No Audio on streaming video

  • Thread starter Thread starter Alfred Kaufmann
  • Start date Start date
A

Alfred Kaufmann

When I surf to our national TV station (CBC) I can watch video clips
without any problem but when I try to watch live shows, the Windows
Media Player starts up and I can watch the show but there is no audio.
Anyone have some suggestions on what is causing this?

Al
 
Most often, that is the lack of a codec for the audio
Using codecs:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/codec.mspx
1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the Player tab, select the Download codecs automatically check box.
--
Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
interface.
http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer
Mark L. Ferguson
..

"Alfred Kaufmann" <al_kaufmann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:jqtpv3ttu6q3cisbh757757p7rmdoilup8@4ax.com...
> When I surf to our national TV station (CBC) I can watch video clips
> without any problem but when I try to watch live shows, the Windows
> Media Player starts up and I can watch the show but there is no audio.
> Anyone have some suggestions on what is causing this?
>
> Al
 
The Windows Media Player is set to download missing codecs
automatically. The media player does not tell me that any codecs are
missing but all I see is the video, no audio.

Al



On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:30:54 -0500, "Mark L. Ferguson"
<MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Most often, that is the lack of a codec for the audio
>Using codecs:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/codec.mspx
>1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
>2. On the Player tab, select the Download codecs automatically check box.
 
Right after I sent that message I tried it again and this time the
browser asked to install a missing plugin! It could not do it but I
managed to download and install it manually and now everything works.
Thanks.

Al



On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:30:54 -0500, "Mark L. Ferguson"
<MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Most often, that is the lack of a codec for the audio
>Using codecs:
>http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/faq/codec.mspx
>1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
>2. On the Player tab, select the Download codecs automatically check box.
 
Back
Top