# Autoplay from local files not working

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/autoplay-from-local-files-not-working/1417>\
**Category:** Pi MusicBox (archive)\
**Created:** [December 7, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/autoplay-from-local-files-not-working/1417 "2016-12-07T18:57:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![nope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@nope](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/nope)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/autoplay-from-local-files-not-working/1417/1 "2016-12-07T18:57:07Z")

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So I have a music box  
Linux MusicBox 3.18.7-v7+ #755 SMP PREEMPT Thu Feb 12 17:20:48 GMT 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux

I want the musicbox to autoplay from my local usb drive and I want it to repeat  
It is one mp3 song !  
I can browse to the local file and get it to play No problemo!

When I do ssh to the box I can see the mp3 file  
The path in the ssh session is /music/USB/birdsong.mp3  
So I added the settings in /boot/connfig/settings.ini  
I wrote  
autoplay = "/music/USB/birdsong.mp3"  
autoplaywait = 42

BUT it will not work !!!  
What is wrong with me?  
Command me, dark lords!!

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**Author:** ![jodal](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/jodal/32/2564_2.png) [@jodal](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/jodal)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 11:47am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/autoplay-from-local-files-not-working/1417/2 "2026-02-19T11:47:24Z")

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