Sound Problems

[ColTom2]

Hi:

I have a friend who has a Dell desktop and he cannot play .wav files for
some reason. Here is the website that has a .wav file that he cannot play:
http://www.minibite.com/oldies/boogiewoogie.htm. I am assuming the sound
file applicable this website is a .wav file. When you click on this website
it automatically plays sound without launching Windows Media Player. All
..mp3 files and also individual selected .wav files played launch Windows
Media Player when they are played. I really do not know why when you click
on this website and the song is played that it does not launch Media Player.

In addition, I had him test other .wav files, none of which could he get
sound. He has Windows Media Player and it is default for all File Types. I
have checked this and all files are checked, including .wav files. He can
get sound on all other sound files except .wav files. Also I checked IE
Tools>Internet Options>Advanced> and under Multimedia he as it checked to
"play sound in web pages".

I spent about an hour with him last night checking and rechecking his
settings, but still no sound from .wav files. If anyone has any suggestions
about what his problem might be, I would be most appreciative if you would
share them with me.

Thanks

P.S. I have sent this posting twice today before to this Newsgroup; however,
it has never appeared??

 

[Evolution]

Taken from Microsoft:
I can't play a file that Windows Media Player supports. What should I do?
Most likely, a required codec isn't installed on your computer. Typically,
Windows Media Player automatically downloads any required codecs from the
Internet and installs them. However, this may not happen for the following
reasons:

. The necessary codec (typically, a non-Microsoft codec) isn't
available on the codec server.

. You have an older version of the Player and your automatic
codec-download option isn't enabled.

. The Internet security settings for your browser are set too high.

. You're not connected to the Internet.


If you have an older version of the Player (prior to Windows Media Player 9
Series), you can check your codec download setting by doing the following:

1.
In Windows Media Player, on the Tools menu, click Options, and then
click the Player tab.

2.
In the Auto upgrade area, make sure Enable automatic codec download is
checked, and specify how often you want the Player to check for updates.


You can change your Internet security settings (if you are logged on as an
administrator or a member of the Administrators group) by doing the
following:

1.
In Control Panel, open Internet Options.

2.
Click the Security tab, and then click Internet.

3.
In the Security level for this zone area, click Default Level.


If you can't play the file after completing this procedure, restart your
computer, and then try to play the file again.

If you still can't play the file, try to play another file with the same
file name extension. If you can play this file, then there is a problem with
the file that you want to play. For more troubleshooting information, see
the Windows Media Player Multimedia File Formats Web page.

(Another suggestion would be downloading a third party player like Winamp to
test if you can get WAV files to play there)