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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 27, 2005 07:41 PM
 
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elliebea Member |
posted December 27, 2005 06:33 PM
Thanks Josh -- I'm going to have to check that site out completely tomorrow; my eyes are completely burnt out for today. elliebea IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 27, 2005 06:24 PM
Have a look at this http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?xmlid=fh%3BEN-US%3Bwmp If that does not work then let us know. Do you have the Windows 98 disc? ------------------ For every problem, there is a solution. Please give what you can to the Hurricane relief http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp IP: Logged |
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elliebea Member |
posted December 27, 2005 05:37 PM
Josh -- That method of changing from Real Player to WMP doesn't seem to work on these files. ?? ellibea IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 27, 2005 04:40 PM
Okay to play those files in WMP, right click the file after and then hold the shift key as you right click it then go to open with, and then choose Windows Media Player. Shockwave files either will play in the browser or will play with the actual shockwave player. ------------------ For every problem, there is a solution. Please give what you can to the Hurricane relief http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp IP: Logged |
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elliebea Member |
posted December 27, 2005 04:19 PM
Hi again, I checked out both sites you listed and was able to get sound on files from each one, of course having saved them respectively as 'Midi audio' and 'wav audio.' Is that a good sign? As for playing them in WMP, I don't know how to make them come up in anything but Real Player. I think I had selected it to be the default player for everything (or something like that!) Regarding the Windows sounds, yes, I was able to click on them and get the sounds. But then I have all those sounds regularly. It's funny about Shockwave files -- they don't "come up" in anything, they just play. elliebea [This message has been edited by elliebea (edited December 27, 2005).] IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 27, 2005 03:47 PM
Okay go here http://www.moviesoundscentral.com/ now when you click on a WAV make sure to right click it then save target as make sure it is saving as a WAV file, save it then play in WMP. SWF is a shockwave file and WMP cannot lay Shockwave formats. So when you did bring up the windows sounds, you were able to play them in WMP? You had a Footslog audio file huh? I think the windows search function is limited to 1,000 or 9,999 search results, so that would explain that problem. For MIDI go here http://www.mididb.com/ remember to right click and save target as, then play in WMP. ------------------ For every problem, there is a solution. Please give what you can to the Hurricane relief http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp IP: Logged |
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elliebea Member |
posted December 27, 2005 03:20 PM
Hi Josh, Yes, CSPAN is streamed off the internet. I haven't downloaded anything there. I've had audio with various cartoons or at websites where I wasn't expecting. On all but one of these I don't know the extension. The one I do know (I think) is .swf -- .swf is at the end of an URL of a harmless political cartoon. I checked the original website where there are alot of cartoons/games and though it looks as though some of this stuff might be offensive, it's (perhaps unfortunately) the type of thing where I CAN get the audio. http://www.thefrown.com/ On searching WAV and MIDI files: I can't do normal searching on anything For some reason doing so brings up all sorts of unrelated things such as Text Documents, images, program files, etc. So I tried the 'Advanced' tab (going through the 'files and folders' search) and first chose 'WAV audo.' That brings up all of the Windows function sounds, plus one that's intriguing in Temporary Internet files -- it's a male voice saying "FOOTSLOG." Doing the same thing with 'MIDI Audio' oddly brings up what looks like everything on the whole computer and in fact says something like 'number of files exceeds maximum allowed.' So if there are any MIDI files it would be nearly impossible to spot them. Do you know of a website that has .wav and/or .midi files that I can test? Thanks! IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 27, 2005 02:03 PM
Okay I know it may seem that I keep on asking the same questions, and that we really have not found a solid solution yet, but I want to narrow it down. It could be an audio codec, CSPAN is streamed off the Internet right, or do you download it first? Is that the only file you do not have audio or is it all kinds no matter what extension? Try this, go to start-find-find all files make sure you are searching your whole computer. Then in the search field, type *.* wav and then play the wav file in WMP, then try *.* MIDI and play the MIDI file in WMP do either of these files play. ------------------ For every problem, there is a solution. Please give what you can to the Hurricane relief http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp IP: Logged |
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elliebea Member |
posted December 26, 2005 08:51 PM
The performance-hardware acceleration doesn't work at any setting. In fact, each time I return to My Computer, it has automatically set itself back to full, and the box reads: "Full acceleration. Use this setting to enable all acceleration features. (Recommended)" No, I can't get audio in either Real Player or WMP on that file (which has the .wmv extension). I CAN get audio with Real Player stand-alone on C-SPAN: Thanks again, Josh! IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 26, 2005 08:14 PM
I thought about that also, lets try this, open up control panel go to Multimedia then look for audio then look for sound playback go to advanced then go to performance-hardware acceleration then move the slider down to no acceleration then hit apply and ok try to play the file. If it does not work, go back to the slider and move it in one interval until you are back to the original position before you adjusted it. A Codec is software or can be hardware that can compress and decompress audio and video. So you cannot get audio in either WMP or RealPlayer? ------------------ For every problem, there is a solution. Please give what you can to the Hurricane relief http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp IP: Logged |
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elliebea Member |
posted December 26, 2005 07:46 PM
All types of files have been selected under tools-options-file types, and still no sound. I've unintentionally gotten (meaning I can't duplicate that by design) this file into Real Player and that's not doing it either. I get video on both but no audio, and don't have any other player on this system. Also don't have any computer sound-producing CD's. What are Codecs, and is one needed? (I saw something about this on a figure skating site, where there are alot of videos of all types). elliebea IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 26, 2005 07:13 PM
You are welcome okay lets try this open up WMP then go to tools-options-file types then go to select all, then hit apply and okay, restart WMP then play the file. Can you confirm that you can watch a video in WMP, but you get no audio, and you can play the file in other media players? No matter what file type you play in WMP no audio whatsoever, have you tired a music CD? Computers are hard to learn, computer changes and how people use them change also another reason why there is so much stuff to learn. Lots of reading and school helps a lot, but experience plays a big part. ------------------ For every problem, there is a solution. Please give what you can to the Hurricane relief http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp IP: Logged |
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elliebea Member |
posted December 26, 2005 06:33 PM
Thanks, Josh. If you're referring to the actual video I downloaded the MS-DOS name is TODAY_~WMV
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 26, 2005 06:02 PM
Okay, go to the file itself, and then right click the file, then go to properties then tell me what the extension is, so lets say the name of the file is test.wma the extension of that file would be wma ------------------ For every problem, there is a solution. Please give what you can to the Hurricane relief http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp IP: Logged |
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elliebea Member |
posted December 26, 2005 05:46 PM
Hello again Josh, I just downloaded WMP 9.1 and it installed itself. But no luck on sound yet (I downloaded and watched a short video). Is there yet another step I can take? Thank you again! elliebea IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 26, 2005 04:36 PM
Its okay about making a new topic I just deleted the one you made. You are welcome for the reply. Its not a good idea to use two version of WMP, version 6.4 is very old, I believe that was the version that came out when 98 was first released. Not a dumb question at all, if you don’t know then ask. Yes version 9 will replace/update version 6.4 Just go ahead as you were on windows update, select the updates for WMP and your security updates and then download install restart the machine and then let us know if that works for you. ------------------ For every problem, there is a solution. Please give what you can to the Hurricane relief http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 26, 2005 04:36 PM
Hello again Josh, I've just browsed 'Windows Update' and discovered that WMP Version 9 is recommended for Windows 98 SE which is what I have. The version I've been attempting to use is Could this older version be the problem? And if so, let me ask what may be the all time dumbest question ever . If I download version 9 will it replace the older version or would there be suddenly two versions of WMP on the drive? Thank you again so much. I have absolutely no one in my environment who has computer expertise (except the nearby shops which cost you-wouldn't-believe-$ per hour! And even they leave things (like this problem) undone! ------------------ For every problem, there is a solution. Please give what you can to the Hurricane relief http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp IP: Logged |
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elliebea Member |
posted December 26, 2005 03:06 PM
Hello Josh! How nice! Thank you! There are no error messages at all, and I've never downloaded any version of WMP. Should I? And how does one do that? Thank you so much! elliebea IP: Logged |
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Josh1 Administrator |
posted December 26, 2005 02:40 PM
When you try to play a file in WMP, do you get any error messages? Have you reinstalled or download the newest version of WMP? ------------------ For every problem, there is a solution. Please give what you can to the Hurricane relief http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/relief.asp IP: Logged |
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elliebea Member |
posted December 25, 2005 04:34 PM
Hello, Eagerly hoping for some help here on sound issue with WMP (and Real Player when file is for WMP). I have plenty of sound on usual computer functions (with desktop speakers and Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI) and can even get CSPAN on Real Player without problem. It's just Windows Media Player, either alone, or through Real Player that is silent. I know almost nothing about computers at all and of course, keep getting lost hoping to just stumble onto that one setting that screams out "This is it! Change me!" But nothing like that, and I can't identify anything else! This computer had a prior owner and I suspect that person had a whole lot of fancy audio stuff with drivers and whatnot attached. I would be so, so grateful for some help. There's so much that I want to hear as well as see. (A figure skater without her music for instance!) Thanks, IP: Logged |
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