# Anki audio doesn’t play **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Created:** [July 6, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234 "2021-07-06T05:19:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gunel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Gunel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Gunel)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234/1 "2021-07-06T05:19:33Z")
Dear Anki team, When I double-click on the audio icon of cards, a message pops up: Sounds and video on cards will not function until mpv or mplayer is installed. So it does not play audios. What should I do? I’m using Mac 10.15.7. Only 2.1.44 Anki opens on my Laptop. Thanks in advance ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234/2 "2021-07-07T01:21:53Z")
You could try running mpv in Terminal.app to see what it says /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/Resources/audio/mpv ---
**Author:** ![Gunel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Gunel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Gunel)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234/3 "2021-07-07T03:36:35Z")
mpv 0.33.0 Copyright © 2000-2020 mpv/MPlayer/mplayer2 projects built on Mon Nov 23 23:02:08 CET 2020 FFmpeg library versions: libavutil 56.51.100 libavcodec 58.91.100 libavformat 58.45.100 libswscale 5.7.100 libavfilter 7.85.100 libswresample 3.7.100 FFmpeg version: 4.3.1 Usage: mpv [options] [url|path/]filename Basic options: –start= seek to given (percent, seconds, or hh:mm:ss) position –no-audio do not play sound –no-video do not play video –fs fullscreen playback –sub-file= specify subtitle file to use –playlist= specify playlist file –list-options list all mpv options –h= print options which contain the given string in their name ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234/4 "2021-07-07T07:29:50Z")
if you put an mp3 file in your home folder and add " ~/filename.mp3" at the end of that line, does the audio play? I presume you haven’t installed a separate copy of mpv in the past? ---
**Author:** ![Gunel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Gunel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Gunel)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234/5 "2021-07-07T08:19:50Z")
If I put an mp3 file in my home folder add “~/file name,mp3” at the end of that audio plays, but Anki audio does not. I have already downloaded a separate copy of mpv before. So why does it say “-no-audio do not play sound” in Terminal when I put /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/Resources/audio/mpv there and press Enter? ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 10:59pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234/6 "2021-07-07T22:59:23Z")
If you’ve installed mpv in the past, maybe the system-installed version or one of its config files is interfering with Anki’s bundled version. You could try running Anki from a terminal (/Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/AnkiMac) and see if that reveals anything further. ---
**Author:** ![Gunel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Gunel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Gunel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234/7 "2021-07-24T07:03:39Z")
Thank you for your help. Audio sounds when I run Anki from terminal. I put /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/Resources/audio/mpv and /Applications/Anki.app/Contents/MacOS/AnkiMac, then press enter in Terminal. I hope the problem will be solved as soon as possible as it takes time to run it from terminal instead of double clicking on Anki. ---
**Author:** ![dae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/forums.ankiweb.net/dae/32/65_2.png) [@dae](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/dae)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234/8 "2021-07-24T10:13:27Z")
Are you saying that Anki correctly plays audio when it is run from the terminal? That implies it’s something to do with your environment; perhaps your PATH is configured differently when running GUI apps. ---
**Author:** ![Gunel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Gunel](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Gunel)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234/9 "2021-07-24T10:31:58Z")
If Anki is not run from the terminal, a message pops up when I double-click on the audio icon of cards: Sounds and video on cards will not function until mpv or mplayer is installed. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-audio-doesn-t-play/11234/10 "2023-05-01T04:58:12Z")