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Lexii Walcott

...rezzing

Join date: 5 Nov 2005

Posts: 270

04-05-2007 14:41

Hiya everyone... I have a problem... last night when i was in game.. my sound was fine.. i could listen to music streams, hear gestures, etc... I logged in today to a silent world. No matter what i do, i cannot get the sound to work.. YET.. I am on TeamSpeak as I write this, i have sound for that. I removed SL TWICE and reinstalled...didn't fix it... does anyone here have any idea what I should do to get the sound back in game?

Calveen Kline

In pursuit of Happiness

Join date: 5 Jan 2007

Posts: 682

volume controls

04-05-2007 14:48

Check your volume controls. Right click on volume icon on Taskbar and choose Open Volume Contol. Once open, make sure none of your controls is set to MUTE. I think your Wave control may be set to MUTE.

Osprey Therian

I want capslocklock

Join date: 6 Jul 2004

Posts: 5,049

04-05-2007 15:07

It might be worth checking the UI Preferences audio setting in case something decided to change itself.

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Nebulae Sands

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Join date: 19 Mar 2007

Posts: 18

04-06-2007 00:49

This may be unrelated to your issue, of course, but I had a similar problem. Between sessions of SL I had opened an mp3 with RealPlayer (my machines default mp3 player); thinking nothing of it I continued doing my thing....

Next time I loaded SL I found I could no longer hear music streams. Sound effects (HUD sounds, IM alerts, etc) were fine, but no music. I did a search on these and other forums to no avail. Anyhow, I thought perhaps that listening to those mp3s was the culprit; I closed SL, opened Windows Media Player and used it to listen to some music; closed WMP and re-opened SL.... voila! Fixed.

Could be coincidence, but worth a try since it takes just a few seconds.

Hope that helps you or someone with a similar issue.

Jebediah Brown

Registered User

Join date: 17 May 2006

Posts: 41

04-06-2007 01:36

It would of been nice if you told us if you are running Windows, Mac or Linux

I have had this problem on my Mac, so on the off chance you're on Mac too here was the solution I found. There is an on going OSX bug that causes some applications to be unable to initialise the sound subsystem (I had it happen just recently when I upgraded to 10.4.9) the solution is to run GarageBand, then quit it and run Second Life. It seems that GarageBand does a full reset of the sound subsystem - something that no number of reboots or power cycles is able to do (makes no sense to me either). I believe Apple have a knowledge base article on it somewhere, they too are stumped by what is causing it.

Cheers,
Jeb

Lexii Walcott

...rezzing

Join date: 5 Nov 2005

Posts: 270

thanks

04-06-2007 10:02

Sorry I forgot to mention that I am running Windows XP.. the end result of my "SL Trama" was..... I needed to update my drivers, etc. All the updates I did were things I never thought about. My SL partner and SL Brother are the ones that walked me through everything.. after a million updates and numerous restarts SL is running better than it ever did! ( Maybe I need to learn a little more about my computer )

Anyway... thank you all for the tips, advice etc....... have a great weekend!!!!! *waves*

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Lexii Walcott ...rezzing Join date: 5 Nov 2005 Posts: 270	04-05-2007 14:41 Hiya everyone... I have a problem... last night when i was in game.. my sound was fine.. i could listen to music streams, hear gestures, etc... I logged in today to a silent world. No matter what i do, i cannot get the sound to work.. YET.. I am on TeamSpeak as I write this, i have sound for that. I removed SL TWICE and reinstalled...didn't fix it... does anyone here have any idea what I should do to get the sound back in game?
Calveen Kline In pursuit of Happiness Join date: 5 Jan 2007 Posts: 682	volume controls 04-05-2007 14:48 Check your volume controls. Right click on volume icon on Taskbar and choose Open Volume Contol. Once open, make sure none of your controls is set to MUTE. I think your Wave control may be set to MUTE.
Osprey Therian I want capslocklock Join date: 6 Jul 2004 Posts: 5,049	04-05-2007 15:07 It might be worth checking the UI Preferences audio setting in case something decided to change itself. _____________________ http:www.atomic-raygun.com Combat Cards in Europa [url=http://slurl.com/secondlife/grignano/118/116/]The Photography Studio in Grignano[/url] Mud! Mud! Glorious mud! Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. So, follow me, follow, down to the hollow, And there let us wallow in glorious mud. Flanders and Swan
Nebulae Sands Registered User Join date: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 18	04-06-2007 00:49 This may be unrelated to your issue, of course, but I had a similar problem. Between sessions of SL I had opened an mp3 with RealPlayer (my machines default mp3 player); thinking nothing of it I continued doing my thing.... Next time I loaded SL I found I could no longer hear music streams. Sound effects (HUD sounds, IM alerts, etc) were fine, but no music. I did a search on these and other forums to no avail. Anyhow, I thought perhaps that listening to those mp3s was the culprit; I closed SL, opened Windows Media Player and used it to listen to some music; closed WMP and re-opened SL.... voila! Fixed. Could be coincidence, but worth a try since it takes just a few seconds. Hope that helps you or someone with a similar issue.
Jebediah Brown Registered User Join date: 17 May 2006 Posts: 41	04-06-2007 01:36 It would of been nice if you told us if you are running Windows, Mac or Linux I have had this problem on my Mac, so on the off chance you're on Mac too here was the solution I found. There is an on going OSX bug that causes some applications to be unable to initialise the sound subsystem (I had it happen just recently when I upgraded to 10.4.9) the solution is to run GarageBand, then quit it and run Second Life. It seems that GarageBand does a full reset of the sound subsystem - something that no number of reboots or power cycles is able to do (makes no sense to me either). I believe Apple have a knowledge base article on it somewhere, they too are stumped by what is causing it. Cheers, Jeb
Lexii Walcott ...rezzing Join date: 5 Nov 2005 Posts: 270	thanks 04-06-2007 10:02 Sorry I forgot to mention that I am running Windows XP.. the end result of my "SL Trama" was..... I needed to update my drivers, etc. All the updates I did were things I never thought about. My SL partner and SL Brother are the ones that walked me through everything.. after a million updates and numerous restarts SL is running better than it ever did! ( Maybe I need to learn a little more about my computer ) Anyway... thank you all for the tips, advice etc....... have a great weekend!!!!! waves