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unable to see Sonos devices when using Airplay

Here’s some things suggested by Apple/Sonos users to maybe try next time your Speaker(s) do not show (or play) as available in the AirPlay c...
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recommend NAS drive to play cd’s through sonos

I need to replace my NAS drive used to play my CD’s over my Sonos. Need a bit of expert advice on best makes/models compatible with Sonos? T...
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How can you create internet radio streams now that TuneIn is no longer...

Hi @Dan187856 Welcome to the Sonos Community!I have the following information to share with you:Customers who already have manually added st...
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thomasbonneauContributor I
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Unable to browse Spotify library on any device

I have a recent issue with Sonos. My wife and I both have our Spotify premium accounts connected, no issues. Just today, when I went to my account I see the Unable to Browse Music message. This is on iPhone/iPad/Mac. All apps are updated. Her account is fine.I have seen posts on here previously and tried following:Disconnected account and re-connected Logged out of Spotify and re-connected to my account having to login in again Reset routerNothing has worked. I am still able to see my playlist recent history and playlists that I had saved as Sonos playlists, but obviously not being able to natively browse Spotify is quite annoying.To compound the issue, on all systems it not longer distinguishes between which Spotify account is which, it just has two Spotify names under Music Sources; previously, it would just show one Spotify account and my name would be under it, and I could change back and forth, so now it just show two and one of them says unable to browse and then the other logs i

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Airgetlam
2 years ago
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DefessContributor I
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Sonos app versus spotify app on Android

Hi All Is it just me or i’m I right? songs from Spotify sounds much better when I use Sonos app instead of Spotify app on my Andoid Samsung???

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1 year ago
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6802439Trending Lyricist I
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Can no longer browse My Cloud

Out of the blue, my S2 system no longer connects to My Cloud, where all my digital music files are stored. The drive itself is fine and functions independently. When I select My Cloud Home I get an error message telling me the My Cloud account needs to be reauthorized. When I click ‘reauthorize’ it brings up a new screen telling me my account cannot be found. Interestingly, when I go the the list of a-z Music Services listed in the system menu My Cloud Home is not there. I’ve got used to the seemingly endless full outages with  my cloud services on sonos but according to the website, everything is online. 

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yanndvContributor I
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Lost all my playlist

Hi, l have been a Sonos user since 2005 and lost all my playlists yesterday… My family is devastated so I hope someone can help me restore them. I was changing a router and factory reset all my Sonos one units and this seems to have erased all my history. I thought my settings were tied to my user account in the cloud...I do own some old ZP100 that I was still using 6 months ago, co-existing with some Sonos One units in my old network before I moved house. Is there a way I can use those to recover my playlists? I would be very grateful if someone has a solution.Thanks a lot! 

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3 years ago
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pvebstevContributor I
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SiriusXM Trouble

When trying to play SiriusXM on my Play 1 using the SONOS app I get a message that there are no selections available. I have used this streaming service in the past with no problem. I deleted and reinstalled the service, powered down and restarted the speakers, router and all devices without success. I have the same problem with all devices (Windows PC, iPhone, iPad). All other streaming services work fine. I can stream Sirius XM using their app so I know that the account is OK. Any other suggestions?

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3 years ago
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HelloMalloContributor I
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Hi-Res Streaming from Tidal?

Dear all,I have been a Sonos user for several years. My primary streaming service is Tidal (lossless formats, 24bit, hi-res), etc.I am trying to get the latest information about what “hi res” formats Sonos supports from Tidal. I have read articles about 24 bit streaming from both Apple and Qobuz.Assuming the answer is “yes” - Does it matter whether I start a song from Tidal (then “connect” it to Sonos) or whether I start the song from Sonos?

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7 months ago
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ApriliaLacContributor I
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sonos no longer in homekit home.

I have Apple HomePods all over my home.  I have an Arc 2 SLs and the 3rd gen sub in my media room.  Having people over last night and was trying to play music everywhere. The media room Sonos shows in the airplay menu but you can’t connect to it.  It’s also no longer in my homekit home.  What I’ve done so far is power cycled all Sonos speakers. Power cycled my iPad and iPhone.  Power cycled the network switch the Sonos is using. Nothing is on WiFi. And power cycled the access point in that room.  Is a factory reset needed for my system?  

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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NordstiernaContributor I
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ATV autoplay through Airplay2 instead of HDMI

Hi, I'm using an AppleTV 4K and a Beam connected to my TVs HDMI ARC. When I start my Apple TV it choose to play the sound on Airplay 2 in on my Sonos One in the kitchen instead of just playing through HDMI. I've chosen HDMI as the default output on my ATV. Anyone got any sugestions?

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3 years ago
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rckrausContributor I
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Playing directly from Apple Music app

Is there a way to play songs from the Apple Music app directly to a Sonos speaker (as opposed to using Sonos app with Apple Music as a source)?This can be done with the Tidal and Amazon Music apps. I like using them because the music service apps are better at accessing their content. The Sonos app has less options available.Thanks

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1 year ago
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xerkyContributor I
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Sonos playlists missing in new S2 app for Android.

Sonos playlists missing in new S2 app for Android

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3 years ago
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DidierZContributor I
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Access denied to Synology NAS

Hi Guys, It seems the issue has already been submitted but I’m not clear regarding the resolution. I have a Sonos Amp and a Synology NAS exposic a music folder. It was working fine for years, but to make it more secure I have decided to create a specific user “sonos” on the NAS which has only RO access to the music folder. In the Sonos App, I’ve removed the previous Music Library service, and recreate it with the new USER. Since this, I’m always receiving an Access Denied error message, when I have correctly typed the right User/Password pair.  I’ve tried also to put my NAS admin account with same error ! I really don’t know what to do to solve or even troubleshoot ! Please Help !!! Didier    

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3 years ago
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TA ABContributor I
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SiriusXM channels not listing in latest Sonos App... sonos and sirius pointing fingers at each other...

I spent 2 hours this morning with Sonos and SiriusXM trying to resolve an issue with how SiriusXM channels are displayed in the Sonos App. After the usual stuff (uninstalling, reinstalling, rebooting, etc...) Sonos ran a screen share and could clearly see that the Sirius channels are not being displayed properly. Sirius claims that this issue is on the Sonos end. To their credit, Sonos did temporarily log into their Sirius test account (via screenshare) within my Sonos app and their Sirius stations were displaying.Sirius seems to think this is an issue with how Sonos is handling the channel lineup info being delivered to them from Sirius. Seems right to me although that doesnt fully explain why the Sonos test account worked but my account didnt. Anyway, after numerous call backs I got tired of helping two large companies solve problems that they should be able to do without irritating their customers are wasting our time.Next step is to consider an alternative way to power my music at

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wkbglobalContributor I
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Sonos App & Amazon Prime Music - Loss of Album Tracks

I have Amazon Prime Music on my Sonos App and yesterday when going to play some albums (including those I have purchased) the app no longer displays the tracks on the album. Previously they all listed. If I click the album it will play the album and you can skip to next song etc but you cannot select to play from a list as you could before.I use the SONOS S1 app due to older equipment (Sonos 5’s and amp) and cannot afford to upgrade everything.Anyone else have this issue?

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libraryknitContributor I
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Can't play music from music library..

Error message:  Unable to play music title.m4a - the file //iMac/Music/Users/myname/Desktop/My iTunes Backup/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/Artist Name/Album name/Song Title.m4a cannot be found. I can play the music on my computer, but not through Sonos. This happened after I got a new computer. The majority of my music library transferred over fine - this problem only applies to about 50 songs all in the same playlist.

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3 years ago
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Jmwarren85Trending Lyricist I
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Gapless playback issues after 15.2 update

Is anyone else having issues with Gapless playback after updating to 15.2? Scenario:I have been using a loopable track on Apple Music via the built in Sonos player to play sleep sounds every night for years. This created a seamless sound with Gapless playback. Problem:After the update to 15.2, there is a distinct gap between the end of the track and the beginning of the repeat making the feature unusable for sleep sounds. Fix NeededRestore previous function to allow Gapless playback on looped tracks.and/or Allow reverting to a previous firmware(Ideally allowing to revert by atleast two firmware revisions to allow people to experiment and see if a new update has fixed a previously experienced bug)

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DstaasContributor I
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cant reauthorize or add apple music to sonos

I simply can’t get Apple Music connected to my Sonos system. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled Sonos as others have suggested. I deleted Apple Music from my account to try and re-add the service. I get the same problem every time. I select “ already have account”, it opens the Apple Music landing page to connect, I select connect, and it just hangs forever. It did this when I tried to reauthorize, and now it’s doing the same to reconnect it.  super frustrating. This is my primary listening mode with Sonos. Other suggestions to fix?

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JCRieckContributor I
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Why is it not possible to play directly from my Android phone anymore

I can not play from My Android Phone anymore- why ...?

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jgatie
5 months ago
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DavePBContributor I
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Queue not in use on Sonos App

I am using the Sonos app on my Ipad. When I try to access my Queue, it says “Not in Use”. I can’t seem to find a way to get access to the Queue, Any suggestions?

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1 year ago
maitlanddan
maitlanddanContributor I
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iOS 17 home screen widget

With the release of iOS 17s interactive Home Screen widgets I think it’s time for Sonos to get on that no?

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Ken_Griffiths
7 months ago
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Harry WorthContributor II
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Sonos won't connect to server (NAS)

I bought my Sonos to specifically play music from a NAS where I have stored all my CDs/music. The internet radio is a welcome bonus. This system has worked well for probably over two years and provides a great sound in the kitchen where I tend to spend much of my time. Suddenly the Sonos refuses to connect to the NAS. I’ve deleted the path using the app and attempted to reinstate it with no joy.My path:\\Server1\Public\MusicI’ve set my NAS to a fixed address  - no difference.I’ve tried using the NAS ip address - no differenceI’ve tried //ip address/public/music/SONOS was unable to add the music folderPlease check the path to the folder and the username and password if needed are correct.Reason: The computer Server1 is not responding.Sever1 responds to my laptop, my Raspberry Pi, my Mac Mini - I can play music from the server on all of these devices.This path works if I drop it into Chrome. It is also the path that is used on my Rasberry Pi based system in the lounge.The Sonos is quite

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Andreas996633Contributor I
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Cannot add Overcast to Sonos

I tried to add Overcast to the Sonos app. Unfortunately I got the information that my username/pw unkown. After that I tried to login directly on oercast.fm, it works. Anybody an idea why I cannot add that service to Sonos?  

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greglutzContributor I
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Apple Music Playlists: We've Run Into a Problem

For the last week (at least) our Sonos system cannot access my Apple Music playlists. When I select playlists (or Recent) it says "We've run into a problem. Try again later." All other features of Apple Music appear to work including songs, albums, artists, etc. I've already reinstalled the app. I've reauthorized the Apple Music account. These did not work. Any idea? Also this is my first post but I've had a LOT of issues with Apple Music working with sonos over the past 2 years. It's been pretty bad and unreliable. ThanksGreg

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popguruContributor I
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Sonos S1 hangs when attempting to add any music service

Hi. I’ve had an S1 system for over a decade (3x S5 gen1, Amp and Connect) and it generally worked fine. Over the years I’ve subscribed to (legit) Napster, Spotify, Tidal, Qobuz, Apple Music and Deezer. Plus BBC Sounds and a few other services without issue. Last night, we purchased our first S2 product, a Move. I removed all existing devices, reset them and, after setting up the S2 with Move, created a new clean S1 system.All of the devices are there, but the only thing I can connect to is Sonos Radio. If I click to add a music service I just get a spinning ball type icon (happy to share a screen grab if needed) and the app hangs. It responds fine if I select to add a voice system.I’ve obviously rebooted everything multiple times. I’ve reset the S1 app. I’ve deleted and reinstalled it. On two iOS phones. Nothing works. There are no issues using the Move on the S2 app. All services are visible and available to add.I spent over an hour on Sonos chat and was ultimately told to call the UK

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michelle206Contributor I
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BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Xtra

Is anyone else having problems with BBC Radio 5 Live Sports extra. Tried tuning in this morning through my Sonos, but it's not playing and says that access is denied. I see that access is denied from outside UK but I am in the UK. Anyone else having the same problem or does anyone have a possible solution to this?Any help greatly appreciated.

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2 years ago
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massive323Contributor III
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Sonos won't add music library - Mac

I’ve had my Sonos 5 for 4 years now - this morning my desktop app (Mac 10.14.6), which is running on the same computer as my library, suddenly couldn’t find my music library and whenever I try adding it back, it just says ‘sonos was unable to add music folder’  any ideas?

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