I can hear it if i play a song on my Windows Media Player , but if i go to You Tube , i cant hear the music.?

If you are telling us your sound works fine but not YouTube,

then I have never seen a more stupid reply than answer # 7:

-- you might have turned the volume down

-- you might have muted it before

-- a cookie might have kept it that way

-- it could be due to slow connection

-- it could be due to high traffic

-- try watching it during off peak hours

-- solution: buy their downloader?!?!

By the way, 'cookies' are tiny files that websites plunk onto

your computer about your viewing preferences, such as the

features that you have enabled on your YouTube homepage.

Cookies do not affect sound whatsoever.

I see questions similar to yours every few days on Y!A now,

so I recently did a whole lot of Googling, searching, reading

and poring over dozens of discussion threads and websites,

only to realize that there are no definitive answers out there.

The only semblance of a part solution which kind of worked

for a few people would require you to either:

1 -- fool around with your "registry" (which I would be totally

deadset against because that could really screw things up);

2 -- download some utilities (which I would be just as much

against, because that kind of stuff is what probably created

your problem in the first place).

Thus, my first piece of advice is to shutdown then reboot. If

that doesn't work, clear your "cache" of "Cookies", "History"

and "Temporary Internet Files", thus making your computer

"fresh" in YouTube's eyes. My infamous "CHTIF" triple-cure

has resolved hundreds of YouTubers' problems. So why not

yours. Please reboot after doing this:

Internet Explorer 6:

→ Tools → Internet Options

→ Delete Cookies → OK

→ Delete Files → OK

→ Clear History → Yes

→ OK

Internet Explorer 7:

→ Tools → Internet Options → Delete...

→ Delete files → Yes

→ Delete cookies → OK

→ Delete history → OK

→ Close (browsing history window)

→ OK

Mozilla Firefox

→ Tools → Clear Private Data

[x] Browsing History

[x] Download History

[x] Saved Form and Search History

[x] Cache

[x] Cookies

→ Clear Private Data Now

Apple Safari 3:

→ Edit → Preferences

→ Security (tab) → Show Cookies

→ Remove All → Done

after that:

→ Safari → Empty Cache → Empty

after that:

→ History → Clear History

If that does not do the trick, here's some other suggestions:

♦ If you've got GWA or any kind of "accelerators", get rid of

them immediately because they make YouTube do strange

things. Also, running applications (like AIM, AOL, ICQ, and

Yahoo "Messenger") can interfere with YouTube.

♦ There could also be conflicts with other video players that

are installed on your computer, like Windows Media Player,

Real Player and QuickTime. Check all of their volumes, too.

♦ The newer versions of Flash are frustrating a whole bunch

of YouTubers. Most updates are typically good for only one

thing: software conflicts. If you are using 1 of the 8 versions

of Flash 10 (yes, there actually are 8), you should consider

the Asker's comments on this other "Best Answer" of mine:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200811...

♦ Please avoid crappy utilities, downloaders and converters.

There are some answerers here on Yahoo! that are actually

disguised salespimps. If anyone's solution is for you to buy,

install, use or get something, please bear in mind that their

answers have probably got nothing to do with your question

and that the wares they are peddling might actually worsen

your problem. Besides, what kind of stupid and self-serving

answer is..."Despite the fact you cannot hear any videos or

watch them properly, buy our downloader".[my paraphrase]

♦ Sometimes when you begin a new session with YouTube,

the volume is actually set at zero. Maybe all that you really

need to do is scroll up the volume of the video player.

♦ Who knows why, but sometimes YouTube works better if

you tinker with the URL from "www.youtube.com" to simply

"youtube.com" (or you could even try "ca.youtube.com").

♦ Some people found success by just closing their browser

and restarting it. A couple others rebooted, and one person

wrote to me recently saying that everything started working

magically again the next day with no effort on his part; thus

your problem might just be a temporary glitch.

If you're able to determine the "cause" and its "cure", could

you please click on my avatar and write to me so that I can

include it in my future Yahoo! Answers. One other apparent

cause so far seems to be if you download "Torrents" music.

I wish you luck and hope that there's something in my long

answer does the trick for you.

Here are 2 other possible solutions to videos with no sound.

They might seem old but they both got very positive results:

FIREFOX + VISTA

zarin denatrose . wordpress . com / 2008 / 07 / 31 / fixing - sound - firefox - vista /

http://zarindenatrose.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/fix...

WAVEMAPPER

www . my digital life . info / 2007 / 08 / 15 /adobe-flash-no-sound-wavemapper-trick/

http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/15/adobe-fla...

Have you noticed the volume box in the bottom right corner of the video screen. You might have turned it down or muted it before and a cookie might have kept it that way.

or ...

2. It could be due to slow connection or high traffic.

Try watching it during off peak hours, the sound play will probably play better.

Or you could watch it offline... try using 'zillatube' . It plays the video much smoother and better.

It works very well....just google search for "zillatube", and select the first search result for download...

Go to the right side of your start menu bar, where wireless links, time and a speaker are... Double click the speaker and make sure all levels are up or unmuted. Media Player runs on a different sound wave than digital youtube.

check the volume of the youtube player on the bottom right of the window.

Try using the sound bar on youtube videos. I had the same problem, the realized I had accidentally turned the sound down on youtube itself.

Its either because your volume is down or something is wrong with your speakers Hope I helped

-mz_juniorhigh13

If you are remoteing you tube vids won't work unless you say allow sound

I hate to suggest this, but... is the video player on YouTube muted? I've seen this happen before; actually, it's happened to me, too. Dunno why, either.

If it's not that, you may need to update the ActiveX drivers for YouTube. Dunno any more than that, though.