Sonos Favorites NEEDS the Line-In as a selection!! It's easier for family!
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Please add where we can use the Line-In selections as a Sonos Favorites! It's easier for family to select a Favorite than to know what Line-In means. Thanks!!!!!
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Since the Line-in function by very definition requires a physical action to start it playing (putting needle down on turntable, inserting CD and pressing play, turning on radio, etc.) the Autoplay feature should be used. That way, whenever action "X" causes audio to output to the Line-in, the Line-in source is selected automatically and the line-in is played on the designated speaker.
To continue with your response, what happens when a person wants that Line-in source in a separate room? The process, as I understand it, would be to group the separate room to the Autoplay room. The problem with this scenario is that, should that person then want to play, oh say, a Pandora station on the newly formed group, then the original Autoplay room would be changed to the Pandora station and the ability to obtain access to that Line-in would be lost for any other room in the house. I believe this is why everyone is asking for direct access to that line in via the ability to set it up as a favorite.
To continue with your response, what happens when a person wants that Line-in source in a separate room? The process, as I understand it, would be to group the separate room to the Autoplay room. The problem with this scenario is that, should that person then want to play, oh say, a Pandora station on the newly formed group, then the original Autoplay room would be changed to the Pandora station and the ability to obtain access to that Line-in would be lost for any other room in the house. I believe this is why everyone is asking for direct access to that line in via the ability to set it up as a favorite.
Why would the "ability to obtain access to the line-in be lost?" The line-in source choice is right on the Source menu, a click higher than Favorites. Are you saying it is easier to click Source Menu->Favorites->Line-in than Source Menu->Line-In?
Ohhh, Now I understand why we are not agreeing on this. I am a Crestron Integrator and am therefore utilizing the Crestron system to control Sonos. The problem is that the API provided by Sonos to Crestron does not allow any access to sources that cannot be accessed in the favorites. Hence, the techniques that you all are listing do not apply to my scenario. I think this is fairly common to anyone who is not utilizing the standard Sonos provided interfaces (Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, etc.). The reason I replied to the comments was that I have been told by others to attempt to use the Autoplay and then select it by grouping that room with the room that I wanted it to play in. That is all fine and dandy except for the scenario such as I listed earlier. Hence, I thought maybe someone had a trick that I was not seeing. Sorry for the confusion. But hey, at least now you know why we are asking for it 🙂
+1 I absolutely need this - please add that simple feature! My Sonos Connect is integrated into the home automation system (www.digitalstrom.com) which utilizes wall light switches to call a specific scene, e.g. shades down, lights 50%, TV on, Sonos switching to a selectable favorite. The last one is the problem: I can not have it switch to line in, which is the TV, because the line in can not be added to the favorites list. 😞
Once again, set the Autoplay on the line-in to On with the desired Room to play to, and the line-in will always be selected when the TV goes on.
Once again, set thee Autoplay on the line-in to On and the line-in will always be selected when the TV goes on.
That is a Workaround at best. The following scenario: I switch to my music playlist (in the favorites list) while ads are shown on TV, while the TV is still on. Now I can not switch back to TV sound output via the home automation system but I have to fiddle around with the smartphone app... I would have to switch the TV off and on again to have autoplay make the switch.
That is a Workaround at best. The following scenario: I switch to my music playlist (in the favorites list) while ads are shown on TV, while the TV is still on. Now I can not switch back to TV sound output via the home automation system but I have to fiddle around with the smartphone app... I would have to switch the TV off and on again to have autoplay make the switch.
It's a lot better than lamenting for something which probably isn't coming.
Yeah thats true - I use it as a quasi replacement of the actual missing feature. But one can still dream, right 🙂 Its a proposal/wish for a certainly useful addition to the Sonos system and I am not the only one missing it. So I just wanted to make sure it gets enough attention
I support. Very useful feature!
Please implement this. I can't use my Logitech Harmony via Alexa to select line-in as they only interface to Sonos favourites. If you could please implement this it would be really appreciated.
That is a Workaround at best. The following scenario: I switch to my music playlist (in the favorites list) while ads are shown on TV, while the TV is still on. Now I can not switch back to TV sound output via the home automation system but I have to fiddle around with the smartphone app... I would have to switch the TV off and on again to have autoplay make the switch.
It's a lot better than lamenting for something which probably isn't coming.
Ok, we get it jgatie, you don't understand how this feature can be useful. But there are many of us who do. I support this feature request.
How many threads is it necessary to post this in?
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Line-In is available on the UPnP API and has been since, literally, forever.
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By the way, you can make a Favorite from Line-In easily enough, and it works great. You just can't do it with the official app. The 3rd party apps SonoPad (iPad), SonoPhone (iPhone) and mine, Phonos Universal (Windows) all allow a Favorite to be created from a line-in source. There may be others too, but these are the ones I use.
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