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Title: DVD's on laptop have no sound
Post by: Meatwad on March 28, 2006, 09:27:25 PM

Tries a few dvd on my new laptop and both have no audio. I tried using media player 9 and then divx media player, both have no luck. MP3 files work just fine though. Is there a trick in to getting the dvd audio to work?


Edit - I even used the speaker plugs and fiddled with the volume and dvd audio settings, didnt help.

Title: DVD's on laptop have no sound
Post by: lasersailor184 on March 28, 2006, 10:57:00 PM

I think you need a dedicated DVD program installed.  I know when I was having problems with my DVD player, the computer would not load DVD's on WMP when  I didn't have something like PowerDVD installed anyway.

Title: DVD's on laptop have no sound
Post by: Rolex on March 29, 2006, 12:04:58 AM

Google VLC

Title: DVD's on laptop have no sound
Post by: beet1e on March 29, 2006, 01:29:55 AM

MW - here's a shot in the dark for you to consider.

Like many other guys on these boards, I build all my own PC systems from scratch. My current system has an Asus A7N8X-DLX mobo with onboard sound.

I can play sound files (.WMV, .WAV etc.) using various programs like Windows Media Player or Winamp. I can also play CD audio files, but... in order to do that, an extra cable is needed, linking the audio out port on the CD/DVD player to a port on the mobo. I think this is because the hardware is playing the audio CD, not a piece of software.

I wonder if your laptop has the equivalent of this cable installed?

Title: DVD's on laptop have no sound
Post by: Meatwad on March 29, 2006, 05:42:16 PM

Works now. I went and got powerdvd and they play fine now. Thanks for the help

Title: DVD's on laptop have no sound
Post by: lasersailor184 on March 30, 2006, 12:57:33 AM

Hot damn!  I am awesome!