Can't get webpage sound. Please help.

Sound works perfectly on Windows signon and shutdown. RealPlayer works fine. Command sounds are good. Even AOL greetings and goodbye work. But the midi music on webpages just doesn't work. I have tried everything I can think of short of calling Windows Helpline. I have checked the "Advanced" settings on the Control Panel Internet checklist to make sure the box is checked to "Allow webpage sounds." Can anyone please make a suggestion. At this point I will try just about anything short of hitting this thing with a big hammer - and that sounds more appealing by the minute.

 

Hi Redsboy
Welcome to the boards! Maybe see if this thread helps at all?

Daizy

 

Hi again redsboy
Thank you for the note. I'd have to agree with TonyT. Do try uninstalling Real..... see if it solves your problem.

Daizy

 

If the RealPlayer is uninstalled, and you are using AOL, you may get error messages coming from AOL. You should go into Windows Media Player, go to View\Options, then click on Format tab, then click on the Select All button. This way the Midi will be off of the RealPlayer, and back to 'normal'. The AOL shouldn't complain this way, and RealPlayer specific files will work.

 

Still no website MIDI sound. . .

Oh, Woe!
I have removed RealPlayer, installed Windows Media Player 7.1, gone to Windows Media Player, selected "options" and "selected all." Still can't hear the music on my website. I know it's working because my wife (my child-bride) has her own computer and that's the one that's not producing the midi sounds.

Any ideas, suggestions, etc. will be much appreciated. And my idea of "a big hammers" is sounding more appealing all the time.

Karl

 

You don't say whether or not you can hear midi's that are stored on your computer so I have to ask. Is the midi volume by any chance muted or turned way down? Double click the speaker icon in the system tray to find out. If that's not it, check in the multimedia applet in the control panel on the midi tab and see what devices are available. If more than one try a different one then you are currently using. If it's set to use some type of "midi out" it won't work.

 

AHA!

I can't hear MIDI's even stored on my computer. The MIDI player comes up, and the display is perfect, and it says it is playing the MIDI I selected. The timer shows it is doing something, and the slider is moving, but no sound.

All mutes are OFF and the volume is turned up to the highest point.

I go to the MultiMedia icon in my Control Panel and click on MIDI. It DOES show "MIDI Output" as my only option, and "Single Instrument" was selected. The only other option is "Custom Setting." I selected that and set it at default (no instrument) but I don't know how to change it from "MIDI Output." Is that something I need to do?

My apologies for all your trouble on this, folks. But I truly do appreciate your help.

Karl

 

Of course, there is no listing for "MIDI Files" but there is a listing "Midi Instruments" and "MIDI Sequence." The "Sequence" heading lists "open. play. "

I don't think there's much there to cause a problem, is there.

Karl

 

I guess we kind of have a misunderstanding here. In the multimedia applet it should say midi output at the top. However, in the box below single instrument it should show you what device it's using to play the midi. If it says midi out or something similar, try using one of the others in the larger box below by clicking on the one you want and then click apply at the bottom. I don't know how many you'll have listed as it depends on your sound card. What doe's it say in the box below single instrument and what are the choices listed below that?

 

How goes the battle redsboy?
Any progress yet?

DAizy

 

Bless your heart, DAizy, for thinking of me. Things aren't going so well in the battle. Next, I'm going to download Quicktime 6.0.2 (I think that's the one for MIDI) and see if that does the trick.

If the sound wasn't good on everything else, I might have a clue as to where to look. It almost seems as though, somewhere in my "preferences" I have indicated I don't want MIDI from websites. The only place I could think to check that was the "advanced" tab on the Internet Icon in the Control Panel. But it's set up just as it's supposed to be. Oh, well, I'll have to give it more thought. (HAH!) Like that's gonna help.

If you come up with any ideas, PLEASE let me know. If there's anyway I can help you (Not likely) to repay your kindness, just say the word.

Karl (redsboy)

 

Hi again redsboy
Just so we're at exactly the same place.......
When you go up to tools....then internet options.......and under the advanced tab...... you do have a check in "Play sounds in web pages "?

Daizy

 

Well, almost. . .

I go to CONTROL PANEL, not 'tools" and then Internet Options, then the "Advanced" tab and down under the Sounds for Webpages (or whatever) the box IS checked.

I think that's what you are asking. That is where I THOUGHT I would find the problem. But it is marked.

Karl

 

It's exactly the same thing.....yep. Will keep looking for an answer then.

Daizy

 

For Midi Output, Single Instrument should selected. The available devices for MIDI output are listed in the window underneath the Single Instrument option.
You didn't answer Zander's question, " What does it say in the box below single instrument and what are the choices listed below that? "

You should NOT be selecting "Midi for xxxxxx MPU-401 Compatible" because that would be for a mid keyboard or similar instrument. You need to select a different option. Midi for FM Synthesis will work.

If the MPU4-01 is your only Midi output device then there is a problem with your audio drivers.

 

If you can't play midi files that are on your hard drive I really doubt it has anything to do with IE. More likely something to do with your multimedia setup. Try this. Click on start-run and type dxdiag. Click on the music tab and run the tests using the various synthesizers available. If you find one that works that's the one you should select in the box under single instrument in the multimedia applet. If none work, I would try reinstalling the sound card drivers.

I realize you have stated all mutes are off but I have to ask. Is there a volume control there specifically for midi?

 

I just saw Alice's post and I have to agree. If you only have the one entry it's time to reinstall your sound card driver.