Audio Problem on Youtube

[Logic]

As with these people http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/youtube/thread?tid=56f8282f383f1e3d&hl=en I am having the same problem, a red cross appeared on the video sound control button over night and I have no sound on youtube. The sound on my computer is working elsewhere.

I have tried restarting the computer and reinstalling flash but it is still there. I'm using explorer but I tried it in firefox too and same problem.

Anyone know if there is a solution!?

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

Are you in the HTML5 trial of youtube? i find this problem is there with some ordinary vids.

If you have Firefox or Opera then enter the HTML5 trial (http://youtube.com/html5) and play a video which something which suppports HTML5+WebM (eg. this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4avIV6subV0))

Also maybe clear your cache and cookies and try that again.

[GenericBox]

Usually a red cross over the audio button on the youtube player itself means the audio has been removed/disabled by the author or youtube for breaking any one of their various rules on copyright infringement. You'll find alot of home-made videos and unofficial film-clips, music videos etc have had the sound disabled for this reason.

Have you tried other videos?

[Logic]

Are you in the HTML5 trial of youtube? i find this problem is there with some ordinary vids.

If you have Firefox or Opera then enter the HTML5 trial (http://youtube.com/html5) and play a video which something which suppports HTML5+WebM (eg. this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4avIV6subV0))

Also maybe clear your cache and cookies and try that again.

Not HTML5...

I can achieve the same result by clicking on the speaker icon and going into mixer and muting the firefox container. Are you sure you haven't accidentally muted it in mixer?

Didn't touch a thing - that's what's weird - turned the computer on - went to view a video and nothing.

Usually a red cross over the audio button on the youtube player itself means the audio has been removed/disabled by the author or youtube for breaking any one of their various rules on copyright infringement. You'll find alot of home-made videos and unofficial film-clips, music videos etc have had the sound disabled for this reason.

Have you tried other videos?

Tried lots of different types cause I thought the same thing, but the red cross is still there.

Thanks for trying to help but so far no good - maybe it' ll fix itself randomly like it broke randomly!?

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

Logic, what videos are you having trouble viewing the audio? I know Youtube has done a lot of stupid things to the site so I wouldn't be surprised if this occurs on a lot of videos.

[Logic]

Twas this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNxss3IQluQ

I then tried random others from 'most popular' and same problem.

Youtube works perfectly on our mac though - it's just the PC that has developed this problem :(

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

It works like a charm on Windows XP Professional (SP3) here. What sort of PC do you have?

I am using Opera 11 beta. What browser(s) did you try using, and what version?

[Logic]

Compaq with XP. It is so weird - just happened over night and I didn't touch a thing I swear!

[GenericBox]

Actually, first -- TRY THIS:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/16/solution-to-fix-youtube-or-other-embedded-flash-video-no-sound-in-external-websites/

[Logic]

Guess what - when I get the flash settings menu up - I don't have the advanced option ...WTF!?

Edit: Found it another way and the correct setting is ticked...I am going to try the CCleaner now.

Edit 2: Yay GB - thanks heaps - that CCleaner fixed it!!!! :)

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

ah, something funny must have popped up in your cache I think. That's probably why ccleaner fixed it; it erased your cache.