Muted sound in Youtube and other flash video apps

[v4moose]

So i just noticed that in my regular browser - chrome - that youtube has suddenly decided *not* to play sound... video works perfectly but no matter how much i play with the volume slider I can't get any ear pleasure.

Any ideas? Things i've tried:

checked firefox - nothing but a black box where the video should be
internet explorer - works fine (but f*ck that)
reinstalling flash - not possible on chrome
reinstall chome - didn't fix
checked my speakers are default device in sound options
checked whether chrome has a slider in the windows sound mixer (nope)
full adware and virus scan - noting detected

appreciate any help. cheers

[Chucky]

Running Adblock? (If so whitelist youtube or stop running and see if things change)

(note no idea if that is the blocker, but it seems to be for me on various sites lately)

[v4moose]

since reinstalling chrome its now vanilla - no adblock here

[Clontarf[X]]

Windows 7? While playing a flash video, click on your speaker icon on the system tray, make sure "Adobe Flash Player" isn't muted or had it's volume reduced. If not Windows 7, then no idea.

[Matty]

This may be a nooby thing to ask, but have you restarted your PC? I remember having a similar problem and it fixed itself when I turned on the PC the next day.

[SaNE]

The problem is related to 5.1 and 7.1, go back to stereo and it works fine, I was getting very annoyed about the same thing

[v4moose]

and SaNE is the winner

I wonder why this happened all of a sudden - I can't think of anything that's changed on my system since yesterday.

Thanks for the suggestions also Clon and Matty - I had indeed tried both of those... so now i must leave my speakers on 2ch and change to 5.1ch for gaming... urgh :/

[SaNE]

I wonder why this happened all of a sudden

Chrome updated and brought along a flash problem a couple of days ago.

Thanks for the suggestions also Clon and Matty - I had indeed tried both of those... so now i must leave my speakers on 2ch and change to 5.1ch for gaming... urgh :/

They are working on a fix;

We've uncovered the nature of the problem, and are working on a fix. This issue should affect only a subset of people that have 5.1 and 7.1 audio support enabled. As a temporary workaround, you can enable 2.1 stereo sound in the Windows audio settings and sound should be restored.

***At this point in time, please DO NOT post updates to http://crbug.com/139953 unless the stereo workaround does not resolve your issue. Otherwise you'll prevent us from determining if additional fixes are needed.***

[PirateEggs]

Chrome updated and brought along a flash problem a couple of days ago.

Flash IS a problem.

[Chucky]

and SaNE is the winner

....but but but, SaNE posts in the 'ban the person above you' thread, so doesn't that void his post?

[v4moose]

Sanes helped me a number of times... maybe I'll just go into that thread and ban him for being overly useful?

[Chucky]

maybe I'll just go into that thread and ban him for being overly useful?

....maybe I should just ban you (not in that thread)


/joking >_>

But yes, I have noticed SaNE is quite the helpful tech guru (just don't tell him I said that)!

[SaNE]

maybe I'll just go into that thread and ban him for being overly useful?

But yes, I have noticed SaNE is quite the helpful tech guru (just don't tell him I said that)!

I won't, I promise.