25.02.4 update disabled my audio files

[Jake8522]

I updated the latest anki and my audio files will not longer play anymore. I have tried downloading the latest mpv player, restarted anki, and checked the database and resynced. I am lost and don’t know what to do to recover the audio files, would anyone have suggestions?

[sorata]

It might be a template/field HTML issue (if you paste them here someone will take a look).

Do you see lost media files if you use Tools > Check Media?

[Danika_Dakika]

This is the most common cause for audio to suddenly stop play in an update to 25.02, so check your templates for this first –

New update broke audio for my cards

If it stopped working between 24.11 and 25.02, then I suspect your issue is in your card template(s). A bug fix in 25.02 took away a workaround some template authors were using related to audio. In your card templates, you’ll be looking for a <!-- commented-out --> field-replacement that matches the name of the audio field in your note type, like – <!-- {{Audio}} --> For every card type that has that, change it to: {{Audio}} After you fix that, your cards will now show a play button in tha…

[Jake8522]

Yes I have this when checking media:

[Jake8522]

@New update broke audio for my cards

Thank you so much, this was able to fix it