# Can\`t play any audio files

**URL:** <https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-t-play-any-audio-files/16024>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 20, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-t-play-any-audio-files/16024 "2021-12-20T12:47:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![caenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@caenum](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/caenum)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-t-play-any-audio-files/16024/1 "2021-12-20T12:47:03Z")

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Opening up mpv and pulling the recordings in works fine, but the recordings wont play when using them from the cards. Everything works perfectly fine on mobile, so im confused why it doesn’t work on PC.  
Version ⁨2.1.49

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**Author:** ![caenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@caenum](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/caenum)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-t-play-any-audio-files/16024/2 "2021-12-20T13:20:30Z")

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So far i have tried:  
using beta version  
reinstalling anki  
recording new audio files  
tested mpv by itself  
creating new cards

Edit: also tried to download newer release of mpv and put the new files into the anki folder  
Mpv seems to time out whenever an audio file should play  
Tried some more stuff with cmd shell. Sound only seems to play when the option --force-window=yes is used.

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**Author:** ![caenum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d6d6ee/32.png) [@caenum](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/caenum)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-t-play-any-audio-files/16024/3 "2021-12-20T22:11:25Z")

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Problem got fixed by closing Sonic Studio 3 before starting Anki.  
As seen in this thread: [Desktop Anki 2.1.35 No Audio Playback - #2 by heny](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/desktop-anki-2-1-35-no-audio-playback/3990/2)  
Credit to @kelciour for showing me this thread.

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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, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/can-t-play-any-audio-files/16024/4 "2023-05-01T04:39:20Z")

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