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Tom Phan
Avid Contributor I
Oct 4, 2017 8:13 PM UTC
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How to add my local library to a streaming service which Alexa and Sonos can use?

Being able to control Sonos via voice commands is convenient but not being able to play from my local library does limit the usefulness. Is there any way to add my library to one of these services easily and cheaply [ie free]?
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    SkeltonAnswer
    Prodigy I
    Oct 4, 2017 8:53 PM UTC
    If I'm not mistaken Amazon Music offers 250 songs for free. For $25/year you can upload 250,000, which is a lot more reasonable than I expected.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ref_=dm_amp_storage_subs_lrn_more&nodeId=201379330

    Regional limitations apply here of course.

    That's the one I'm most familiar with.
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    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    Oct 4, 2017 8:24 PM UTC
    Amazon can do this fairly easily (it's been years since I did it) and it's not free. I believe it's a part of prime, but overall it's pretty cheap. You're best to look into it from the Amazon site.
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    Danny
    SkeltonAnswer
    Prodigy I
    Oct 4, 2017 8:53 PM UTC
    If I'm not mistaken Amazon Music offers 250 songs for free. For $25/year you can upload 250,000, which is a lot more reasonable than I expected.

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?ref_=dm_amp_storage_subs_lrn_more&nodeId=201379330

    Regional limitations apply here of course.

    That's the one I'm most familiar with.
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      rubberduck
      Renowned Enthusiast I
      Oct 7, 2017 3:12 PM UTC
      Well if sonos got its act together they would be supporting Plex but obviously this was to difficult to implement
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      jgatie
      jgatie
      Oct 7, 2017 3:24 PM UTC
      Well if sonos got its act together they would be supporting Plex but obviously this was to difficult to implement

      Sonos does support Plex, the Plex implementation just happens to be half baked and ignored by Plex. And by the way, Sonos has no role in the Plex implementation other than supplying access to the Music Partners API, and performing the testing of their implementation. It is Plex who have abandoned the project in an unfinished state. But hey, what does a few facts mean when one is on a rant?
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      rubberduck
      Renowned Enthusiast I
      Oct 7, 2017 11:30 PM UTC
      Well if sonos got its act together they would be supporting Plex but obviously this was to difficult to implement

      Sonos does support Plex, the Plex implementation just happens to be half baked and ignored by Plex. And by the way, Sonos has no role in the Plex implementation other than supplying access to the Music Partners API, and performing the testing of their implementation. It is Plex who have abandoned the project in an unfinished state. But hey, what does a few facts mean when one is on a rant?

      What facts are you talking about? I use Plex everyday on sonos and it is not by any means half baked. It works damn well.
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      jgatie
      jgatie
      Oct 7, 2017 11:52 PM UTC
      Yeah, we get it. You like Plex. The vast majority of users who tried it did not. Deal with it.
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