web controller for sonos !! runs on linux ..

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Sonos would be better off to make a web based controller that solely relies on message exchange then adding another OS. Don't get me wrong, I am using Linux myself in different flavors (Fedora, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, and Suse but in the end none of those are used in production.
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It does not work for me - I already fail when selecting the APK file within ARC Welder. There is a spinning wheel, but nothing happens after that, the wheel just keeps on spinning. I tried it with 5.3.1. and 5.4.
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Totally works, good enough!! I am missing some icons though but whatevs. Even shows up in my Chrome app launcher after I shut it down!!

http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/sonos-inc/sonos/sonos-5-3-1-android-apk-download/

Latest version as of today is 5.3.1, make sure to check the bottom of this page for latest version number https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonos.acr
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no luck here either, apk 5.3.1. Chrome OS 42.0.2311.153
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He finds it, you see it when you press More options > About my Sonos system. But for some reason he's not acting on it. Man this has got to be a one day job for Sonos to fix it, it would just about run everywhere with a proper APK. 😕
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same thing here with todays latest beta (5.4) on a chromebook (42.0.2311.153 (64-bit)) and ARC-Welder. Sonos-App starts but won't find my up and running sonos system.
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Sonos system is linux based. As someone said "It would be nice to give back to the Linux Community what the Linux Community gave to sonos"...
But it's a business/money problem... 
We wish sonos that one day this greed is not passed back... :-)
The Linux Community is not made up of stupid wimps :-0
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hi,

great,  nice found !!!   i have just  installed  sonos  5.4 beta  and  it works  great  !!!  I think  that   SONOS  must  bring  out a  Linux  controller.  they  can't still   ignore  that  there  are more and  more  Linux users  that   uses  Sonos. Linux  is not more only a  OS  for geeks and nerds ! A webcontroller will be the  best option I think!
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God bless you, guy! Good job, thanks for share!

Sonoooos?!? Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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I just had success with Fedora 20 running Chrome Version 42.0.2311.39 beta (64-bit).  Here's the steps I took:
  1. installed the ARC Welder chrome extension following the link in Julian's post.
  2. installed the APK Extractor on my Android tablet via the Play Store to get the Sonos APK file, which for all I know may be readily available on the web, but this worked.
  3. copied the Sonos APK file to my Google Drive, from there to my Linux PC (of course any file transfer method works).
  4. launched ARC Welder that prompted for an APK file
  5. loaded the Sonos APK.
  6. went through the typical setup and connected without problems.
  7. did the happy dance - I've been trying to control my Sonos system from Linux for years.
As I don't own a Chromebook I don't know the relationship of ARC Welder on a Chrome browser to ARC Welder on a Chromebook, but based on RDog and Kent's posts it does not seem to be the same.
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I'm running ChromeOS 42,0 (the beta channel) - I'm able to get through the setup-guide, but afterwards the controller can't "find" my Sonos System.

If I check "My Sonos System" in the app, it can only see the one ZP it is associated with... 😕
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Nice work. Just tried ARC Welder myself...

On a Chromebook running Chrome OS 41, I can get the 5.3.1 Sonos controller to launch, but it then hangs at the splash screen. Tragic! 😞
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