Sound on internet

**zz28** · May 20th, 2003, 02:15 PM

Win98SE, AMD 2000+, 256 ram. Cannot get sounds off of internet. Sounds within windows works fine. CD Plays fine. But there is a site that this user wants to go to that plays sounds. I have tried everything I can think of. Any help is appreciated.
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**PeLiGrOsO** · May 20th, 2003, 02:29 PM

what type of sounds are they ?
whats the link to the site, i want to check it out.

**Gabriel** · May 20th, 2003, 06:23 PM

Hi zz28,
The problem is not OS related - IMHO it is a mere case of misconfiguration.
Go to (under IE):
Tools -> options -> advanced (tab) -> go down until you see multimedia portion ->check the "play sounds on web pages" check box.

I believe that this should solve your problem,
Gabriel

**zz28** · May 21st, 2003, 01:38 PM

I already checked the setting in IE.

As for the web site. Is it OK to post links here?

**geoscomp** · May 21st, 2003, 01:58 PM

Yep..we do it all the time as long as the site linked to meets the windrivers terms of use..

**confus-ed** · May 22nd, 2003, 05:48 AM

....while we wait for the 'errant' link ...

Any error messages ? & do 'games' work ?

And try clicking these links & see if you get a 'noise' ...

Forest Gump - 'life is a box of chocolates ...' -wav

Batman Theme -midi

The usual problem is that the sounds are 'big' & that the browser hasn't got everything yet ... despite waiting 'ages' ..

**zz28** · May 23rd, 2003, 02:49 PM

Sorry for the delay in getting the link posted. Here it is:
http://www.med.ucla.edu/wilkes/intro.html

You should hear different heart sound throughout the site. It works on MY PC. BUT not on the one for the user I am helping.

BTW: I DID hear the Forest Gump and Batman themes. But that web site still nada.
Thanks

**NooNoo** · May 24th, 2003, 04:43 AM

How big are the wav files on the site? Is the customer on dialup?

**confus-ed** · May 24th, 2003, 05:09 AM

Originally posted by NooNoo
How big are the wav files on the site? Is the customer on dialup?

So any volunteers to dismantle the code on that page ...? It plays fine immediately here ... I used cheapo cable (150k) & dial-up .... sounds playing straight away .....

Having 'edited' the code on the site I can't see anything obvious, usually there's some 'wavs' or similar ... but here I see nothing ... there's some javascript I don't understand maybe its hidden in there .... somebody more 'qualified' please

**zz28** · May 24th, 2003, 07:58 AM

The files are appearently very small. I use dial-up and they start almost as soon as I get on the site.

**NooNoo** · May 24th, 2003, 10:47 AM

What version ie is he using? Does he have java, flash and shockwave players installed? What version media player?

<EMBED SRC="images/nsr1.0.wav" AUTOSTART="true" HIDDEN="true" LOOP="true" width="128" height="128" >

Interesting that Mozilla does this with that page

**geoscomp** · May 24th, 2003, 10:52 AM

Interesting..I have a laptop here that doesn't play the sounds, and a desktop that does..both with XP pro and IE 6..both have sun java..shockwave..and mediaplayer 9
this is going to take some investigation

**zz28** · May 27th, 2003, 02:22 PM

Close this thread please. This user had other trouble and I had to format the drive. After formating and reloading Windows, the problem went away. I think this user had downloaded something that that site did not like. Does not matter now. Problem solved.
Thanks
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**Gabriel** · May 29th, 2003, 01:06 AM

Originally posted by zz28
..... Problem solved.
Thanks
zz

You mean "problem Avoided..."

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