My config - regular PC (Ryzen 7900, 64GB RAM, RTX4090) with Sound Blaster Z sound card. Fresh install.
Problem - when running MC, there is no sound output from within MC. After hitting play, the play icon turns green, but no playback, no sound. Also other applications can't use audio device ("audio device in use"). The only solution is to use ASIO interface option in MC (which allows playback), but other apps still can't play audio.
Seems like MC is "locking" the audio device on it's start. After that no app (neither MC) can use the audio device. As soon as MC quits, everything is back to normal. I set all audio devices not to use "exclusive mode" (via control panel), but it doesn't help at all.
My current workaround is to launch audio player before launching MC. This way the audio device can't be "locked" by MC (since it is in use during MC startup) and everything works as usual - MC can use Direct Sound output, other apps can use sound device too.
I wonder if any of you is experiencing this issue too. Never had this problem before. MC version is 2023.8.1 (maybe something changed in MC?).
I would appreciate any suggestions how to resolve this. Thank you in advance.