# SONOS won't search Plex Library

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** sonos\
**Created:** [November 17, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286 "2018-11-17T12:59:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![dangleburt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dangleburt/32/105854_2.png) [@dangleburt](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dangleburt)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286/1 "2018-11-17T12:59:11Z")

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I have just started experiencing this problem. I can use Sonos to browse artists or albums from my Plex library, I can select them and play them, but if I try to use Sonos to search the library I get the error message “There was a problem searching. Please try again.” Does anyone have any ideas?

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**Author:** ![baxxo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@baxxo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/baxxo)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286/2 "2018-11-17T14:46:26Z")

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Same issue here.

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**Author:** ![multimediaserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@multimediaserver](https://forums.plex.tv/u/multimediaserver)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286/5 "2018-11-18T15:22:23Z")

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I have the exact same problem.

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**Author:** ![baxxo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@baxxo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/baxxo)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286/6 "2018-11-18T16:59:53Z")

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Does searching Plex on Sonos work for anyone else? Or is it just a few unlucky users?

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**Author:** ![arattyman\_gmail\_com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c5a1d2/32.png) [@arattyman\_gmail\_com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/arattyman_gmail_com)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286/7 "2018-11-19T12:47:39Z")

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Exactly the same problem. Everything else on the Sonos works fine (radio/streaming).

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**Author:** ![vanstinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vanstinator/32/80946_2.png) [@vanstinator](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vanstinator)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286/8 "2018-11-19T14:36:07Z")

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We’re looking into it.

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**Author:** ![vanstinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vanstinator/32/80946_2.png) [@vanstinator](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vanstinator)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286/9 "2018-11-19T16:34:11Z")

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This has been resolved. Thanks for the reports!

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**Author:** ![baxxo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/da6949/32.png) [@baxxo](https://forums.plex.tv/u/baxxo)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 5:06pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286/10 "2018-11-19T17:06:20Z")

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Works for me now. Thanks. Want to elaborate what the problem was, or how it happened?

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**Author:** ![dangleburt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/dangleburt/32/105854_2.png) [@dangleburt](https://forums.plex.tv/u/dangleburt)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286/11 "2018-11-19T17:31:23Z")

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Thanks for the quick resolution!

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**Author:** ![vanstinator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vanstinator/32/80946_2.png) [@vanstinator](https://forums.plex.tv/u/vanstinator)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/sonos-wont-search-plex-library/333286/12 "2018-11-19T23:00:05Z")

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