"There are no active mixer devices available."

[jake.sound]

Ok, I've spent the time searching the forum to find an answer to this but had no luck.

WindowsXP Home
Pentium3
*On board sound card
Riptide Audio Device
Legacy Audio Drivers
(let me know if you need any more information)

I installed VideoLAN and it worked great! The only issue I've had with it, is something else went wrong with my computer. The system can't play any alerts, a game (Command and Conqure: Tiberium Sun) won't play audio, and when I click on my volume controls, (sndvol32.exe) it gives me the error message saying:

There are no active mixer devices available. To install mixer devices, go to Control Panel, click on Printers and Other Hardware, and then click on Add Hardware. This program will now close."

I've tried uninstalling VideoLAN but I still have the same issue.

So does anyone know where I am comming from and can provide any help? PLEASE!!

Thanks in advance,
Jake

[dionoea]

this doesn't seem to be VLC / VideoLAN related.

[jake.sound]

The only known change made to my computer was installing VideoLAN.

Do you know why that error message would show up? I am totaly in the dark here. I'd like to use VideoLAN again after I fix the problem.

Thanks in advance,
Jake

[jake.sound]

Your probibly right.

I checked out msconfig to see if something has been changed and there was. "Windows Audio" was not set to run. Yes I doubt this is a VideoLAN issue. Thanks for your time!

Jake