No sound from Windows Media Player

[JesseKnows]

I am running XP Pro SP2, with a Santa Cruz sound card. A few months ago WMP stopped producing sound when playing MPG/AVI. Other players (WinDVD, Real player, VLC) do play with sound.
The Santa Cruz applet seems fine. DXDIAG.EXE doesn't complain and produces sound as well.
May not be related - a video joining program joined 5 AVI files (with sound) that now are silent, even though each part had sound and played with sound. This is verified on another computer on the network.

Where could the WMP sound disconnect be located?

 

[HN]

can you post a screenshot of your wmp?

 

[hurtstotalktoyou]

My guess would be to re-install the DivX and XviD codecs.
http://www.divx.com/divx/play/download/
http://www.xvidmovies.com/codec/

Also, make sure you have the AC3 filter installed.
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ac3filter/ac3filter_0_70b.exe?download

That AC3 filter just might be your problem. I'm told some software has it built-in, but for WMP to function you may need to install the generic codec above.

 

[corkyg]

Sounds like WMP10 is muted. Check that.

BTW - double posting is a no-no.

 

[JesseKnows]

Thanks to all replies.
I will try reinstalling codecs. However, the problem occurs with straight MPEG1 files as well, and the codec for that is built into WMP.

Sounds like WMP10 is muted. Check that.

The mute button for WMP is not pressed. Is there another place to mute it?

BTW - double posting is a no-no

What double posting? Did I ask this before?

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: JesseKnows

BTW - double posting is a no-no

What double posting? Did I ask this before?

probably thought you posted this which, of course, you didn't.