Audacity wont play MP3

Hi,
MP3 wont play on Audacity as of 2 days ago…
Im using version 2.3.3 and all of a sudden the mp3 wont play.
Ive attached a screenshot.

I hear a click in sound and thats it.

Any pointers?

Thanks
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MP3 wont play on Audacity as of 2 days ago…

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That exact sound file played earlier in the day and then it just stopped? Did you close Audacity between the time it worked and the time it didn’t?

I think the playback failed. It’s hard to believe with all that going on you only hear a click.

This is a full Left-Right stereo sound file. Does it sound OK?

Did you log into your Skype, Zoom, or Meetings account in the middle? I can see Zoom re-arranging your sound pathways and causing that problem.

Make sure you have the work as a WAV sound file backup and do a Clean Windows Shutdown. Shift+Shutdown > OK > Wait > Start. Not Restart and not regular Shutdown.

Even if it doesn’t start working, was there any change?

It’s also possible there’s something actually broken. I’m comfortable with you hearing a click if you’re only listening to the right channel of the two, but not if you’re listening to both.

Any reason you’re using Audacity 2.3.3? I liked 2.4.2 before The Great Upgrade to Audacity 3.

Koz

That’s possibly because you have less than a tenth of a second of audio. Does the same thing happen with other .mp3 files ?