Playing Audible files from iTunes to Sonos.

Hi Martyn,

Is there a genre named 'Audiobooks' in Music Library > Genres?

levelUp_Josh wrote:

Hi Martyn,

Is there a genre named 'Audiobooks' in Music Library > Genres?

or a genre named 'Books and spoken'?

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

So none of the Audiobooks are in the 'Books And Spoken' genre or the 'Audiobook' genre in the Sonos app?

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Afraid not.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

This could take a few minutes depending on the size of our iTunes Library.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

I had not. Top tip.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Having done this it has made no difference. What I have noticed is that the only books that show up in my sonos controller are books I have loaded onto iTunes from a CD. Anything ibhave purchased does not appear.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

In iTunes could you right click on any of the Audiobooks that aren't appearing in the SONOS app and select 'Reveal In Finder'.

It'd be great if you replied with a screenshot of the finder window, or with the path of the file.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

OK. Let me see what I can do.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Hmm. Strange it seems to be in the default folder (which is also the default for SONOS Music Libraries)

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Is 'iTunes HD/iTunes' the folder that you added as the music share in SONOS? (You can check this by going into the SONOS app, Settings Music Library Settings) Screenshot of the SONOS Music Library settings window would be nice too.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

I had it set to my NAS drive alone. I'm now adding my laptop to the sonos library too. Can I use two libraries? For example- iTunes HD and my nas drive?

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Two shares can be used with SONOS, yes. iTunes HD is where the missing audiobook is stored According to the iTunes info window. Is iTunes HD the name of your NAS drive? (And thanks for the screenshot but I was trying to see what folders had been added to SONOS, but its indexing the library right now so that's not visible.)

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Sounds like something for the SONOS Support team to take a look at. You can call them or email them using the number displayed on this website: http://www.sonos.com/support

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

I keep all my iTunes library on an external hard drive to save space on my Mac (silly solid state drives). So I have a NAS drive with a library on for sonos and then my macbook pro with the iTunes HD for whilst I'm out and about.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Thanks for all your help Josh.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Ok try adding iTunes HD as a sonos music library share, that could work.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

That's what I'm doing now. I have a feeling that might sort it.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Ta Dah!!!!!!!

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Josh thanks again for all your help. You're a legend.

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

No problem Martyn. 😃 Always happy to help anyone with their Sonos system, no matter how long it may take to fix the problem. (Preferably a few minutes)

Martyn wrote:

Yes but for some reason it won't find the audible books or the audiobooks I've purchased from iTunes either.

Thanks Josh as I learned something new too!

Les

I followed these steps guys... I added my audiobooks to my sonos, but cannot see any books... u said u did something & then ta dah.... was that just adding the drive location?? I can see my music in my music library, which is located in OneDrive, but cannot see my audiobooks, which I purchased through ibooks... hopefully u can help. Thanks

etronics6 wrote:

I followed these steps guys...

Sonos no longer supports Audible books.