Skip to main content
haverer2
Avid Contributor I
January 19, 2018
Question

local library integration

  • January 19, 2018
  • 10 replies
  • 616 views
anyone know whether you can tell alexa to play items in your sonos library to sonos speakers yet?
Thanks.
    This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.

    10 replies

    jgatie
    jgatie
    January 19, 2018
    No. It would require Amazon to keep an index of your local music in the cloud, or for Sonos to run some type of server on your system to serve the Amazon cloud client, neither of which is available today. So initially, the easiest implementation is to support services that are already supported via Alexa. Whether this will change in the future is unknown, but there are some technical issues to overcome, to say nothing to the fact there may be differing goals as to what each company is willing to support.
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    January 19, 2018
    Best bet would be if someone like Plex created an Alexa skill as they have access to indexing your library (Amazon doesn't)
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    January 19, 2018
    There actually is a Plex alexa skill - don't know what it will actually do.
    Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
    MikeV
    MikeV
    January 19, 2018
    Plex has an Alexa skill, but it simply acts as a controller for their existing apps/servers. It doesn't work over Sonos.
    The S in IOT stands for Security.
    MartW
    Lyricist III
    January 22, 2018
    There is a skill that you have to pay a small yearly subscription for ($5, £4) that is supposed to play stuff from your local library. I didn't try it because of the subscription. Might rethink that though, the skill is My Media.
    voyseygw
    Contributor I
    February 14, 2018
    tried it but would not play through Sonos
    Jouster74
    February 14, 2018
    The skill that works on Alexa with local libraries would suggest that it’s not as hard to do as first thought.

    Hopefully it won’t be too long till it appears on our devices.
    jgatie
    jgatie
    February 14, 2018
    The Sonos CEO indicated in a podcast last week that they are looking to bring local library and other non-Amazon supported streaming services to the Alexa Sonos skill.

    Around 32:15 in:

    https://www.recode.net/2018/2/2/16961978/sonos-patrick-spence-apple-homepod-alexa-virtual-assistants-too-embarrassed-swisher-goode-podcast
    chogster
    Contributor II
    February 17, 2018
    I truly hope that this get integrated in the near future. Until then, my Echo remains switched off!
      upstatemike
      February 17, 2018
      I truly hope that this get integrated in the near future. Until then, my Echo remains switched off!

      I wonder what the holdup is on this? There are third party solutions that use a local PC to make the local library index visible to Alexa to act on so all the Amazon pieces must be in place. Sonos just needs to emulate that using a copy of your index uploaded you your Sonos profile to do the same thing. The new CEO promised much faster execution going forward after the reorganization so hopefully we can expect this soon.
      Local music library with carefully constructed playlists - no shuffling!, Integration with Homeseer Automation, No touch screen devices, No streaming services, No Apple products ever
      Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement