Apex Legends couldn't initialize sound
I tried launching apex legends one day and i got an error saying "couldn't initialize sound" please make sure you have a sound playback device that is enabled and properly configured Failed in: M...
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EA_Kent
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Community ManagerHey @JONATHAN0S.
Just a heads up, I moved this over to the Apex Legends tech issues board. Can you check something for me? Start up Apex Legends and keep the error message open when it pops up. We'll need to have the app running for this.
With Apex Legends still "running" right-click on the volume icon on your Windows task bar and click on Open Sound Settings. Look for the App Volume and Device Preferences under the Advanced Sound Options and click on that. Look for Apex Legends under the list of apps there. Try changing the audio output settings for the game to Default there. Restart the game after that and see if it starts up for you.
/Kent
Just want to reply to this thread since this is one of the first things to come up on google. The issue for me was actually my microphone. For some reason my output and input were the same. My microphone was not being recognized and cause this error. I just had to unplug my microphone and plug it back in. Then I verified in the App Volume that the output and input were now different.
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