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I’ll try to keep this brief, but here is some background:

For years I used iTunes for PC.  I ripped my massive CD collection and also imported / purchased lots of music over the years.  The data for iTunes resided on my Synology NAS. Recently, I started having problems  with iTunes and decided it was time to move to the newer Apple Music App.

All has been going well on that front. I made that switch on August 29th.

Last week I purchased a used PLAY:5 (v1) speaker. It took me a while but I figured out to configure the NAS to allow the SONOS Controller apps access my music.

It was working pretty well, but then I noticed that any playlists added or edited since I made the transition to Apple Music were not reflected in the Sonos Controller App.  

I have determined that since August 29th, while the Apple Music app is properly pointed to my NAS to play my music, it is not updating the iTunes Library.xml file on my NAS. So, any playlists I have added or edited since August 29th are being stored elsewhere.  I think here:  C:\Users\james\Music\Apple Music\ in a file called Library.musiclibary.

Is there anyway to get the playlist metadata from this file imported into the Sonos S1 controller apps?

Anyone else have another option?  

I’m seriously considering going back to iTunes but, for other reasons I’d like to avoid this.

I haven’t tried creating a playlist directly in the Sonos S1 controller software, but I assume this is possible?  Not sure I want to go that route either, but I  need to figure out what the best approach is.

 

Just to update - any new music is being updated so that the Sonos S1 controller picks it up - including music I purchased from the iTunes store.

I learned how to create a new playlist in the Sonos S1 Controller app (on my PC). Kind of a PITA to have to search for each song in the app to add to a Sonos playlist, but it works.

I would still appreciate any steps that someone can provide for a more automated approach to all this.

Cheers,

Dileas

If memory serves, you need to export the ‘playlists’ in iTunes using the ‘export to .xml’ feature, which, if memory serves, is under the ‘files’ menu. I’m not on my Mac to check in Music (no longer called iTunes), but Sonos doesn’t read the new file format Apple uses, just .xml for playlist storage.

 

Oh, to be clear, once you’ve exported the Music playlists, you need to import them into Sonos. They aren’t ‘read’ until you update the Sonos library. 

I appreciate the advice. However the new Apple Music App on my PC does not include the option to export playlists. That was a function in iTunes but it is not an option in the newer Apple Music app. 

It isn’t a ‘playlist’ function, it’s a ‘library’ function. I don’t have a windows install to test with, but on the current version of the Mac install, it is under File>Library>Export Library. The default is Library.xml, but you’d want to place that file in the location where Sonos is looking for it, I.e. where your library files are existing. That way, Sonos can ‘find’ it.

Or, you could call Sonos Support to discuss it.

When you speak directly to the Support staff, they have tools at their disposal that will allow them to give you advice specific to your network and Sonos system.

​@Airgetlam thank you for your response.  As I mentioned in an earlier reply the function of exporting a playlist in XML format is not an option with the new Apple Music App in Windows 11.  

I think I’m resolved to having to create / duplicate playlists in Sonos 1.  

I would like some clarification though.  If Apple were to reenable this function for exporting playlist data (or maybe someone will create a utility to do it), do I just put the XML files in the same folder as my current ‘iTunes Library.XML file?  That’s all I would need to do and SONOS will pick it up, just because it resides in the same folder?

 

Thanks for your help,
dileas

To my knowledge, yes. But as stated before, once you ‘do’ this function in Apple Music, you must update your library in Sonos for it to pick up the change. 

Again, I’d highly encourage you to call Sonos Support to discuss it.

When you speak directly to the Support staff, they have tools at their disposal that will allow them to give you advice specific to your network and Sonos system.

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