# Can't hear videos **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 20, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908 "2021-07-20T19:10:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908/1 "2021-07-20T19:10:28Z")
Is there a volume button I’ve missed or a setting I’ve messed up? All linked videos from any site (YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion) do not have sound and I must go to the actual sites to hear them. Since it seems to be only me I can only assume there is something I’ve done wrong. Any idea what it could be? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908/2 "2021-07-20T19:14:06Z")
What Browser? With Chrome once you mute a site, it remembers it. Perhaps you muted the SDMB by mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908/3 "2021-07-20T19:17:24Z")
I do use Chrome and if I did mute it it was most definitely by mistake cuz I don’t know how to or how to not to. Or-- where do I go to check if this is the case? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908/4 "2021-07-20T19:21:05Z")
So with the SDMB open in a tab, right click on the tab and about half way down is **Unmute Site** or **Mute Site**. If it says **Unmute Site** click it and it should change to **Mute Site** and the problem was easy to fix. If not, then something else is wrong and someone else will probably come along with a better fix. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908/5 "2021-07-20T19:25:25Z")
Not getting that option, maybe right clicking wrong place? Available options when I right click on tab: Back Forward Reload Save as Print Cast Send to your device Create QR Translate to English View page source Inspect ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908/6 "2021-07-20T19:34:05Z")
Across the top of Chrome are the tabs, one per page you have open. So where it says at the top “Can’t hear videos”, right click there to get the tab menu. It will start with “New Tab to the Right”. And I was assuming you are using Chrome on Windows and not a phone or tablet. I think from the Menu you showed, your on a Phone or Tablet? In which case, I don’t know enough to be helpful, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908/7 "2021-07-20T19:35:46Z")
Yay! Success! Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-hear-videos/946908/8 "2021-07-20T19:36:11Z")
Oh Cool. Very glad I could help.