# Plexamp headless raspberrypi, Couldn't start Playback

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**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** plexamp\
**Created:** [October 26, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-raspberrypi-couldnt-start-playback/932892 "2025-10-26T15:51:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![rajil\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@rajil\_s](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rajil_s)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-raspberrypi-couldnt-start-playback/932892/1 "2025-10-26T15:51:31Z")

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Hello,

I have v.4.12.4 running on Raspberry Pi 3B. Whenever i try to play a track using the web ui, i get an error ‘Couldn’t start Playback’. What could be the issue?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![tgp-2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tgp-2/32/276306_2.png) [@tgp-2](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tgp-2)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-raspberrypi-couldnt-start-playback/932892/2 "2025-10-26T17:20:33Z")

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while in the web ui, open the cast menu, select the player name for your Pi (if it isn’t selected already) … now close the cast menu and try to start playback again

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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:** [January 24, 2026, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-headless-raspberrypi-couldnt-start-playback/932892/3 "2026-01-24T17:20:57Z")

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