Vista - Playing .mp4 files.

09-20-2009

Hello,

I am having a problem on my laptop.
When I run skype I can talk to other
people (I can hear them and speak
to them). However even when I exit
skype I watch .mp4 files with programs
such as quicktime, vaio movie story,
winamp, or windows media player
but none of these applications can
play the sound. I don't know what's
wrong: I only hear sound through
skype. Each volume indicator in
both the applications and on the
start menubar the volume seems
fine. I don't know why it is that
I can only hear audio with skype
and no other application.

Any help much appreciated,

Regards,

John Goche

09-20-2009

"John Goche" <johngoche99@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:5e54d243-3d7c-4a0b-a3bf-9a1e70e1ebd2@newsgroup

Quote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I am having a problem on my laptop.
> When I run skype I can talk to other
> people (I can hear them and speak
> to them). However even when I exit
> skype I watch .mp4 files with programs
> such as quicktime, vaio movie story,
> winamp, or windows media player
> but none of these applications can
> play the sound. I don't know what's
> wrong: I only hear sound through
> skype. Each volume indicator in
> both the applications and on the
> start menubar the volume seems
> fine. I don't know why it is that
> I can only hear audio with skype
> and no other application.
>
> Any help much appreciated,
>
> Regards,
>
> John Goche

You probably don't have the audio codec (decoder) or it's improperly
installed. Google for Vista Codec Pack if you are running Vista 32-bit or
K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit 2.6.3 (avoid 2.6.2, it had problems with audio
decoding) for Vista 64-bit.

Or get an alternative media players like VLM or GOM which come with internal
codecs to decode video and audio.

09-20-2009	#1 (permalink)
John Goche n/a posts	Playing .mp4 files. Hello, I am having a problem on my laptop. When I run skype I can talk to other people (I can hear them and speak to them). However even when I exit skype I watch .mp4 files with programs such as quicktime, vaio movie story, winamp, or windows media player but none of these applications can play the sound. I don't know what's wrong: I only hear sound through skype. Each volume indicator in both the applications and on the start menubar the volume seems fine. I don't know why it is that I can only hear audio with skype and no other application. Any help much appreciated, Regards, John Goche
My System Specs

09-20-2009	#2 (permalink)
Tae Song n/a posts	Re: Playing .mp4 files. "John Goche" <johngoche99@newsgroup> wrote in message news:5e54d243-3d7c-4a0b-a3bf-9a1e70e1ebd2@newsgroup Quote: > > Hello, > > I am having a problem on my laptop. > When I run skype I can talk to other > people (I can hear them and speak > to them). However even when I exit > skype I watch .mp4 files with programs > such as quicktime, vaio movie story, > winamp, or windows media player > but none of these applications can > play the sound. I don't know what's > wrong: I only hear sound through > skype. Each volume indicator in > both the applications and on the > start menubar the volume seems > fine. I don't know why it is that > I can only hear audio with skype > and no other application. > > Any help much appreciated, > > Regards, > > John Goche You probably don't have the audio codec (decoder) or it's improperly installed. Google for Vista Codec Pack if you are running Vista 32-bit or K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit 2.6.3 (avoid 2.6.2, it had problems with audio decoding) for Vista 64-bit. Or get an alternative media players like VLM or GOM which come with internal codecs to decode video and audio.
My System Specs

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