DF Player Mini on Arduino Uno Not Playing - arduino

Question

I have a problem which is driving me crazy .I want to use dfmini player to play Songs on the arduino and output it on a 8 ohm 0.5W Speaker , and nothing is working .I am using the DFRobotDFPlayerMini Library code as is but nothing is playing at all .Here is a photo of my connections.
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I apologize if my photo is not clear as i don't have time for software drawing, and i didnt use a breadboard as actually the DF Player is slightly bigger than the holes.
The Arduino Pins Used is 11,10 and 5V and 2 Pins for the GND
Here is the Code of the DFRobot Library used as is .
The Files on the SD Card are in a folder mp3 and written as 0001.mp3 0002.mp3 ..etc
When i Connect and try it out . The Blue Led on MP3 Player doesn't light up , and on the Serial Monitor Baud 115200 :
DFRobot DFPlayer Mini
DFRobot DFPlayer Mini Demo
Initializing DFPlayer ... (May take 3~5 seconds)
DFPlayer Mini online.
and on Serial Monitor Baud 9600:
⸮⸮⸮⸮⸮⸮⸮⸮⸮⸮ܙf⸮⸮⸮⸮⸮⸮⸮⸮
Would be very thankful if anyone can solve this problem.
#include "Arduino.h"
#include "SoftwareSerial.h"
#include "DFRobotDFPlayerMini.h"
SoftwareSerial mySoftwareSerial(10, 11); // RX, TX
DFRobotDFPlayerMini myDFPlayer;
void printDetail(uint8_t type, int value);
void setup()
{
mySoftwareSerial.begin(9600);
Serial.begin(115200);
Serial.println();
Serial.println(F("DFRobot DFPlayer Mini Demo"));
Serial.println(F("Initializing DFPlayer ... (May take 3~5 seconds)"));
if (!myDFPlayer.begin(mySoftwareSerial, false)) { //Use softwareSerial to communicate with mp3.
Serial.println(F("Unable to begin:"));
Serial.println(F("1.Please recheck the connection!"));
Serial.println(F("2.Please insert the SD card!"));
while(true){
delay(0); // Code to compatible with ESP8266 watch dog.
}
}
Serial.println(F("DFPlayer Mini online."));
myDFPlayer.volume(10); //Set volume value. From 0 to 30
myDFPlayer.play(1); //Play the first mp3
}
void loop()
{
static unsigned long timer = millis();
if (millis() - timer > 3000) {
timer = millis();
myDFPlayer.next(); //Play next mp3 every 3 second.
}
if (myDFPlayer.available()) {
printDetail(myDFPlayer.readType(), myDFPlayer.read()); //Print the detail message from DFPlayer to handle different errors and states.
}
}
void printDetail(uint8_t type, int value){
switch (type) {
case TimeOut:
Serial.println(F("Time Out!"));
break;
case WrongStack:
Serial.println(F("Stack Wrong!"));
break;
case DFPlayerCardInserted:
Serial.println(F("Card Inserted!"));
break;
case DFPlayerCardRemoved:
Serial.println(F("Card Removed!"));
break;
case DFPlayerCardOnline:
Serial.println(F("Card Online!"));
break;
case DFPlayerUSBInserted:
Serial.println("USB Inserted!");
break;
case DFPlayerUSBRemoved:
Serial.println("USB Removed!");
break;
case DFPlayerPlayFinished:
Serial.print(F("Number:"));
Serial.print(value);
Serial.println(F(" Play Finished!"));
break;
case DFPlayerError:
Serial.print(F("DFPlayerError:"));
switch (value) {
case Busy:
Serial.println(F("Card not found"));
break;
case Sleeping:
Serial.println(F("Sleeping"));
break;
case SerialWrongStack:
Serial.println(F("Get Wrong Stack"));
break;
case CheckSumNotMatch:
Serial.println(F("Check Sum Not Match"));
break;
case FileIndexOut:
Serial.println(F("File Index Out of Bound"));
break;
case FileMismatch:
Serial.println(F("Cannot Find File"));
break;
case Advertise:
Serial.println(F("In Advertise"));
break;
default:
break;
}
break;
default:
break;
}
}

Answer 1

Try changing:
if (!myDFPlayer.begin(mySoftwareSerial, false))
to:
if (!myDFPlayer.begin(mySoftwareSerial, true, false))

Answer 2

The problem as it appeared was in the Arduino Cable , Make Sure that the cable itself is working properly