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Feature Request - Specify location for music on My Device

  • November 19, 2022
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I use Sonos on Android and want to play music from my device.

Please add a feature to allow the Sonos App to scan specific on-device folders rather than default to only the “Music” folder.

Use case: Amazon Prime Music no longer allows playing specific songs. As a workaround, I purchased and downloaded music to my device. The Amazon download folder is “Android\device\com.amazon.mp3\files\Music\Purchased” but Sonos only scans the “Music” folder and doesn’t recognize the downloaded music.

If I could specify on-device folders to scan, it would solve this issue. This solution seems universal as it would allow playback for all downloaded songs from any streaming service.

Thanks for your consideration.

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Smilja
  • Smilja
  • 2890 replies
  • November 19, 2022

This solution seems universal as it would allow playback for all downloaded songs from any streaming service.

 

Downloaded files from streaming services are DRM-protected, hence no.

 

The Amazon download folder is “Android\device\com.amazon.mp3\files\Music\Purchased” but Sonos only scans the “Music” folder and doesn’t recognize the downloaded music.

 

Move the files from “Purchased” to the standard Android music folder.

https://support.google.com/files/answer/9808833?hl=en

»And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
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  • John B
  • 19684 replies
  • November 19, 2022

@Smilja . I think hhese are outright purchases, not offline content.

@my2rc . If that is the case then just move the files to the Music folder.

Smilja
  • Smilja
  • 2890 replies
  • November 19, 2022

@Smilja . I think hhese are outright purchases, not offline content.

 

Yes, thus “Move the files from “Purchased” to the standard Android music folder”.

»And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
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  • John B
  • 19684 replies
  • November 19, 2022

@Smilja Apologies. If I had read your post more carefully I would have realised that you were correctly distinguishing between free offline content and outright owned music.

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