Computer hardware problem

[skinfan2k]

hey guys,
i am having a problem viewing dvds on my computer.. I have several movies downloaded on my computer but i have no problem viewing the films.. However when using a dvd, i can't hear the characters speak but i can hear the music and the background music. NOt sure if this a hardware of dvd player drive problem.. I am having troubles with numerous dvds.

[Enter Apotheosis]

hey guys,
i am having a problem viewing dvds on my computer.. I have several movies downloaded on my computer but i have no problem viewing the films.. However when using a dvd, i can't hear the characters speak but i can hear the music and the background music. NOt sure if this a hardware of dvd player drive problem.. I am having troubles with numerous dvds.

That's definitely NOT a hardware problem if you can hear everything but voices. What software do you use to view DVDs?

[skinfan2k]

ive tried power dvd, windows media.. not sure if i can use divx though?

[Enter Apotheosis]

ive tried power dvd, windows media.. not sure if i can use divx though?

divx won't do much of anything if Windows Media has the same problem. Really, the only advantage the divx player has is a specialty in using the divx codec. My guess is that if Power DVD is the software that came bundled with your drive that that is where the problem is...

Edit: You might also need to install Windows service pack 2 if you have not already done so.

[skinfan2k]

ive done windows media player, but i just dont understand... i can play other movies on my hd with no problem

[Enter Apotheosis]

ive done windows media player, but i just dont understand... i can play other movies on my hd with no problem

Well, you need to be a bit more specific. Have you messed with any soundcard or general sound settings recently? Do you have atleast Windows SP2?

[skinfan2k]

ya i have service pack 2... I have no messed with soundcard settings. i mean i used the dvd drive to burn tons of movies.. I have done over 200 in the past year.

[Enter Apotheosis]

ya i have service pack 2... I have no messed with soundcard settings. i mean i used the dvd drive to burn tons of movies.. I have done over 200 in the past year.

It's a software-side issue. You could try to go into PowerDVD and check the sound settings and just give me the basics - any idea what soundcard do you have?

[skinfan2k]

i have sound blaster 24 BIt

[dreamingwolf]

I would check your volume settings for your pc, there are a boat load of different controlls and maybe just maybe one of them got muted or turned down for some reason. I believe in the start with the simple stupid fixes first and move upwards :silly:

[skinfan2k]

i just used power dvd and i can hear the commentary on all the movies. But not the real characters speak

[Enter Apotheosis]

i have sound blaster 24 BIt

Well, the best I can advise you to do right now is try changing your speaker settings. Especially if you have it set on a higher number of speakers (i.e. for surround sound), that could be the source of the problem.

[skinfan2k]

i dont understand how come i can hear the commentary on level 2 on the dvd but not the main level 1 speaking

[Enter Apotheosis]

i dont understand how come i can hear the commentary on level 2 on the dvd but not the main level 1 speaking

Because the commentary isn't played in surround sound. The way it appears to me, your surround sound settings don't have the voices going to ANY speaker. Surround sound is really the only thing that will explain splitting up the sounds and directing them to various individual speakers...

[skinfan2k]

i know what you are saying, but im not sure how to fix the surround sound.. i mean i dont touch aany settings on my computer.. would a system do the trick, because a few weeks back i was able to hear the sounds

[skinfan2k]

do u have aol im? thezenmstr04 is mine

[Enter Apotheosis]

i know what you are saying, but im not sure how to fix the surround sound.. i mean i dont touch aany settings on my computer.. would a system do the trick, because a few weeks back i was able to hear the sounds

Creative typically has software that you can mess with. You just need to go change the speaker settings... for example, I can go use the Creative Audio Mixer on my PC and change the Speaker from "Auto" to "2 Speaker" to "4 Speaker" to "5.1 Speaker". My guess is that if you have a 5 or 6 speaker setting selected, that could be why you aren't hearing the voices.

[skinfan2k]

oh ok... damn