im genuinely confused 😤 picture on my projector is great, but sound comes out of the laptop speakers only.

USB Audio Device Properties
Device status:
This device cannot start. (Code 10)
{Operation Failed}
The requested operation was unsuccessful.
It started right after the NVIDIA driver update. Ive checked teh volume mixer, default device, everything I know of. Theres simply no HDMI output to choose. Is there a component I need to install separately? My family is now watching with subtitles and judging me, sooo any help would be very welcome :/ I am comfortable reinstalling teh driver if that is what it takes. what am i doing wrong??