I cant figure it out .. :(

[Fel221]

alright, its kinda complicated, i hear some noises, for example, music, music in games, some sounds, but theres also some sounds that are missing, for example, in WoW, i dont hear the character fighting, in trackmania, i hear the music, but not the car sound, i tried to play a movie, i hear the music, the gunfires, but i cant hear them talking ... its really frustrating , oh yeah and i hear people talking on ventrilo, but i cant hear the sound when i connect / disconnect, or when i change of room.

im currently using windows vista 32 bit, i tried reinstalling my drivers, the audio VIA HD audio deck for windows vista, i installed it, but nothing changes, im having realtek pcie gbe family controller. i just cant figure it out ... really pissing me off if some1 could help, thatd be VERY appreciated

 

[Fel221]

Mainboard : Asus P7P55D
Chipset : Intel P55
Processor : Intel Core i5 750 @ 2666 MHz
Physical Memory : 4096 MB (2 x 2048 DDR3-SDRAM )
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
Hard Disk : ST31000528AS (1000 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22LS50 ATA Device
Monitor Type : Samsung SyncMaster - 22 inches
Network Card : RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Operating System : Windows Vista (TM) Home Premium Home Edition 6.00.6001 Service Pack 1
DirectX : Version 10.00
Windows Performance Index : 1.0

 

[TrainTrackHack]

You may be missing some codecs, installing K-Lite may fix it.

Just out of curiosity, though: what speakers/headphones are you using? I had a similar problem with a pair of earbuds I got with my phone, turns out it apparently filters out stuff when plugged in a device other than the phone, and I still haven't figured out why it does it.

 

[atthedouble2]

Sounds stupid, but I had a problem like that and it was because my balance wasn't equal!

 

[Brett_md]

I'm guessing it's a left, right or center channel issue in your computer's audio settings. A lot of the time, main sounds, like dialog, etc., are made to go through the center channel and other sounds through the left and right channels. So if your audio balance is off, it could cause certain sounds to not come through. What kind of speaker setup are you using? 2.0, 2.1, 5.1, other?