Thread: Internets on my Mac won't play audio!

Only Flash games/videos or other plugins as well (RealPlayer, QuickTime, WMV, MP3)?

Originally Posted by Korittke

Only Flash games/videos or other plugins as well (RealPlayer, QuickTime, WMV, MP3)?

Everything.

Some WMV's do work though. Sometimes when I open up a page with only Quicktime or WMV a window will come down that will say something and it will work then, but everything else doesn't work.

Try these:
Reinstall Flash
Reinstall Flip4Mac
Change your default Synthesizer to Quicktime Synthesizer (in Quicktime Preferences)
Check for a System update
Zap the PRAM
Uninstall (fully) Firefox

What OS are you running?
Do you have Plug-ins enabled in Safari? (Security tab in Preferences)

Tiger I think... yeah.

Check for updates and if there aren't any then zap the PRAM and let us know if that worked.

Ahh... there's a Quicktime update. Downloading now.

How do I zap the PRAM and what does that do?

If the quicktime update doesn't work then I'll tell you how to zap the PRAM. It resets the Preference RAM back to it's factory default. That holds most of your audio and video preferences.

Didn't work.

Will that mess up anything?

no, zapping PRAM won't mess anything up unless you've done some hardcore hacking.
Here's how to zap it:

1) Shut down the computer.
2) Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command, Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
3) Turn on the computer.
4) Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys. You must press this key combination before the gray screen appears.
5) Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
6) Release the keys.

Still not working.

Try the Audio MIDI Setup application in the Utilities folder and check if the Audio Output format is set to 44.1 KHz.

I love you! It was set to 96 KHz for some reason!

I wonder why it was set to that.

Thank you so so so very much ninja!