I have found a strange workaround for this. My PC would lose sound at 41% and the game never loaded; stuck at 41%.
I ran a YouTube video before starting Minecraft and the game loaded and the sound worked. Stopped the YouTube video and carried on playing Minecraft with no problems.
I originally posted a few months back to play a YouTube video before loading Minecraft, but since the new update, it has started freezing again at 41%.
I have tried all sound quality settings in Settings, and the only one which works is the 16 bit 44100 Hz (CD Quality).
I can't believe after all these months this issue has still not been resolved on Realtek sound.
As a temporary solution is it possible to create a task in scheduler to use a custom desktop icon. When double clicked the sound is changed to 16 bit and minecraft is loaded.
I use routines on Samsung android to create various routines, but is this possible on Windows 11?