
Can you play normal DVDs on your computer?
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