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Saturday, July 6th, 2019

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Cox Contour on Browser has no sound for home but does for TV Go

Greetings,

I have Cox cable at home and the TV works well with my TiVo device and cable card. For my study, I jus tuse the web browser.

However there is no sound for some channels. TNT, Paramount, WGN for example have video but no sound. I have cleared the cache and reset the browsers and rebooted....al the tech stuff. Still no sound. Funny though, that when I access TV Go on the same network (as if I were not home) the sound and video are just fine.

I contacted Cox and they had me go through all the troubleshooting as if it were my system but nothing. They then said that they will submit a ticket. Well that ticket is in the proverbial black box of purgatory.. No more from Cox.

When I use my Contour App on my phone the video is choppy or stuck and no sound. for the same channels. There is something clearly wrong with the signal being sent for certain channels.

Anybody else have the same issues?

Thank you.

Sal

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6 years ago

letti001, I just tested TNT, Paramount and WGN on the Contour website using Chrome on a Desktop PC and the sound was fine.

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Thank you for checking. It is really odd. It used to work for me though. Just not now.

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6 years ago

@letti001 Hello, can you please email us at cox.help@cox.com? I'd like to take a look at the escalation in place, and see what the status of it is. Have you tried using multiple web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome or Firefox? I would also recommend uninstalling it on your phone and reinstalling it to see if that resolves the issue. -Kevin M. Cox Support Forum Moderator

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I have used Firefox, IE, Chrome and Edge. 

If I send an email, can I just place a link to this forum so I do not need to explain it all over again?

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I will uninstall and reinstall as you suggest.

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6 years ago

I can't even get the watchtv.cox.com website to load, no matter what browser or PC I use.

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Hi Chazzx, do you receive an error message when attempting to access Contour through the website? Are you able to access Contour using the Contour App? Would you be able to email us at cox.help@cox.com, so we may attempt to replicate this issue using your login credentials? -Kevin M. Cox Support Forum Moderator

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Hey chazzx, never knew about this Online COX TV website.  I tried it from my W10 Firefox and it worked for viewing and for sound on various channels, including my STARZ.  Did not try specific TNT, WGN....However, when I exited the tab, I could not log back on.  Not sure if browser needs reloading.  I checked my ID/pass a couple of times.  This site could be useful for phone apps and computer, where TV is not available...

Whitelabel Error Page

This application has no explicit mapping for /error, so you are seeing this as a fallback.

Sun Jul 14 17:03:13 UTC 2019
There was an unexpected error (type=Unauthorized, status=401).
Unauthorized

letti001.....maybe the sound icon on the bottom rt of the COX TV window is set to mute or the slidebar is  low or you have mute on the computers audio.  I had the TV window sound on mute originally.

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I tried restarting Firefox, and finally restarted my computer....no luck, cannot re-logon to watchtv.  ID/pass, who knows...must be on COX side...at least my TV works.  Frustrating for you Apps/online guys with no sound or connections

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Hi Ekhawaii, do you receive an error when attempting to log in through the website? Are you able to use the Contour App without any issues? Have you tried clearing your cookies and cache and launching another browser (Google Chrome or Internet Explorer)? -Kevin M. Cox Support Forum Moderator

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KevinM2....I'm using Firefox, and do have problems with the login.  Cleared the cache, history here.  It sometimes works and other times fails.  I've used Chrome and Edge.  I'm able to login/off and re-login to these, so far.  With FF, I can't seem to pinpoint the problem...after enter of id/pass, the screen re-displays and I need to re-enter id/pass then I get a message.  I've been trying to play with different login paths to the watchTV for Cox... I see an Adobe Flash msg on the Chrome/Edge, but I believe that is after my ID verify.  With FF, I get the Whitelabel error from above.  I've also looked to see if there are any bloc of the idm.east.cox.net

Now about the original poster's, not getting sound on the TNT 18/1018 channel.  I get NO sound using all 3 browsers....there may be others, but TNT is a no sound for me.

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6 years ago

OK, I've been emailing with cox.help and testing various item.  TNT/18, Freedom/19, Paramount/52 and WGN/68.  On different sites, depending if there is a 2nd language available, I had luck getting both sound and motion.  At the screen bottom right there is a Language Setting icon that has 3 buttons that can be slid on/off.  the 2nd is Secondary Audio (SAP).  Try turning on and off.  Depending if there is a Spanish broadcast or only English, this was enough for me to get sound and motion.  It does not always work, depending on the actual broadcast.  If the station is stuck, try the SAP on.

Also, if the Secondary is not there, try turning on the Video Description.  Worth a try till Cox makes a permanent fix.

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Looks like I fixed my problem myself. I tried Cox help but was told to reset the cache and all sorts of stuff I had already done. It seems, for some reason, that Video Description was off. When I clicked it on, then sound! I just looked at it again and was going to take a screen shot to show and then it was off again. No sound. I clicked it on and then sound again. In the right lower hand corner there is a text bubble that is for Language Settings. This has something called Video Description.

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Hi Letti001, our video engineers are investigating this issue. What channels are impacted?

Crystal
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At the screen bottom right there is a Language Setting icon that has 3 buttons that can be slid on/off.  the 2nd is Secondary Audio (SAP).

You can also toggle SAP by pressing "S" on the keyboard.

? - Display keyboard controls

C - Toggle closed captions

M - Mute audio

S -  Toggle SAP

V - Toggle video description

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CurtB...Wow, look at this info, Awesome with all your great thoughts and insight.  You sure are into many of these hidden gems along with your technical contribution.  The ?, which opens the Keyboard Shortcuts could be invaluable to the Cell Apps guys....eliminates picking something on the screen.

Still no resolution to the Sound issue for watchtv or Apps from Cox.  Hope users with issues can find some hope to this dilemma.

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Click "Player Settings" (wheel in lower right of screen).  Then click "Player Shortcuts" (box in upper right of the just opened pop up).  I tend to explore stuff to see what's available. 

I would try toggling Mute (M) On and Off for those channels with no sound.  It probably won't help, but you never know.

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6 years ago

It's on their end but until one of their techs tries watching TNT on their phone you will get nothing but run-around.

On both my mobile apps and desktop browsers i will get no sound on specific channels. And it started a month or less ago. And i have not updated my mobile Contour app in that time.

However, i did get the audio back half the time when visiting the SAP settings and choosing either espanol or video description, whichever happens to be available.

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It's on their end but until one of their techs tries watching TNT on their phone you will get nothing but run-around.

On both my mobile apps and desktop browsers i will get no sound on specific channels. And it started a month or less ago. And i have not updated my mobile Contour app in that time.

However, i did get the audio back half the time when visiting the SAP settings and choosing either espanol or video description, whichever happens to be available.

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On both my mobile apps and desktop browsers i will get no sound on specific channels.

I tested https://watchtv.cox.com on my desktop using Chrome.  The video and sound worked for every channel I tested... CNN, TNT, Paramount, WGN.  I don't have the Contour app installed.  Is there anything about the app that could possibly affect an individual's account settings on a Cox server in a way that would alter performance when accessing the website with a desktop browser?

Also, just to eliminate possibilities, did you verify that neither the website's sound or your computer were muted when viewing channels with no sound?

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Hi Ucjuicy, our video engineers ae investigating this issue. What channels are impacted? -Crystal

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CurtB, so it works for you, interesting.  I tried Chrome again this morning (usually use Firefox) but have also found the issue on Edge.  I'm on W10 machine here in SoCal.

For Chrome, TNT (18), Freedom(19), Paramount(52), WGN(68) plus newly found trvl(53), tlc(54) bravo(55) all did not work.  CBS(2) & weather(51) worked.  When channels failed, it was usually the sound.  On a few, the screen was blank, or the video was stuck.  After sliding the SAP to the right, the Sound did appear.  Sometimes I need to wait till the "Attempting to Resume" refresh screen to appear.  On a few, if SAP is not there, try the Video Description icon.

On the platforms, I had to Enable Adobe Flash.  Also, I do not have the App on my cell phone.  I do check my COX account for recent phone call history, account info, and this forum.

My email to COX said ticket CUI000008292144 was created.  Based on this forum comments, both the watchtv and cell phone App may be affected.  Not sure why your Chrome worked.....do you have Firefox or Edge.

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It's normal for Adobe Flash to have to be enabled for Chrome.  I don't use Firefox or Edge.  While we may be accessing the same network channels with the same web browser, we're in different markets.  That's a Cox variable that may produce unpredicatble results.

I only have two minor issues with the https://watchtv.cox.com website.

 1) The "Controls Auto-Hide Delay" event doesn't fire when a new channel is selected.  It requires a cursor move or full screen change for screen controls to be removed.  It's a minor issue and the main reason it's annoying is because it would be such a relatively simple thing to fix.

2) When "X" is entered to exit a channel, the current channel isn't always the channel in the grid that's selected.  It complicates grid navigation using the keyboard.

I contacted Cox about both of these minor issues a long time ago.  As far as I know, there hasn't been an update to that site recently.  I don't expect a change before the update to replace Adobe Flash that is scheduled to be retired next year.

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CurtB....yes, the watchtv is novel...I have never used it till the bug showed in this Forum and I wanted to peek at the issue.  It happens on all browsers, and apparently the cell Apps.  Your observation about the location of broadcast is interesting, because I don't see any other suspicious fault.  Cox has a ticket, but there is no online tracking available.

The "X" closing did bother me when I wanted to know where I was when I exited.  Maybe a tweak on Cox part could help. 

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6 years ago

I'm having the same problem. no sound. I've tried it on Chrome, Explorer, and Edge but no sound. It will be fine for 30 seconds to a minute and than cut out. 

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I'm having the same problem. no sound. I've tried it on Chrome, Explorer, and Edge but no sound. It will be fine for 30 seconds to a minute and than cut out. 

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I think the problem has been resolved. I received an email from Cox Support and they told me they worked it out and indeed I have checked the problem channels and they are working. I have not checked every channel as that would not be very practical, but it seems that we are back in business.

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