I think I fixed my issue by updating my xbox profile picture. I have not been able to log into the windows 10 launcher since it launched. It always says 'something went wrong in the login process.' I was trying some troubleshooting by logging out of the xbox app and logging back in, but it didnt help.
I had an original xbox profile picture and had never changed it. One of the ones that are now shown tiny. I updated it to an uploaded picture that was the proper 1080x1080 and suddenly I was able to log into the windows 10 launcher with no issue. I think the launcher expects a proper sized xbox profile picture and if you have an old pic that is tiny, it fails for some reason.
Just updated and now I cannot connect to friends bedrock dedicated server. Keeps saying that I must be on wifi to play with friends. Changing the cellular data switch in profile does nothing.
It does not appear to be a 16 bit vs 24 bit sound issue with the realtek sound. Up until this bug happened, I was playing happily on 24-bit 48000.
At some point, bedrock started hanging at 40% and killing the sound until reboot.
I tried the suggested 16-bit 192000 and it works. However, 24-bit 192000 works as well.
In fact, ONLY 192000 works, no other sound rate will work. 44100,48000,96000 all hang no matter if it's 16-bit or 24-bit.
For some reason Bedrock will now only initialize sound with 192000hz and nothing else.