Hello,
Here are a couple of ideas, I hope one of them works for you.
If you are using jaws or window-eyes, you can find the graphic labeled "seek
slider", arrow down to the next control. this is the mute button. If your
vid is playing, the seek slider will increase to 100 percent over time. If
muted, pressing enter on the mute button will toggle between unmuted and
muted.
There is a utility called Flash Mute, designed to mute flash on browsers.
The article speaks about use with window-eyes, but the info is applicable to
any screen reader. The app sits in the system tray and allows users to
mute/unmute with a hotkey, control-alt-M. This is an alternative if you
don't have jaws/window-eyes, or if you get sites that start playing audio as
soon as you load them. The site is:
http://www.gwmicro.com/blog/index.php/all/?title=take_control_of_flash_with_flash_mute&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
With this intermittent working/not working symptom, and the privacy settings
alert, it sounds like you may be having troubles with an add-on, maybe
Google toolbar? Google comes to mind because they are currently updating
their privacy policy. Find the option which allows you to manage your
add-ons on the tools menu, any browser, and see what you have installed. You
can disable anything you don't use. I usually disable all the toolbars,
Google toolbar, aol toolbar, winamp toolbar, you get the point.
I hope this info helps you with the problem, silent movies are no fun..
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Jason Custer, The VI Trainer
http://www.VITrainer.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Dujari, Prateek
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:46 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: RE: YouTube
Don't follow your logic doing the stuff with the browsing history and all.
In my recent experience I used (unsuccessfully) a web site to rip the audio
off a youtube posting and for some reason unknown to me all flash on any web
page stopped having any sound. Note all flash not just the flash videos on
youtube. In each case I could see the video was playing by the percent
counter which keeps on increasing as the video plays. Finally I found that
flash had been muted on my computer. There was an icon on the system tray
that said 'flash mute'. And it was checked. I had to get sighted assistance
to even tell me the check box on this icon was checked and she unchecked it
for me. that immediately solved the problem.
So first, pl check if you can't hear flash videos only on youtube or also at
any other website. This will help u isolate the problem to either just
youtube flash or not.
Next look around on the system tray our via the 'add/remove programs' list
( I use Windows 7) to spot anything that suggests flash mute and uncheck
that box.
Good luck and let us know what you find.---
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Randy Tijerina
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 3:36 PM
To: Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: YouTube
friends, I'll try to describe what is going on with me and YouTube.
Unless I'm missing something, when I click on a video, I don't get a
single bit of sound. but when I even do like a delete browsing
history and I se an alert icon saying changing our privacy policies,
I hit the close button. then if i clck on a video I'm ok. but if I
want to watch it again nothing happens. Any takers?
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