PC wont play DVD sound anymore???
I can play movies I d/l...but I cant play DVD's ....I can see the movie but the sound skips and just doesnt sound right. What happened? It used to work,and why only dvd's and not downloaded movies? I dont have a tv now,so the PC is where Ahrie watches her Nick Jr. movies and Spongebob. Anybody know?
I use Windows Media player.
Re: PC wont play DVD sound anymore???
Maybe it is your sound card or video?
Re: PC wont play DVD sound anymore???
My guess is your DVD has probably been damaged. It probably has many scratches on it. (little kids ruin DVD's) Clean the dvd with a soft cloth as best as you can and try again. Try a new or unused DVD and see if it works without problems.
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if it wqas sound card..wouldnt it be with all sound? its only dvd's..no9t websites or anything else. also,does it with new dvd's....
Re: PC wont play DVD sound anymore???
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Xiomara
if it wqas sound card..wouldnt it be with all sound? its only dvd's..no9t websites or anything else. also,does it with new dvd's....
yes, i assume it would malfunction with all sound. if it's not the dvd, the next guess would be the dvd player.
from google search:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=146430
From my experience with frequently used Hi-Fi systems, portable CD players and even PC CD & DVD-ROM drives, the laser can get quite dusty over a year or two, especially if the drive is present in a bedroom or living room. If you have ever opened an appliance that is cooled by fans and is over a few years old, you’ll see the amount of dust that can build up over time. The same applies with CD and DVD players as the spinning disc causes air to circulate over the laser, thus leading to dust building up after quite a bit use.
As your player can still play discs, what I would recommend doing is to get a CD/DVD cleaning kit. A CD cleaner is usually an audio CD with several fine brushes across the surface of the disc. These sweep some of the dust off the laser as the disc plays. There are some CD cleaning kits where the disc does not contain any content, but instead have one or more thicker fine brushes on them. These tend to do a better job at cleaning the laser, however many players are very quick to reject these (show ‘No Disc’) upon loading. I would recommend avoiding kits that use cleaning fluid as these often leave a residue on the laser and I even have seen these cause CD players to become more picky!
Finally, if you are willing to open your player (assuming it is out of warranty), you could try cleaning the laser with a Q-tip instead. I had to do this before with a Hi-Fi system and a Playstation2 where the laser got dusty to the point where it would no longer recognise (or spin up) any disc. If you would like to try this method, only lightly brush off the laser lens to avoid cotton strands from getting caught on the laser or its assembly. At the same time, I would recommend cleaning dust and hairs off the tracking and lightly lubricating it with Vaseline or petroleum jelly (these also help silence drives with noisy seeking).
So far I have only encountered two cases where a laser wore out. One was in my first CD writer (an early Ricoh 2x2x6 speed) and the other was in a well used Hi-Fi system.
Re: PC wont play DVD sound anymore???
Xiomara: Chances are it's 1 of two things.
1. Your AC3 codec is corrupted (I know lotsa words, this is the codec that decodes dvd audio streams in some cases.)
or 2. Your dvd player isn't operating correctly:
I need to know the following:
A: What program are you using to play DVDs?
To address 1: (BEWARE, This may require original disks)
Right click on my computer and left click on MANAGE (if you don't have manage let me know)
Click on "Device Manager"
Click the plus next to "Sound, Video, and Game Controllers"
Right click on every sub item and click "REMOVE"
when you've removed every item, restart your system.
After you restart it will re-detect and attempt to install all those items again, if it tells you it couldn't find appropriate drives for a device, let me know. (That would indicate the problem)
If everything installs O.K. see if the problem still persists. If it does, again, let me know and we'll try something else.
Mast.