Windows 10: How do I fix Audio problem when playing a VLC Video download.

TV Video downloaded to my Laptop, Windows 11, Video is great but there is no Audio. Speakers are on and work with other programs. How do I get the sound to work

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audio issues: VLC play a video with no sound and YouTube shows an error

If VLC plays a video with no sound (and you've it on), then either:

• it's a problem with your video audio codec (reinstall VLC or codecs),
  
• it's a problem with you sound drives; if so, reinstall them, upgrade or revert to stable once.
  

If YouTube fails with:

you need to should:

• check for HTML5 compatibility issues,
  
• try restarting your browser,
  
• try different browser (e.g. Brave, Firefox, Waterfox, Epic, Opera, Safari, etc),
  
• force browser to fallback to flash video playing,
  
• reinstall/upgrade your Flash plugins,
  
• try different sites such as Vimeo.
  

 

How to fix no sound in some video & audio files played in Google Chrome and Opera browsers?

Steps that fixed my issue:

• Open Creative Audio Control Panel
  
• In Speaker Configuration section,
  change 7.1 Speakers to 2/2.1 Speakers.
  

This immediately fixed my issue and I did not even need to reboot. All the previous video and audio files I was having an issue with play fine now in Google Chrome & Opera browser.

Reading this Reddit post helped me solve my problem.

Reddit - Dive into anything

 

No sound while playing audio and video files.

Hi,

I appreciate if you could answer to a few questions to narrow down to the issue.

• Which is the application that you are using to play the files?
• Did you try the same on a different player?
• Did you perform any troubleshooting steps?

As an initial troubleshooting step, I suggest you to check if the volume is set low or in mute state in Volume Mixer.

• Right click on sound icon.
• Open Volume Mixer check for the application that you are playing the files with and increase the volume and check.

If the issue still persists, I would suggest you to run “Playing audio” troubleshooter to diagnose and fix the issue.

Follow these Steps to run Playing Audio Troubleshooter in Windows 10.

1. Type troubleshooting in the search bar.

2. Select Troubleshooting.

3. Select View all on the top left corner.

4. Click on Playing audio.

Also refer: Fix sound or audio problems in Windows - Microsoft Support

Hope the information helps in resolving the issue related to the sound issue. Let us know if you need further assistance. We will be happy to help.

Thank you.