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SP_1
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January 2, 2014
Question

Music Library on external HD connected via USB

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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    controlav
    controlav
    Lead Maestro
    June 19, 2019
    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?

    No. The PC/Mac doesn't play your files, your speaker plays them. Your speakers have no idea about your PC's C:\ drive, for example (or the Mac equivalent), it needs to get to those files over the network, via a file share. it also needs to do this securely, so that your files are not simply exposed to everything on your network.
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