Music Library on external HD connected via USB

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Hi will music stored on an external hard drive and connected into my router via a USB be picked up by the sonos app?

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OhMySONOS

Lyricist II

Fixed .
Set Media Server Name to RTAC87U and the Device name to RTAC87Uusb.
SONOS connected no problem.
Thankyou Ratty

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AVal

Lyricist I

Hi, Is it possible to save a Sonos playlist to a USB drive?

ratty

Hi, Is it possible to save a Sonos playlist to a USB drive?

There's no facility to export Sonos playlists.

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Michael_287

Trending Lyricist I

Although I'm not a software person, it seems that Sonos could make this a lot easier to facilitate. Couldn't the app just ask, "locate the file that your music is in, point to it and click? The software could then figure out the "path"? Or do a drag and drop?

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smarta

Avid Contributor I

Ok - so if I can add a USB to my router & access files that way - can I also access the music library on my Mac ( eg routerip/macname/filepath/user/music/iTunes/iTunes Music )

if this is possible it could be a work around for Sonos removing the "on this iPhone" feature by going directly to your iTunes library via your phone

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Kumar

Yes it would, but that would mean leaving the Mac on to stream music from it to Sonos, commanded to do so via the Sonos app on the phone. But all those complaining about the impending loss of the feature don't want to leave it on.

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smarta

Avid Contributor I

yes but you could just fire the mac up when you want to listen to music - Is that the way it would work

ie fire up the mac - open the app - select the mac as the source - away you go

I see this as working better than the phone as I'd have access to my whole iTunes library rather than just what I have transferred to my phone

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smarta

Avid Contributor I

a little more help if possible

I have the address of my iTunes library

\\192.168.0.17/iMac/Macintosh HD⁩/Users/⁨user⁩/Music⁩/⁨iTunes⁩/iTunes Music

Sonos app cannot find it - the error says "192.168.0.17 cannot be found"- is the path formatted correctly?