I updated to latest anki desktop version 2.1.34, and audio on the cards stopped working. The ‘play’ icon which used to appear on Cards is also not there.
The audio do play fine on Latest AnkiMobile though.
Also, the Anki desktop has 1 more bug which i would like to bring into your attention:
Bolding anything in the hint part of a cloze [ for.eg - Cloze::Hint ], leads to whole of the line after the cloze to take up the color set for the bold after the answer is shown.
The ‘play’ icon which used to appear on Cards is also not there.
If it’s not hidden by some CSS code in Styling, the ‘play’ icon should be visible even if Tools - Check Media reports the audio file as missing. I’d suggest to check that the field contains [sound:123.mp3] and the same field could be found on Front or Back Template.