Windows 11 my computer suddenly plays system sounds but no media sounds

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i checked to make sure my speakers arent muted but it plays the typical windows sounds but going to youtube/spotify/fb/twitter videos and music dont play sound. even with headphones in it is muted. i also tried running the system checker and it said audio was just fine but it obviously isntThe only change i made was hooked an external ssd to my thunderbolt port but ive played games since then and audio was fineETA: i found the issue. the sound worked in chrome and i found out that somehow firefox was muted in the volume mixer.

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