only mp3 programs play sound in windows xp

[mr weapon]

hello, i make music. after moving and doing a system restore, i found that the sequencing program i typically use, cool edit pro 2.1, stopped playing sound inside the program. windows media player, itunes and winamp will play songs (even songs i create and mixdown in cool edit), but no sound is played inside of cool edit pro. i thought it might be isolated to that program, but sound won't play in adobe audition, ableton live or cubase.

after the initial system restore, fruity loops also wouldn't play sound within the program, but after clicking something that said 'use hardware buffer', it started playing sound again. now i find it doesn't work after another system restore. dvds play video but no sound. i have the same problem with youtube. basically, the only thing that plays sound are mp3 programs. i'm confused. here are my stats:

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) American Megatrends Inc. K7S41GX 1.0
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.75 gigahertz AMD Sempron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: K7S41GX 1.0
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P2.00 10/28/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
60.06 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
3.64 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4521B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

SAMSUNG SP0411N [Hard drive] (40.06 GB) -- drive 0, s/n S01JJ30Y326188, rev TW100-11, SMART Status: Healthy
ST320413A [Hard drive] (20.02 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 7ED09HFR, rev 3.05, SMART Status: Healthy 704 Megabytes Installed Memory

Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
SiS PCI IDE Controller SiS 661FX_760_741_M661FX_M760_M741 [Display adapter]
Default Monitor
Bus Adapters Multimedia
D347PRT SCSI Controller
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller C-Media AC97 Audio Device
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Standard Game Port

HELP ME OUT PLEASE

[mr weapon]

and now it appears no sound works

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by mr weapon

hello, i make music. after moving and doing a system restore, i found that the sequencing program i typically use, cool edit pro 2.1, stopped playing sound inside the program. windows media player, itunes and winamp will play songs (even songs i create and mixdown in cool edit), but no sound is played inside of cool edit pro. i thought it might be isolated to that program, but sound won't play in adobe audition, ableton live or cubase.

after the initial system restore, fruity loops also wouldn't play sound within the program, but after clicking something that said 'use hardware buffer', it started playing sound again. now i find it doesn't work after another system restore. dvds play video but no sound. i have the same problem with youtube. basically, the only thing that plays sound are mp3 programs. i'm confused. here are my stats:

Operating System System Model
Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (build 2600) American Megatrends Inc. K7S41GX 1.0
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.75 gigahertz AMD Sempron
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: K7S41GX 1.0
Bus Clock: 166 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. P2.00 10/28/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
60.06 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
3.64 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST RW/DVD GCC-4521B [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

SAMSUNG SP0411N [Hard drive] (40.06 GB) -- drive 0, s/n S01JJ30Y326188, rev TW100-11, SMART Status: Healthy
ST320413A [Hard drive] (20.02 GB) -- drive 1, s/n 7ED09HFR, rev 3.05, SMART Status: Healthy 704 Megabytes Installed Memory

Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
SiS PCI IDE Controller SiS 661FX_760_741_M661FX_M760_M741 [Display adapter]
Default Monitor
Bus Adapters Multimedia
D347PRT SCSI Controller
SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller (2x)
SiS PCI to USB Enhanced Host Controller C-Media AC97 Audio Device
MPU-401 Compatible MIDI Device
Standard Game Port

HELP ME OUT PLEASE

Check Device Manager, any yellow ? or ! marks showing, report shows C-Media as sound adapter, check this to see if default driver

Go to Control Panel / Sound & Audio Devices / Properties / Sound Playback – click on down arrow and check that the correct audio is selected. Typically the problem will be something “modem line 0 playback” has been substituted for the correct audio device.

Hope this helps

[mr weapon]

still not working! do you think i should reinstall windows?

[bookworm]

Originally Posted by mr weapon

still not working! do you think i should reinstall windows?

before a reinstall, you need to know where you can get your drivers. Try the solutions below first.

This is the link to your motherboard drivers, audio as shown in report is C-Media http://www.asrock.com/mb/download.asp?Model=K7S41GX


but check this out first, it seems to be a recurring problem

Start / Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Component Services / a separate window will open – in left pane click Services(Local) / Scroll down to Windows Audio service / if the service is Disabled or Manual right click > select Properties > under Startup Type change to Automatic > click Apply > click Start > Reboot

SET A SYSTEM RESTORE POINT BEFORE INSTALLING ANY DRIVERS JUST IN CASE

Hope this helps