How to fix Sound Issues in movies
Five hacks for fixing Movie Sounds Issues
Imagine you sit down to watch a movie, press the play button, but there is no sound. How frustrating is that! If you ever find that a movie has no sound, bellow are five steps you need to take to fix it.
Whether you have downloaded the movie for playback on your Windows or Mac PC, or are streaming it through a platform such as Netflix or Amazon Prime, this is how you fix a movie with no sound.
1. Restart Your Device
This is the oldest trick in the book, but you would be surprised at how often this works. Simply switch your system off and on again. For a TV, do not just put it into standby mode. Turn it off at the plug, wait for like 10 seconds, then turn it back on.
On TVs, you can mostly restart applications like Netflix or Amazon Prime on their own. Look inside the application settings or help section for a button that lets you restart.
2. Update Your Device
While most systems will keep themselves updated automatically, it’s good to perform a manual check for updates when experiencing any issue.
It’s easy to update your Mac or update Windows. TVs will vary by manufacturer, but look in the settings for a firmware update. Remember that platforms like Kodi on the Amazon Fire Stick need updating too.
3. Check Your Audio Connection
Try to play something else to find out whether the problem is from your playback device or from the movie itself. If other things do not have sound either, it is probably a problem from your sound connection.
First of all, ensure you do not have the device on mute who knows, maybe you accidentally sat on the remote. Secondly, check your audio cables to make sure they have not come loose. If you are not sure which is which, unplug all of the cables and then plug them back in very tight.
If you are using HDMI, this usually transmits both video and audio. HDMI cables can be bought very cheaply, and can be prone to failure, so switch your own out for a new one to see if that fixes the problem for you.
4. Download the Movie Again
If you downloaded the movie then you can try to downloading it again. While it is highly unlikely, especially if the whole movie plays very visually, it is very possible that the file got corrupted in a way, which can happen if your connection to the server was broken.
5. Watch the Movie on Another Platform
Let us imagine that your Amazon Prime movie has no sound in it. You could try to find that movie on one of the many free movie streaming sites to watch it.
That would not be possible if it is a Netflix original or a similar movie company, since those are exclusive to that service, but most movies are made available on multiple platforms. You might find out that this fixes your problem if the audio issue is with the original platform or that their upload of the movie is currupted.
