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Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. I can watch videos on WMP and youtube but I cannot hear anything, help?

When I play a soundtrack from my files, Windows Media Player encountered a problem while playing the file. message comes in, I can watch videos on WMP but I cannot hear anything, also when I go online I cannot hear anything as well

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  • 7 years ago

    the thing is that I've installed VLC and the sound still does not work on VLC nor WINAMP.....When I restart the program the sound comes back on but later on if I am not playing anything it won't work again. Thank you guys for your answers

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    download VLC Player & check for Sound or else sound card might not working

  • Anonymous
    7 years ago

    Stop using that terrible program. Use VLC instead (http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)

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