No sound in demo playback

I can play back demos just fine - but there is no audio. I am using Zloth's CohDemoLauncher2 but there is no setting there to either enable or disable sound. Any ideas?


---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.2.0.2---

DxDiag gathered at September 2, 2010 19:31 (-05:00)
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
System Manufacturer: GBT___
System Model: NVDAACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Central Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5200+ (2 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
Memory: 3328MB
.Net Memory Report: 2261MB out of 3327MB available
Page File: 5032MB (1621MB currently in use)
C Drive: (SAMSUNG HD501LJ SCSI Disk Device) 204485MB out of 476835MB (42%) free
D Drive: (WDC WD64 00AADS-00M2B SCSI Disk Device) 1584MB out of 610477MB (0%) free
E Drive: (ST310005 28AS SCSI Disk Device) 2589MB out of 953865MB (0%) free
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 11
DirectX Diag version: 6.01.7600.16385 (32-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor:
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 8600 GT
Video Memory: 1905 MB
Driver Version: 8.17.12.5721
Driver Date: 6/7/2010 6:57:00 PM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 6:51:47 PM

Sound Device Description: Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)
Driver File: HdAudio.sys
Driver Version: 6.01.7600.16385
Driver Date: 7/13/2009 6:51:47 PM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: M57SLI-S4
Motherboard Version: x.x
BIOS Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
BIOS Name: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
BIOS Version: GBT - 42302e31
BIOS Release: 20071122000000.000000+000


Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1920x1200
3D Resolution: 1920x1200 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes


Physics Quality: Very High
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No


Anti-aliasing: Off
Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: Ultra quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: No
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High


World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 2.000
Entity Detail Level: 2.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Shadow Mode: Stencil shadows
Shadow Map Shader: Unknown (0)
Environmental Reflections: Ultra quality
Advanced Occlusion Settings: No
Ambient Occlusion: Off
Occlusion Strength: Off
Blur: Bilateral
Ambient Resolution: Performance


Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 1.000
Music Sound Volume: 0.600

Show Advanced Graphics Options: Yes
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.000
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 1294084 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 1850.201007290124.24T2
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

I still haven't worked this out. I found an older version of this program, one that I know has worked for me before, and no luck. I still have no sound when I play back demos. Any else have this problem?

I've turned the sound, in-game, down to "Compatability" mode.

I've used the -demoplay shortcut to drop demos on top of, to play them back.

I'm using the same computer (hardware is unchanged from two years ago) that I used before, and I was able to record and play back hundreds if not thousands of demos.

I've tried an old demo which worked just fine in the past.

I'm now running the program from directly within the City of Heroes folder, under Programs Files.

I am using the one and only Administrator account on the computer. Win 7 Home Premium.

I've disabled Aero permanently.

I'm running out of ideas and options, and I'm loathe to install new or older versions of drivers which have worked just fine for me so far. I have no problem playing sounds in the game.

Surely _someone_ else has had this problem before. Am I just not asking in the right forums?

Let me try doing the "drag and drop" demo launch technique...

Nope, no sound that way either.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite