How To Add Sound In Anki
Here’s a quick guide on how to add sound files to your Anki deck:
The trick here is understanding how the [sound:xxx] field works.
It’s actually pretty simple once you’ve seen it a few times. Anki automatically will look for media files, including sound, images, and so on, in your collection.media folder.
Anki is capable of playing MP3, FLAC, OGG, WAV, and a bunch of other files. In fact, if you really want, you can also have Anki play video files, though I’m having a hard time envisioning how you’d work this into your daily study.
And, just so you know, Anki will use either mpv or mplayer to play media files. If you’re on Linux like I am, you’ll want to make sure that you have one or both installed to get these audio files to work right.


