No sound on youtube

avanti · October 1st, 2008, 10:01 AM

Recently I have gotten this strange problem, for no apparent reason the sound on streaming videos dies. Not during playback, but between songs so to speak.

Last night I was watching some videos and everything worked perfectly, I closed the tab, but let the window stay open all night, this morning I opened youtube in a new tab, start a video and there is no sound.

If I restart the browser, the sound is back. The computer does not go mute when the browser does, because I am able to listen to mp3s for example.

I am using Firefox 2.0.0.17.

Buba · October 1st, 2008, 10:22 AM

Why wouldn't you get 3.0.3?

NooDle · October 1st, 2008, 10:24 AM

I used to have the same problem if you have many tabs open (20+ or so), the latest ones (last opened) don't have sound on youtube, while the other ones have.

The only cure Ive found is closing all tabs, and restarting the browser

avanti · October 1st, 2008, 10:26 AM

I am updating to the latest now, but it has never been a problem before so I was a bit curious. For me it also happens when I have many tabs open, but I have never more than 10 open at the same time.

avanti · October 12th, 2008, 12:43 PM

this is getting really frustrating, now sound disappears in Firefox more often than not, and youtube videos stop after 2 seconds. WTF!! I have the latest version, and both sound and youtube works perfectly in IE.

chaos386 · October 12th, 2008, 5:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avanti

this is getting really frustrating, now sound disappears in Firefox more often than not, and youtube videos stop after 2 seconds. WTF!! I have the latest version, and both sound and youtube works perfectly in IE.

Point Explorer to C:\Windows\System32\Macromed\Flash and copy the .dll there (it's named something like WPSWF32.dll) to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins.

avanti · October 12th, 2008, 6:19 PM

^thanks, seems to be working so far, but the file was named NPSWF32.dll. I replaced the one in the mozilla folder with the one I found in the folder you mentioned.

Z102 · October 15th, 2008, 8:48 PM

I had the same problem today. Your solution fixed it, thanks, chaos.

Redliner · October 16th, 2008, 4:21 PM

Heh, I started getting the same problem, but chaos386 solution won't work since I use Linux...

chaos386 · October 16th, 2008, 5:43 PM

^What distro and version of Flash do you use?

October 1st, 2008, 10:01 AM	#1
avanti Joined: Jul 22nd, 2005 Last Online: 11:02 AM Location: Milano, Italia Posts: 3,120 Car: 2 cars + 4 bikes Rep Power: 90	No sound on youtube Recently I have gotten this strange problem, for no apparent reason the sound on streaming videos dies. Not during playback, but between songs so to speak. Last night I was watching some videos and everything worked perfectly, I closed the tab, but let the window stay open all night, this morning I opened youtube in a new tab, start a video and there is no sound. If I restart the browser, the sound is back. The computer does not go mute when the browser does, because I am able to listen to mp3s for example. I am using Firefox 2.0.0.17. __________________ \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| Ride, Eat, Sleep, Repeat.

October 1st, 2008, 10:22 AM	#2
Buba Wants Rick Astley's Babies Joined: Nov 12th, 2004 Last Online: 11:08 PM Location: Regensburg, Bavaria Age: 28 Posts: 6,383 Car: Golf V GTi DSG LFS Status: Rep Power: 51	Why wouldn't you get 3.0.3? __________________ [18:11] MXM: it means buba is better than you now [18:12] sam-l: In what way? [18:12] Slycer: longer penis

October 1st, 2008, 10:26 AM	#4
avanti Joined: Jul 22nd, 2005 Last Online: 11:02 AM Location: Milano, Italia Posts: 3,120 Car: 2 cars + 4 bikes Rep Power: 90	I am updating to the latest now, but it has never been a problem before so I was a bit curious. For me it also happens when I have many tabs open, but I have never more than 10 open at the same time. __________________ \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| Ride, Eat, Sleep, Repeat.

October 12th, 2008, 12:43 PM	#5
avanti Joined: Jul 22nd, 2005 Last Online: 11:02 AM Location: Milano, Italia Posts: 3,120 Car: 2 cars + 4 bikes Rep Power: 90	this is getting really frustrating, now sound disappears in Firefox more often than not, and youtube videos stop after 2 seconds. WTF!! I have the latest version, and both sound and youtube works perfectly in IE. __________________ \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| Ride, Eat, Sleep, Repeat.

October 12th, 2008, 6:19 PM	#7
avanti Joined: Jul 22nd, 2005 Last Online: 11:02 AM Location: Milano, Italia Posts: 3,120 Car: 2 cars + 4 bikes Rep Power: 90	^thanks, seems to be working so far, but the file was named NPSWF32.dll. I replaced the one in the mozilla folder with the one I found in the folder you mentioned. __________________ \|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\|\| Ride, Eat, Sleep, Repeat.

October 15th, 2008, 8:48 PM	#8
Z102 Joined: Aug 25th, 2005 Last Online: November 8th, 2009 Location: Valencia, Spain Age: 34 Posts: 513 Car: '07 Ford Fiesta 1.6 Sport Rep Power: 20	I had the same problem today. Your solution fixed it, thanks, chaos. __________________ "A rubbish car, I'm afraid, is a waste of petrol." Jeremy Clarkson

October 16th, 2008, 4:21 PM	#9
Redliner Joined: May 19th, 2005 Last Online: 11:05 PM Location: Brazil - South America Age: 30 Posts: 5,288 Car: Fiat Palio 1.6 16v Rep Power: 114	Heh, I started getting the same problem, but chaos386 solution won't work since I use Linux... __________________ God told me to give you candy.

October 16th, 2008, 5:43 PM	#10
chaos386 .sa = bad driver! Joined: Nov 8th, 2004 Last Online: 5:05 PM Location: Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia Age: 23 Posts: 4,609 Car: 2009 Seat Leon FR LFS Status: Rep Power: 144	^What distro and version of Flash do you use? __________________ "Shit, that's a busy table cloth." -matt2000

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