Wishlist for Sonos Controller Improvements
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So on the old ask forum wishlist items would get lost. Thought I would post a topic where people could vote their biggest wish for controller software improvements.
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Suggestion: Create a new Sonos app / software called "SONOS Virtual Speaker" which is separate from the Controller, which is a "Virtual" Sonos speaker which you can install on Phones, Desktops, Laptops, iPads, whatever, and that virtual speaker can be included into your Sonos network so you can stream to those devices along with your physical Sonos speakers so they all play In-Sync. Those devices are already hooked into your network...so you should be able to use similar software to stream to them... just need to include the player piece in the "virtual speaker".
Just a thought.:D
Just a thought.:D
Sonos is not going to create software to let you make other manufacturer's devices into Sonos players. That would be business suicide.
+1 - barring that, provide the option to turn off the message and stay at the screen where the music was selected and not redirect to now playing screen.
4. Add non-cached tag information into the track info facility; eg. Date released, Composer, Date ripped, Lyrics, etc ... hint: I added the info into the track tags because it is important to me
7. Allow for a Genre->Composer->Album index, ie. additional to the Genre->Artist->Album index which you have
8. Allow for a Composer->Genre->Album index, ie. additional to the Composer->Album index which you have[/quote]
I listen to a lot of classical music so Composer needs to be available in the Genre view (as a selectable alternative to Artist).
I like the idea of having more information: it's all there in the mp3 metadata. 🙂
7. Allow for a Genre->Composer->Album index, ie. additional to the Genre->Artist->Album index which you have
8. Allow for a Composer->Genre->Album index, ie. additional to the Composer->Album index which you have[/quote]
I listen to a lot of classical music so Composer needs to be available in the Genre view (as a selectable alternative to Artist).
I like the idea of having more information: it's all there in the mp3 metadata. 🙂
https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/has-any-posting-here-ever-produced-anything--29154
You should put in a feature that allows you to cast the sound of what ever sound is coming out of the device with the controller, when you want to. like what happens with Bluetooth enabled speakers, except phone calls should be exempted from that, but alerts (MSG and Phone Ringing) would be fine (a setting for that would be great too).
Who is with me?
Who is with me?
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My personal wishlist here now is quite small:
1. The ability to stream directly from phone/tablet to Sonos (for example youtube)
2. Ability to use phone/tablet as speaker for the Sonos system (so I can have easy access to my extensive music library when gardening, or in the garage, for example)
Ola
1. The ability to stream directly from phone/tablet to Sonos (for example youtube)
2. Ability to use phone/tablet as speaker for the Sonos system (so I can have easy access to my extensive music library when gardening, or in the garage, for example)
Ola
Userlevel 7
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Hi Everyone,
There are some really great suggestions here, thanks for your input. As always, we can't share information about possible products or features, but we are always looking for your feedback.
There are some really great suggestions here, thanks for your input. As always, we can't share information about possible products or features, but we are always looking for your feedback.
As a new user, I just saw the bug where albums with the same names have all their songs combined into just entry under Albums.
Can't believe this was reported years ago and not fixed yet. How many albums named Greatest Hits are there or Covers?
Can't believe this was reported years ago and not fixed yet. How many albums named Greatest Hits are there or Covers?
I would like the artist view to use the album artist tag or at least add this as an option.
Do this for all albums, not just compilations. I only mark albums as compilations like soundtracks or tributes where pretty much every song is a different artist.
Too many albums like greatest hits will have some songs with a guest artist so if I find that album in the artist view with the primary artist and try to play the whole album, it will miss the songs which don't have the exact artist name. I could then switch to the album view to play it all, but I prefer looking for albums from the artist view.
Currently I would have to tag every album like this in iTunes as a compilation so I could use the album artist option.
An alternative option would be tomptoide an option to sort the album view by album artist like iTunes allows you to do.
Do this for all albums, not just compilations. I only mark albums as compilations like soundtracks or tributes where pretty much every song is a different artist.
Too many albums like greatest hits will have some songs with a guest artist so if I find that album in the artist view with the primary artist and try to play the whole album, it will miss the songs which don't have the exact artist name. I could then switch to the album view to play it all, but I prefer looking for albums from the artist view.
Currently I would have to tag every album like this in iTunes as a compilation so I could use the album artist option.
An alternative option would be tomptoide an option to sort the album view by album artist like iTunes allows you to do.
Families with kids really need the ability to play the non-explicit version. Spotify has both versions of any song, but Sonos doesn't seem to support them.
Do this for all albums, not just compilations. I only mark albums as compilations like soundtracks or tributes where pretty much every song is a different artist.
Too many albums like greatest hits will have some songs with a guest artist so if I find that album in the artist view with the primary artist and try to play the whole album, it will miss the songs which don't have the exact artist name. I could then switch to the album view to play it all, but I prefer looking for albums from the artist view.
Currently I would have to tag every album like this in iTunes as a compilation so I could use the album artist option.
An alternative option would be tomptoide an option to sort the album view by album artist like iTunes allows you to do.
Okay I see that the use album artist option under compilations applies to all albums, not just iTunes flagged compilations.
So I turned that on and then I marked the album artist as "(compilation) in iTunes so then it shows up like compilations normally o under artist view.
I also used (soundtracks) as album artist for even more separation. Usually iTunes has them marked as various.
I agree a lot with that Google Now integration idea! It would be great to be able to start playing some music by your voice. Don't you think that PC controller's design is too outdated? I feel it kinda similar to 2008-2010 versions of itunes or even to MusicMatch. Some interface polishing on Windows and Mac would be certainly well received! I think that some white based interface similar to the ones in iOS and Android could be very nice
when an artist is searched for, then selected (from a particular service)
I would like to be able to see all songs for that artist
rather than a set of albums
I would like to be able to see all songs for that artist
rather than a set of albums
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I'd like to see Sub Folders in the playlist selection. 6 people in house all with their own playlists! Means a lot of playlists. Would be great if each person could have their own folder with their own playlists in
I didn't like the Ask forum, but I don't think that the wishlist items got lost over there. There was a separate Ideas section, and ideas were ranked by popularity, and you could re sequence them by newness, or Sonos response. You could see which items that you had voted upon.
It is this new forum which causes them to get lost, and I presume that is by design, ie. that Sonos prefers it that way.
They seem to ignore them whether they are easy to find or lost in the conversation. Really annoying.
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