This appears to be a new incompatibility on Dell systems with Minecraft Bedrock and RealTek audio drivers. The workaround is to replace the Realtek driver with a standard HD Audio driver (see forum posts and screenshots. The workaround is confirmed for my issue.
If you experience that this problem has returned with the January Windows 11 patching, you may need to reapply the workaround given in:
MCPE-175138
MCPE-175550
MCPE-175398
Still same issue in all versions up to 1.22.80.22 preview Resource Pack via Mojang public github, including current release v1.20.70.6: https://github.com/Mojang/bedrock-samples/releases
Why do you close these without triage? Even 'works as intended' would be better than 'you haven't verified it's still a problem every 3 months'.
If it hasn't been triaged, and it hasn't been changed, or it hasn't been fixed, a problem doesn't magically vanish.
This appears to be a new incompatibility on Dell systems with Minecraft Bedrock and RealTek audio drivers. The workaround is to replace the Realtek driver with a standard HD Audio driver (see forum posts and screenshots. The workaround is confirmed for my issue.
[media]Forum post on this issue with workaround:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/i-cant-start-my-minecraft-its-stuck-on-41/8bf6daf1-348f-48e6-ab52-fc43f3ffec3a?page=2
Reddit MinecraftHelp post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/MinecraftHelp/comments/16vou04/minecraft_windows_10_stuck_on_35_loading_bedrock/