# Anki isn't playing audio of cards I've specifically created

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-isnt-playing-audio-of-cards-ive-specifically-created/12607>\
**Category:** Card Design\
**Created:** [August 24, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-isnt-playing-audio-of-cards-ive-specifically-created/12607 "2021-08-24T15:42:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chimorou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Chimorou](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Chimorou)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-isnt-playing-audio-of-cards-ive-specifically-created/12607/1 "2021-08-24T15:42:20Z")

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The audio on other decks I’ve downloaded, that others have made, work perfectly - but the audio on my own crafted cards doesn’t work! The audio of other-made cards plays perfectly on AnkiDesktop & AnkiDroid (which I use); my cards don’t sound on either.

I’ve tried to compare + contrast any difference, but I can’t detect any. Both of these audio files can be found in the collection.media folder, with the exact same names, but mine simply doesn’t work:

 ![card-compare](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/2X/1/142497b2c6c68d39c69fa37c2ca147edd205bc92.png)

If I play the audio of the other-made card, I can see MPlayer pop up on my computer’s Volume Mixer. I can replay the audio via the R key and the same thing happens - success. With my own original cards, no sound plays; no audio playing program shows up on my Volume Mixer; and nothing happens when I try to replay audio via the R key.

I’ve tried both creating my own original audio files & generating audio files via AwesomeTTS. While files created by both methods are recognized by audio players if I manually drop them in and will sound in them without issue, they don’t play in Anki.

I’m really at a loss as to what’s happening. I haven’t been able to find anything online on this specific situation; I’ve uninstalling & reinstalling Anki; using an older version; reinstalling mpv and mplayer but nothing has worked so far. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you!

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**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:** [August 25, 2021, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-isnt-playing-audio-of-cards-ive-specifically-created/12607/2 "2021-08-25T00:53:23Z")

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Does {{Back}} appear in your card template?

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**Author:** ![Chimorou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Chimorou](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/Chimorou)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-isnt-playing-audio-of-cards-ive-specifically-created/12607/3 "2021-08-25T13:48:13Z")

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You are my savior - adding that worked! Sorry for a such a silly issue but I’m so glad that it’s fixed now.

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**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, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/anki-isnt-playing-audio-of-cards-ive-specifically-created/12607/4 "2023-05-01T07:39:16Z")

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