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How to change the audio track in Windows Media Player

I have some movie files which have audio in 4 languages. I can change the audio track to any language in MX and VLC in android and KM player in windows. I tried to do it in Windows Media Player in ...
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Audio not working on WMP and VLC Players but works in the Web and using MPC-HC

I did a windows update which fails with recovery tool: the issue was solved using a previous restore point and a check disk (CHKDSK) wich deleted many files on windows. After re-booting Windows 7 / ...
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Why does VLC media player pop up "YOU JUST UNPLUGGED A DEVICE"?

When I try to play music MP3 files with VLC media player or with Windows media player, a notification always pops up saying "YOU JUST UNPLUGGED A MEDIA DEVICE" and disturbs the music. What should I ...
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Audio sounds really bad after installing Windows 7

This might be a bit of an unusual question, but I used to have windows 8.1 for the past three years on an HP Envy dv7 Laptop (it came preinstalled). Playing music in Windows Media Player used to work ...
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Every 10 mins: YouTube sound goes down and Windows Media Player stops

This is really weird, every 10 minutes, YouTube sound goes down, but not showing it. With this last I mean that the volume controller is max, as is the windows volume controller. When this happen I ...
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How to change the default file type Windows saves ripped audio as?

When ripping audio files from a CD onto your computer, Windows 7 automatically saves them as .wma (Windows Media Audio) files. But some applications can't play WMA files, so I was wondering if it is ...
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3 answers
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Why does windows media player stop at random?

I have two PC's here at our shop that I play media on (local not streaming) 24/7 via windows media player. The one is a windows 8 in our break-room that I have a playlist of 394 short avi videos that ...
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.WAV files won't play in Firefox 24.0

Environment: Windows 7 x64 Firefox 24 Microsoft Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin 1.0.0.8 is installed and enabled Settings under FF Options/Applications are as follows: Wave Sound - "Use ...
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How to play same music through computer speakers as well as network audio with Windows Media Player?

I want to be able to use Windows Media Player in the same manner as iTunes using the computer speakers as well as network attached speaker system. When I use the Play To feature this works fine but ...
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Audio momentarily dropping

I keep getting the following error message in Windows Media Player An audio device was disconnected or reconfigured. Verify that the audio device is connected. the weird thing is, if I immediately ...
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How to send VLC Player audio to headphones rather than PC speaker?

Similar to this question, except I'm on Windows 7. That question also has no accepted answer, and the answer doesn't work for me. I've tried all the different "Output Module" settings in the Audio ...
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iTunes is playing sound through wrong speakers

I have a Windows 7 laptop (Dell Inspiron) and I'm trying to simply listen to music through headphones. This process used to work flawlessly. Something changed and now iTunes (as well as WMP and any ...
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2 answers
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Why won't regular CDs play on my Windows 7 system?

I've got some regular CDs that I cannot get to play on my Windows 7 (64 bit) system. When I try to play them I get the message: "Windows Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not ...
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No sound playing DVD in Windows Media Player

When opening a DVD VOB file in Windows Media Player, no sound can be heard. When opening the same file in Windows Live Photo Gallery, sound is ok. What could the problem be?
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Changing volume in Windows Media Player without using the slider

It seems that the only way to adjust the volume in Windows Media Player is to use the slider. Is there any other way?
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