Re: SOLVED - Re: No DVD sound. DVD Decoder or... ?

> Well, I fixed it and I hope this helps anyone else out!
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> I should have gone with my gut instinct: Vista sets digital out to
> default! So I went to control panel -> hardware & sound -> sound. On my
> system, two things appeared: "Speakers" and "Digital Audio Interface." The
> latter was set to default, so I simply highlighted "Speakers" and clicked
> "set to default."
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> Strangely, this also seems to have repaired the blacking-out problem. I
> have no idea why, but I'm not going to ask questions.
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> BTW - I got my tip from here:
> http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/...6244&SiteID=17
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> "Teddy" <teddy@oterofam.com> wrote in message
> news:C25F79B2-0F29-4F0F-BDC3-D8C7E7AC7643@microsoft.com...

>> So finally Windows has a built-in DVD decoder! Sadly, I'm not sure it
>> works...
>>
>> So since installing Ultimate, I haven't been able to watch a DVD. With
>> Media Player or Media Center, the DVD has no sound. In WMP, the screen
>> also goes black for a second or two every ten seconds or so. Very
>> annoying. At least Media Center doesn't have the black screens. But it
>> would be nice to hear the audio. This behavior is the same whether the
>> DVD is in my Sony DVD-R or Toshiba DVD drive.
>>
>> So - I tried to uninstall the DVD devices and Creative Audigy and
>> restart, but Vista apparently just keeps reinstalling them before I can
>> even restart. I've installed the latest video drivers for my nVidia 7600.
>> I don't think I have any internal audio cables hooked up; just the IDE
>> cables - do computers even use those dedicated audio cables anymore?
>> Could the decoder be pushing sound to some kind of digital out? I'm not
>> sure where that setting would be, but my speakers are plugged into the
>> analog 1/8" headphone jack. Of course, neither of those last two options
>> would explain the constant blacking out anyway.
>>
>> What should I do?!? Thanks so much for any help anyone can provide!
>>
>> Teddy
>>
>> PS - if this would be better under windowsmedia or windowsmedia.player or
>> windows.mediacenter or multimedia.windows.mediaplayer... or anywhere
>> else... please let me know!

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