Adobe Flash No Sound WaveMapper Trick
Occasionally users may encounter problem that there is no sound output from the Windows system especially when trying to playback a Flash based contents by installing the latest version of Adobe Flash 9. The symptom is obvious when viewing video clips on online video sharing sites such as YouTube, MetaCafe, Daily Motion, MySpace Video, Google Video and etc. Video can be played back, but no sound, voice, or audio is heard.
There is a general Flash no sound registry fix to solve all driver mapping problem that may exists. But if you don’t want to touch so many registry keys, try the following trick which is also a better solution – direct to the cause.
Flash No Sound WaveMapper Solution
- Launch Registry Editor by typing regedit at Run command.
- Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32
- On the right pane, and check for existance of “wavemapper” registry subkey, the mail culprit causing Flash no sound. If not found, create a new String value named “wavemapper”, and give the entry value “msacm32.drv”.
If wavemapper entry is already existed, ensure that its value data is “msacm32.drv”.
Also ensure and verify that the msacm32.drv driver file is existing in C:\Windows\System32 folder. If the file is missing in that location, search for other copy of msacm32.drv in the computer, or copy that file from another system.
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July 26th, 2008 11:51
thanks finally something that works
July 21st, 2008 15:43
You are GOD! I have been wrestling it since last 4 days. Can’t believe it was this small.
What I am wondering is that why can’t MS publish this solution on their website! (maybe I am wrong, but I could not find it)
Thanks man!
June 23rd, 2008 18:50
Thank you VERY MUCH.
Finally i found the solution.
now I can hear sounds.
June 19th, 2008 04:52
I can hear sound from computer.
I mean i can listen to songs(which are saved on my computer), i can watch downloaded movies.
The problem is coming while browsing youtube,zshare,google. In all these sites I see only pic but couldnot hear anything.
June 18th, 2008 23:34
Do you hear ‘any sound’ from your computer?
June 18th, 2008 23:25
PLEASE REPLY SOON
June 18th, 2008 23:22
I AM ALSO SUFFERING FROM SAME PROBLEM.
I TRIED THIS BUT THIS DIDN’ WORKED FOR ME
CAN U PLEASE SUGGEST SOMETHING ELSE.
I HAVE TRIED THIS I HAVE EVEN DOWNLOADED COMBINED COMMUNITY CODEC PACK . BUT NOTHIN IS WORKING . STILL DONT HEAR ANY SOUND WHILE PLAYING ONLINE GAMES, YOUTUBE , Z SHARE ETC…
PLEASE SUGGGEST SOMETHING….ITS LIKE A LOT OF TIME I AM LOOKING T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM
THANKS
June 6th, 2008 14:32
Moltíssimes gràcies!!!
Ha funcionat perfecte i a la primera.
May 31st, 2008 21:28
Wayyyyy cool! So much thanks. Worked like a charm, easy too. I should have thought of that myself.
April 25th, 2008 01:42
Unbelievable i,ve been working on this for 2 days.And this worked.Add wavemapper name right click add string value and that was it no restart required.Goog Job.
April 16th, 2008 22:13
It doesn’t work for me. Still no flash sound in firefox on my user account on Vista. On my dad’s user account it is working fine …
April 2nd, 2008 03:07
AWESOME!!!! I have been frustrated with this problem for over 4 months now. Great. It works! WOOOOWWW!!! Audio again. Thanks,Thanks,Thanks from Puerto Rico.
April 1st, 2008 23:28
Really Thanks!!!! I followed your instructions and it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sincerely thanks from Singapore!
March 31st, 2008 01:15
GREAT!
It worked.
Very special thanks from berlin, germany.
March 22nd, 2008 12:23
worked for me too! thanks!
February 25th, 2008 13:41
RUNNING VISTA and did all the same steps as desribed: START > type RUN in search box > enter RUN program and type in > REGEDIT.EXE
in there on the left side go to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE then,
SOFTWARE then,
Microsoft then,
Windows NT then,
CurrentVersion then,
Drivers32
In there, create a new String value named by right clicking. Name it: Wavemapper . As value right click on the file created and name it: msacm32.drv
press enter and sound should work again for windows sound and flash (youtube, etc) without needing to restart windows.
February 20th, 2008 16:49
Thank you so much.i’ve been up all night and i mean sitting at my computer for 13 hours straight trying to fix it.and ita now 9am,now i can get some sleep lol:).thanx again
February 16th, 2008 05:45
Great. It works!
Thank you so much.
Excellent tip.
February 1st, 2008 15:48
I absolutely think you are AWESOME!!!!
I have been frustrated with this problem for over 6 months now. I am so glad somebody is smarter than the Adobe flash people. I searched their website many times over for a solution. I tried downloading Codecs, New drivers for my sound card, FFdshow,WMPlayer, RealPlayer, DiVX, ect…Finally broke down and purchased another sound card (bummer didnt fix it waste of money) Anything I thought might solve the issue.
THANK YOU Ü SOOOO MUCH
January 26th, 2008 09:27
Holy crap, this has been pissing me off for almost a year…thank you so much.
January 24th, 2008 04:48
I verified the Wavemapper and tried all of the suggestions but nothing has worked. Any other thoughts ? Thanks.
January 16th, 2008 21:18
Great fix!…Many Thanks
January 15th, 2008 10:13
OMG I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG THANKS SO MUCH!!!
October 5th, 2007 12:05
Adobe Flash No Sound WaveMapper Trick
Thank you so very much. Neat quick easy fix. Better than that long lengthy registry hack.
I have mandatory audio courses for school and the prompt to upgrade the Adobe Flash came up, I said ok, and bbbbaaaaad bbbbbbaaaaad!
Thanks again for the fix!
August 15th, 2007 16:36
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