No Sound Playing MPEG files

I am running Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 and noticed that when I play
and MPEG files I have no sound. I though this might be a problem with
the Microsoft media player but I get the same result with another
media. The files used to play just fine and I do not know when the
problem occurred.

Any suggestions on what to do would be appreciated.
Al

/Alfred Kaufmann/ said:
> I am running Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 and noticed that when I play
> and MPEG files I have no sound. I though this might be a problem with
> the Microsoft media player but I get the same result with another
> media. The files used to play just fine and I do not know when the
> problem occurred.

It is possible that a needed codec (compressor/decompressor file) has
become corrupt, or been deleted.

This article, among others that can be located via http://google.com,
may help you solve the problem...
http://www.updatexp.com/codec-for-wi...-player-10.htm

You might want to check your soundcard settings. Mine switched back to
"speaker output". Used to the digital output, I had no sound at first at all
until I saw the change in the settings by SP1.

"Alfred Kaufmann" wrote:

> I am running Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 and noticed that when I play
> and MPEG files I have no sound. I though this might be a problem with
> the Microsoft media player but I get the same result with another
> media. The files used to play just fine and I do not know when the
> problem occurred.
>
> Any suggestions on what to do would be appreciated.
> Al
>

Alfred Kaufmann;662915 Wrote:
> I am running Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 and noticed that when I play
> and MPEG files I have no sound. I though this might be a problem with
> the Microsoft media player but I get the same result with another
> media. The files used to play just fine and I do not know when the
> problem occurred.
>
> Any suggestions on what to do would be appreciated.
> Al

This happens when codec packs have been installed...with codec pack
yuou only need to install the ones you need at the time...


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Clevo

Not a bad point, considering that the system should have had fully
functional MPEG playback previous to any codec pack installation.

You can check installed MPEG codecs using WMP's Help:About:Technical Support
Information menu tool.

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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
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"Clevo" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Alfred Kaufmann;662915 Wrote:
>> I am running Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 and noticed that when I play
>> and MPEG files I have no sound. I though this might be a problem with
>> the Microsoft media player but I get the same result with another
>> media. The files used to play just fine and I do not know when the
>> problem occurred.
>>
>> Any suggestions on what to do would be appreciated.
>> Al
>
> This happens when codec packs have been installed...with codec pack
> yuou only need to install the ones you need at the time...
>
>
> --
> Clevo