No Sound From Vids with EAC3, but Only on my Fresh Windows Install, Fine on All Other Devices

[pshanew]

Are you now running the Windows 11 24H2 update? If so, perhaps this thread is relevant to your situation?

[BUG] Problem with (E-)AC3 Codec and Windows update 24H2

Server Version#: 1.40.3.8555 Player Version#:1.95.3.175-dd94cbd1 Hello, I recently upgraded my windows to update 24H2. Now when I launch any movie/whatever with an E-AC3 Codec, I have no audio ( Direct Play English - EAC3 5.1 ) I have found a work-around which is opening a movie with another audio codec (specifically Japanese - TrueHD 7.1, it doesn’t work with any other, don’t ask me why because I don’t understand either), then opening anything else with the E-AC3 codec, then it works. yeah…