Anki refuses to function on my desktop

Anki Desktop
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Basically, the app was working just fine on my Windows 10 machine, but overnight, with no changes to my system as far as I can tell, it stops working and brings me to a white screen with (Not Responding) in the window name, and nothing fixed it.

After several uninstalls and reinstalls, I finally got the app to start, but without my progress on my cards.

Now I’m having this issue where it refuses to play audio at all, and when I check the volume mixer, the “mpv” app isn’t shown

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Despite it being in the anki folder.
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Nothing I’ve tried has fixed this issue, and I’m at my wit’s end with this stuff. Is there anything I can do?

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If you install GNU/Linux, you can then install the app using pip or the package manager of the distribution of your choice, and it will run just fine.

If you never tried GNU/Linux before, I recommend EndeavourOS since it seems to be fairly user-friendly.

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the thing is, I’ve been able to use it on Windows before. Literally everything is in its right place, and I’ve got no clue as to why it happened.

Honestly I haven’t got the time or the tech literacy to be switching OS like that.

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On Windows sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. You’ll likely lose your mind trying to fix a flawed operating system. There’s only one solution that works — installing GNU/Linux.

I’m very bad at dealing with computers, but even I could figure it out. GNU/Linux turns out to be way more user-friendly than Windows.

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@tatsumoto Let’s please refrain from OS proselytizing here - it’s not reasonable to expect most people will switch operating systems to resolve an issue they’re having with Anki.

@OyeaBaybee what happens when you drag an mp3 file onto mpv.exe? You could try this alternative approach: Zzz (legacy) No Sound Fix (libmpv) - AnkiWeb

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