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Why am I getting no sound when playing DVDs or videos with AC3 audio?

April 26, 2017AC3 audio DVDs playing sound videos

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Why am I getting no sound when playing DVDs or videos with AC3 audio?

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Your AC-3 codec may be configured to output to SPDIF instead of your speakers. Open Windows Media Player. Click Tools -> Options. Select DVD tab and press Advanced, and ensure the AC3 and DTS decoder settings are set to decode to speakers and not to SPDIF.