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why are online videos so quiet for me?

i'm on an HP laptop, using Chrome. Every video i try to watch online, like youtube, wimp, facebook, etc. is EXTREMELY quiet! but i can listen to online radio fine, and playing games on the computer sounds fine. just videos i try to watch. i attempted to watch them on internet explorer to see if it was any better and its still very quiet. anyone know whats wrong? everything in my mixer is set at max volume.

Update:

reinstalling flash player didn't help

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    Go to Adobe's official website and reinstall Adobe Flash Player. Also, make sure the volume bar on the YouTube video interface is turned up to full.

    Make sure Firefox is fully updated. You can do this by opening the browser, pressing the ALT key on your keboard, clicking 'help' and then clicking 'about Firefox'. Wait for about 10 seconds and if the browser needs to be updated it will tell you, in which just go through with the update.

    After the browser has been updated, try the videos again. If it's still quiet restart your computer, right click your speaker icon and go to 'Volume Mixer', look for the Firefox icon and make sure the slider is as high as it will go. Make sure you try this after you've updated Firefox (if necessary) and restarted the computer.

    Good luck.

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Control Panel > Sound > Right click on your sound device (normally "Speakers") > Properties > Enhancements > Put a checkmark in "Loudness Equalization" box > Apply > Ok > Ok > Enjoy sounds in your ear hole.

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