why doesnt sound play for youtube?

If you are telling us your sound works fine but not YouTube,

I don't think I have ever seen a more stupid and self-serving

reply than the one from answerer # 10:

-- might have turned the volume down

-- or you might have muted it before

-- a cookie might have kept it that way

-- it could be due to slow connection

-- or it could be due to high traffic

-- try watching it during off peak hours

-- solution: BUY OUR DOWNLOADER.

By the way, 'cookies' are tiny files that websites plunk onto

your computer about your viewing preferences, such as the

features that you have enabled on your YouTube homepage.

Cookies do not affect sound whatsoever.

I see questions very similar to yours every few days on Y!A

now, so I did a whole lot of googling, searching and reading,

going over dozens and dozens of websites, only to discover

that there's no definitive answer out there.

The only semblance of a part solution which kind of worked

for a few people would require you to either:

1 -- mess around with your registry (which I would be totally

deadset against because that could really screw things up);

2 -- download some strange "utility" (which I'd be even more

against, because that kind of stuff is what probably created

your problem in the first place).

Thus, my first piece of advice to you: shutdown then reboot.

If that doesn't work, this is what I advise many other people

when YouTube is slow, stuck or weird:....clear your "cache"

of all its "Temporary Internet Files". While you're doing that,

you should also clear your "History" and your "Cookies", in

order to make your computer "fresh". My famous triple-cure

seemingly resolves many people's YouTube problems, thus

why not yours. Please reboot after doing this:

Internet Explorer 6:

→ Tools → Internet Options

→ Delete Cookies → OK

→ Delete Files → OK

→ Clear History → Yes

→ OK

Internet Explorer 7:

→ Tools → Internet Options → Delete...

→ Delete files → Yes

→ Delete cookies → OK

→ Delete history → OK

→ Close (browsing history window)

→ OK

Mozilla Firefox

→ Tools → Clear Private Data

[x] Browsing History

[x] Download History

[x] Saved Form and Search History

[x] Cache

[x] Cookies

→ Clear Private Data Now

If that doesn't do the trick, here are some other suggestions:

♦ If you've got "Google Web Accelerator" or anything similar,

uninstall it immediately. GWA destroys YouTube.

♦ Long videos require both "Flash" and "Shockwave" to play

properly. Shockwave includes Flash, but not vice versa.

♦ The most recent versions of "Flash" have wreaked nothing

but havoc for many people. Most updates are typically good

for only one thing: creating software conflicts. If you're using

one of the 5 different versions of version 10 (yes there are 5),

you may want to consider this other "Best Answer" of mine:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200811...

♦ Avoid crappy add-ons, downloaders and converters. There

are a lot of answerers on Yahoo! who are actually disguised

salespeople. If anybody's solution is for you to purchase/get

something, please keep in mind that their answers probably

have nothing to do with your question, and that the products

they're peddling will no doubt worsen your problem. Besides,

what kind of boffo and self-serving answer is that? "Although

you're unable to listen to videos or even watch them properly,

buy our downloader". [my paraphrase]

♦ Depending on which version of Flash that you've got, every

brand new session begins with the volume is set to zero, by

default. Maybe the only thing you need to do is scroll up the

volume of the video player.

♦ Who knows why it works, but sometimes things go better

when you change the web URL from "www.youtube.com" to

just "youtube.com", or you could even try "ca.youtube.com".

♦ A few people found success by closing their web browser,

then restarting it. A couple others simply rebooted, and one

person said that everything magically started working again

just like that on the following day -- with no effort on his part.

If you're able to find the "cause" and the "cure", I would very

much appreciate it if you could click on my avatar and write

to me, so that I can include it in my future Yahoo! Answers.

(Thus far, one apparent cause seems to be if you download

music from "Torrents".)

I wish you good luck and hope that a part of my answer will

do the trick for you.

FIREFOX 3 HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CREATE 3 COMMON

PROBLEMS:...1) INSTEAD OF THE VIDEO PLAYER, THE

"WATCHPAGES" ARE FULL OF CODE; 2) EVERY VIDEO

IS SUDDENLY "NO LONGER AVAILABLE"; AND 3) EACH

VIDEO HAS NO SOUND AT ALL. IF YOU HAVE FIREFOX,

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER ANOTHER BROWSER.

Have you noticed the volume box in the bottom right corner of the video screen. You might have turned it down or muted it before and a cookie might have kept it that way.

or ...

2. It could be due to slow connection or high traffic.

Try watching it during off peak hours, the sound play will probably play better.

Or you could watch it offline... try using 'zillatube' . It plays the video much smoother and better.

It works well - Just google search "zillatube" to get it.

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Youtube just recently started deleting the audio to videos with copywrited songs on them. Youtube's faggotry extends beyond the stars and it's gayness echoes in the legends of generations to come http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS14P2i0_04

I have the same problem I have a new computer all sounds on my computer work. But Youtube It all of the sudden just does not work. one day it did the next day it didnt. SUCKS!!

try switching to a different browser, from past experiences i found internet explorer did not always play sound, i recommend firefox or even wyzo

sometimes videos wont ply because they are cracking down on copyright laws and well those ones selected of copying copyrighted stuff gets sound shut off but you can still watch the video

use axara video converter. It can download file and play it.

Try restarting your computer and clearing your cookies.

dw, its a problem with youtube and not you. it happens to me sometimes. its just some bug...

so ye...just learn to cope with it.

You broke it