No sound in many apps (including Netflix and Youtube)

**Hello62** · February 20th, 2010, 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by carlitobklyn

I am having a similar issue. I have one PC which I use both as an HTPC and everyday computer. As such, I have audio output in Windows set to my PC Speakers and Boxee set to output through hdmi to my receiver.

Downloaded movies and music play perfectly through the receiver. However when I play any video through an app, or from hulu, the sound comes through my pc speakers. Setting Windows to output audio through HDMI as well fixes the issue for me, however having to switch audio manually back and forth makes boxee quite cumbersome.

Do you guys have a different audio output setting in windows than in boxee? Are you having the same issue as I?

exactly! I'm having this exact issue. Thought I was losing my mind!

**gblinckmann** · February 21st, 2010, 10:39 AM

I managed to fix my sound problems. I uninstalled Boxee & Flash, reinstalled Flash, and then reinstalled Boxee. Now everything works! :-)

**Hello62** · February 21st, 2010, 06:40 PM

Thanks! I had everything working perfectly, and then I updated Flash. Then it stopped working. The above solution worked like a charm.

**judgeschambers** · February 21st, 2010, 06:42 PM

Good to hear it!

**carlitobklyn** · February 22nd, 2010, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by gblinckmann

I managed to fix my sound problems. I uninstalled Boxee & Flash, reinstalled Flash, and then reinstalled Boxee. Now everything works! :-)

Did exactly this and it didn't work for me. I installed Flash 10.1 though, not sure if that matters.

**SofaDude** · February 24th, 2010, 11:22 AM

Ah, here's the thread.

I'm having the same issue with Pandora.

Win 7 32-bit
Gigabyte P55 mobo
audio out via SPDIF

**carlitobklyn** · May 28th, 2010, 04:37 AM

Originally Posted by carlitobklyn

I am having a similar issue. I have one PC which I use both as an HTPC and everyday computer. As such, I have audio output in Windows set to my PC Speakers and Boxee set to output through hdmi to my receiver.

Downloaded movies and music play perfectly through the receiver. However when I play any video through an app, or from hulu, the sound comes through my pc speakers. Setting Windows to output audio through HDMI as well fixes the issue for me, however having to switch audio manually back and forth makes boxee quite cumbersome.

Do you guys have a different audio output setting in windows than in boxee? Are you having the same issue as I?

I am still having this issue, even in the latest build. Is this being worked on? Am I the only one?

Further, I am having this issue with Netflix as well. Doesn't Netflix use silverlight? The "fix" of reinstalling flash wouldn't address that.

**stergil** · July 20th, 2010, 02:14 PM

I am having the same problem.

I can easily "fix" it by reverting from Digital to Analog in Boxee settings.

This started happening when I setup the digital audio connection from my htpc to my receiver.

Movies play audio fine, most apps do not. Pandora works fine, Netflix does not.

When Digital audio is enabled, if I use a troubled app and go into the Audio Settings menu while playing it shows "none" for audio stream.

Using Flash 10.1, win7 64bit.

**clemon79** · July 28th, 2010, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by stergil

This started happening when I setup the digital audio connection from my htpc to my receiver.

Movies play audio fine, most apps do not. Pandora works fine, Netflix does not.

When Digital audio is enabled, if I use a troubled app and go into the Audio Settings menu while playing it shows "none" for audio stream.

Using Flash 10.1, win7 64bit.

Having the same problem. Using my desktop PC as my Boxee PC as well, so switching the default to digital output is a cumbersome hack. No reason why online apps should not pump audio through the source dictated in Boxee instead of using the default Windows setting.

**stergil** · July 28th, 2010, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by clemon79

Having the same problem. Using my desktop PC as my Boxee PC as well, so switching the default to digital output is a cumbersome hack. No reason why online apps should not pump audio through the source dictated in Boxee instead of using the default Windows setting.

I've since "fixed" this. There were a number of things I tried, but I think it boiled down to me removing the dual audio output on my computer.

I had both the mini headphone jack -> RCA hooked up to one input on my receiver, and a digital output (tried both coax & optical) to a separate input simultaneously. I've since removed the mini headphone connection and also disabled my speaker output in Win7 Audio Devices and I am properly getting full audio from 5.1 encoded movies and stereo apps.

I'm not sure disabling the speakers did much of anything, I'm leaning towards the simultaneous audio connections being the problem.

Post back here if that doesn't fix it for you and I can try to trace back my steps some more.