Push Play in Movie Maker stops speakers from working

06. April 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: , ,

I open a project in movie maker and all sounds stop working. I checked the sound mixer and saw that Movie Maker and Google Chrome were making noise, but it didn't show output on my speakers.

The speakers are in my laptop, which is an HP Notebook 2000 running Windows 8.1.

Sound only returns when I restart my computer

I've updated the driver software, made sure nothing was muted, turned up the volume all the way and still nothing.

I saw another thread on this, but it was old and wouldn't let me reply, as well as none of the solutions there worked either.

EDIT: I've found that sound returns about 8-10 minutes after Movie Maker closes

Movie Maker is a Speaker Breaker

14. February 2014 · Write a comment · Categories: Uncategorized · Tags: , ,
I just downloaded the Movie Maker program for Windows 7 and began using it without any issues for about an hour. Randomly (or seemingly so) one of the videos I'm editing causes the internal speakers of my HP notebook to *click* and then go mute. Only the volume isn't muted and when I troubleshoot the speakers, they don't raise any red flags... yet there is no sound. No sound for any program (media player, youtube, etc.). 

When I restart the computer the speakers work fine until I open Movie Maker. As soon as I press the play button in Movie Maker, I hear the *click* and all audio is impossible for all programs. I've restarted a few times and this happens each time. I've uninstalled the program and re-installed it after. Same result. 

Anyone have a clue as to what is going on here?

Any recommended and free movie editing software alternatives? 

Thanks!