# Cannot play or navigate when library scanning is active

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-play-or-navigate-when-library-scanning-is-active/851541>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows\
**Created:** [August 25, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-play-or-navigate-when-library-scanning-is-active/851541 "2023-08-25T20:17:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![wei\_7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/65b543/32.png) [@wei\_7](https://forums.plex.tv/u/wei_7)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-play-or-navigate-when-library-scanning-is-active/851541/1 "2023-08-25T20:17:19Z")

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Server Version#: 1.32.5.7349-8f4248874  
Player Version#:

Each time Plex is scanning library, I cannot play any videos, it just showed circling circle. If I want to play I had to stop the scanning.

I already have a very fast NVME disk, it didn’t help. I want to know if any way to make plex more responsive, like allowing concurrent SQLite db access, or use another DB engine. I was looking into SQLite PRAGMA but some options are only available when opening the DB, meaning Plex scanner has to set the settings.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/cannot-play-or-navigate-when-library-scanning-is-active/851541/2 "2023-11-23T20:17:58Z")

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