# Play an mp3 file in Linux Mint

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-an-mp3-file-in-linux-mint/97351>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [31 May 2025 09:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-an-mp3-file-in-linux-mint/97351 "2025-05-31T09:17:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [31 May 2025 09:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-an-mp3-file-in-linux-mint/97351/1 "2025-05-31T09:17:31Z")

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I'm looking for someone who currently has a working flow that plays an mp3 file.

Not someone with a friend who says they can. Someone that has one 🙂

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**Author:** ![Trying\_to\_learn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/trying_to_learn/32/28400_2.png) [@Trying\_to\_learn](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Trying_to_learn)\
**Post date:** [31 May 2025 09:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-an-mp3-file-in-linux-mint/97351/2 "2025-05-31T09:35:05Z")

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Not with `MINT` but .... But on my Pi I am running Buster.

I use `omxplayer` in an `exec` node.

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**Author:** ![TotallyInformation](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/totallyinformation/32/31_2.png) [@TotallyInformation](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/TotallyInformation)\
**Post date:** [31 May 2025 10:25 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-an-mp3-file-in-linux-mint/97351/3 "2025-05-31T10:25:37Z")

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> [@cymplecy](#):
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> I'm looking for someone who currently has a working flow that plays an mp3 file.

Where are you expecting the sound to come out? At the browser, a Linux desktop or a Linux server?

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**Author:** ![cymplecy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/cymplecy/32/2773_2.png) [@cymplecy](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cymplecy)\
**Post date:** [31 May 2025 10:54 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-an-mp3-file-in-linux-mint/97351/4 "2025-05-31T10:54:19Z")

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> [@TotallyInformation](#):
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> Where are you expecting the sound to come out? At the browser, a Linux desktop or a Linux server?

What a chump I am 🙂

Was trying to run the flow from a node-red instance running on a Pi - no wonder it couldn't find the file on my Linux Mint desktop 🙂

All working now 🙂

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**Author:** ![ghayne](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/ghayne/32/39_2.png) [@ghayne](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/ghayne)\
**Post date:** [31 May 2025 14:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-an-mp3-file-in-linux-mint/97351/5 "2025-05-31T14:03:11Z")

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> [@cymplecy](#):
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> What a chump I am 🙂

To be a Chump is normal!

To admit it is wonderful!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [14 June 2025 14:03 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/play-an-mp3-file-in-linux-mint/97351/6 "2025-06-14T14:03:24Z")

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