Nec 3540a problem (DVD Burner)

[Hammerman]

Got my NEC 3540A from newegg last week but I am having a brainfart trying to figure out why I cannot play a dvd on it and have the sound work. Music cds and other things work well but the Nec cannot play sound from the dvd movie I pop into it. What in the world am I forgetting??? Thanks in advance..

 

[Hammerman]

quick bump....I need help tonight!

 

[sniperruff]

audio cable?

 

[Hammerman]

never had to use those....the cd or dvd always worked fine. I can play music cds on it, just the dvd has no sound. Very weird

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: Hammerman
never had to use those....the cd or dvd always worked fine. I can play music cds on it, just the dvd has no sound. Very weird

I think he means "is your sound cable connected".

 

[Hammerman]

The sound cable from the back of the dvd player to the mobo? I never used those and no, I don't have it hooked up. That is for analog sound used on pre xp setups. I have xp and digital sound is produced without any cables aside from the ribbon cable that hooks up to the motherboard. With my older dvd burner, the sound worked fine when playing dvd's.....is there a dma setting or something that is for the digital audio aspects of the dvd playback?

 

[Bozo Galora]

http://www.free-codecs.com/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack_download.htm

dev manager, dvd drive make sure digital audio is checked

make sure in audio settings for sound card you have new burner associated with it, not the previous
(also nice to goi in dev man in safe mode and delete all "ghost" drives)

 

[Hammerman]

Just checked all your suggestions...no go. Still have music from music cd's but no sound from dvd's....

 

[akugami]

You tried installing a different optical drive and see if the problem persists? If it does, that would point to a missing/corrupted driver, bad settings in your movie player, maybe even the OS.

 

[Hammerman]

Movie player was the culprit.... Thanks for all your suggestions!!