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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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Andy_15Trending Lyricist I
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hiss sound when playing from YouTube music

There's a quick hiss that happens occasionally when playing back from YouTube music.  I submitted diagnostics.  973179111It's hard to describe but sounds like a fast hiss.  Or like a cd skip.When playing from other sources no issues.

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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slipsContributor I
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No Access to Music Library without Internet Access

Here is my setup:Additional information from Sonos S1 Controller:Associated Product: 10.0.1.2---------------------------------Play:5: BedroomSerial Number: ***************************Sonos OS: S1Version: 11.2 (build 57377280)Hardware Version: 1.16.4.1-1.0Series ID: P100IP Address: 10.0.1.2WM: 1OTP: 1.1.1(1-16-4-zp5s-0.5)I have a Play:5 that is an old model, and will not work with the S2 controller.I do not have an internet connection.I have set up an internal wifi, using an Apple Express which is connected to the Play5 by an ethernet cable and a RCA audio cable.I previously was able to play music from my MacBook Pro to the Play5, but now I am unable to access the Music Library from my MacBook; for some reason, this has stopped working, because Sono doesn’t recognize my Music Library.On the Sonos S1 Controller, I select my Music Library Settings and select the + sign. I then select My Music Folder, enter the Admin Password and select Next.I then get an error message: “Unable to add the

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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Chris_183Enthusiast II
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Spotify Connect - Switching back and forth

I’m probably in the minority and just started trying Spotify Premium with a free trial.  I currently use Tidal, so I’m trying to figure out how people use Spotify with SONOS.  Here’s an example: I’m listening to Tidal and at the top of the hour, go to my radio station to hear the news, then switch back to Tidal when the news is over.  All in one app (the SONOS app).With Spotify, I have to open Spotify, start music, then open SONOS to switch to news (which automatically overrides Spotify).  Then I have to go back to Spotify, tell it to “forget” my SONOS room, because no sound is coming out, and relink it back to SONOS.Just seems like a pain to switch sources.  Why would SONOS allow an app to bypass there app?  Seems like Spotify is taking control of the user interface (grouping, connecting, volume), bypassing SONOS.  Almost like a power play where one day Spotify will simply connect to multiple devices, some SONOS some not.

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3 years ago
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purapuraContributor I
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Issue with my Spotify family account on Sonos. Music stops

Hi Sonos community,I have a Spotify Family account. I’ve added our spotify accounts (2) into the Sonos app by using the tutorial here: https://support.sonos.com/s/article/2757?language=en_USMy wife listens to music in the living room via Sonos Port and her spotify account (through Sonos app).  I want to listen to music on my laptop directly using the Spotify app (on my spotify account of course)Impossible. Music stops on one side everytime one of us try to play her/his music.Any idea? Bests, Mathieu

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BrinAvid Contributor I
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BBC radio shows disappeared from TuneIn

I use TuneIn to access BBC radio on an almost daily basis.Any shows broadcast on the previous evening are usually available the day after. This was the case until yesterday when recent shows are unavailable.Any known reason for this. I have removed and uninstalled TuneIn but no difference

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3 years ago
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equalizer81Contributor II
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In playlists imported from Music app for macOS, songs with accented letters in their titles won't play

In my Imported Playlists imported from Music app for macOS (Version10.15.7) using a .xml file, songs with accented letters in their titles show up in the imported playlists, but they show up as their .mp3 file name rather the song title, they don’t show their cover art, and the songs won’t play. The same tracks are indexed fine in the music library on Sonos and play with no problem when not played in a playlist. Has anyone found a fix for this? Thanks!

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3 years ago
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Captkana13Contributor I
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Amazon Music not playing

My Amazon music is not playing on my Sonos. I have the free version and it keeps telling me to upgrade. I have removed it and addded it back. I have reauthorized it but nothing works. Any recommendations?

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Mark P
3 years ago
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EddiewContributor I
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Having a lot of trouble with software and system - can't connect or play music

Every time I try to use this speaker its 30-40 min of work to get it working.  then I can't use my playlists, can't even use the AUX cable without going through hell (the stupid software) which limits everything.  I don’t understand why you want to limit (control) us just using a speaker.  Now after all the frustration it just doesn’t even work anymore lol.  just flashes and won’t connect, and apparently according to the website it doesn’t support apple products for set up anymore which is something you have to do constantly with this garbage software.  I’m about to throw this thing in the lake.  Such a waste of time and money.  I’ve wasted so many hours of my life on this trash.  If you are looking to buy one of these (Don’t)!!!!

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Lee JefferiesAvid Contributor I
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Some downloaded iTunes songs not appearing on Sonos

Yesterday (2nd Dec’20) l purchased & downloaded 13 songs from iTunes store. They came from different albums but l grouped them together on iTunes to make an album. I have done this several times previously without issue. However this time there is a problem. After Sonos updated the library only 4 of the 13 songs have appeared. They are all correctly located in the same folder on my NAS, all the data matches that should. I have removed them all from the NAS, updated the library so removed them, added back onto the NAS but still only the 4 appear.Ideas anyone? Cheers

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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ifrisbeeContributor I
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Services keep disappearing from browse menu

music sevices keep going away in IOS app. when i start the app. all my sources are missing except the default ones ( library, sonos radio, and tunein), if i go into settings and add one of the missing servies back, then they will all re-appear. this happens almost every time. Also any songs or podcasts in the queue from any of the missing services won’t be available until I do this 

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3 years ago
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Pasta DisasterContributor II
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Apple Music library not available, please check soon.

Can’t find a topic on this that is less than a couple of years old but it’s happening here - not to me but to my wife’s account (family account via Apple One) so this has to be fixed double quick or I’ll be in trouble!!Diagnostic number: 1075133482 Please help! She’s not angry, she’s disappointed. We all know that’s so much worse!

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Simon B
3 years ago
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Marlinspike51Contributor I
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Music Library Problems

I have a SONOS Playbar, and am running SONOS 2 controller for Mac.  Version 12.2,  Sonos OS  S2,  Build: 61182310  Sonos ID: 114287825.My problem is that I can not establish a connection to my Music Library(iTunes Music) on my iMac without getting an error message.  Therefore I cannot play music. The music library does NOT appear in window, and the error message states:Sonos was unable to add the music folderAccess to the shared folder ‘//Michaels-iMac/Music’ is denied - check the username and/or password.Last week I called the Sonos technical support and attempted to resolve this problem  for over an hour to no resolution.  The Tech elevated this problem to a higher level and he sent me an email to establish an appointment.  My appointment with higher level Tech resolved the problem after several minutes, with this Tech accessing my ‘screen’ and typing in the path to my Music Library which established the connection and I could see all of my playlist and music.  The remedy to my probl

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Simon B
3 years ago
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MCSFContributor I
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Unable to play Pandora access is denied

Last week Pandora kept dropping off after a few songs or so. Today I get this error message.  Pandora says they have no outages - any ideas as to what this is all about?  Would be a paying subscriber make these problems go away?

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3 years ago
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macca75Contributor I
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Imported playlist differing from room to room

Hi I have an imported playlist which contains 1430 songs. When I add the playlist to the queue in one room  (office) it brings it in correctly with the right amount of songs. If i clear the office queue and add the same imported playlist to another room (living room) it only includes 1164 songs ! How can this be?No other rooms have any other playlists in their queue.How does one room display the same playlist differently to another and more importantly how do i fix it?Thanks in advance for any help. 

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Corry P
3 years ago
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Allan BContributor II
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STP is disabled for this device

Looking at my network matrix to check out some connection issues (again!) I noticed that one of my devices had no entries at all in the network matrix and when i check the “/usr/sbin/brctl/showstp br0” link it said “STP is disabled for this device”. Presumably this means that this device is not using STP to connect to any other SONOS devices in my system? I have a wired setup, with 5 secondary (hard wired) nodes and 10 tertiary nodes in a 15 node setup. I have only recently noticed the “STP is disabled ...” text.  Does this indicate a problem with the device?  Any ideas how I could check/rectify?  I’ve obviously tried the reset option.  Any advice appreciated!  Thanks A.

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Mark_PooleContributor I
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Anyone had issues streaming music or updating sonos devices?

Several issues with my Sonos today, I’ve 2 Play:3 and a Playbar on the Sonos S2 app and tried to play some music - didn’t matter which service I used Amazon Music or YouTube Music both returned the same error that music couldn’t ne added to the queue when I tried to play, also had an intermittent 701 error.Tried to run the Sonos update got the 1101 error.Uninstalled the Sonos app on all devices and factory reset all Sonos devices - in order to start the set-up from scratch.Create a new Sonos network - same error on Amazon Music and when trying to update the system, can’t even add YouTube Music now.Can use it with the TV (including with the Play:3’s as surrounds) have had it play Sonos Radio (although that’s of no interest to me) - but am finding it really frustrating that it doesn’t seem to work with the main music providers at the minute.Anyone else having issues or encountered this problem?

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3 years ago
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StuRContributor I
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Amazon Music HD - playlists not visable on Sonos

I have about 20 playlists on Amazon Music HD, but when accessing the service via the Sonos app, I only see my “Discovery Mix” playlist (originated by the service), none of the playlists I created.  Any idea why this is the case?  I can go into the Amazon Music app and beam my music to Sonos via Airplay, but I’m stumped why Sonos itself won’t show the playlists. Any help would be appreciated - thanks. 

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3 years ago
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jwhyteContributor I
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iTunes

I have a large amount of itunes music on my iphone. Up until a few months ago I could send the music from my iphone to my Sonos Beam which would then send the music to both of my Sonos One speakers.Now I can only send the music from my iphone to the Sonos Beam , I no longer see my two Sonos One speakers on my phone  Can you help ?

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FunkaholicContributor I
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Tidal interruptions

Hi TeamI am in the process of moving from Spotify to Tidal. Using a Connect with my HiFi system, it really makes a difference in terms of quality. I am now facing the following issues (which I also had with Spotify or Sonos Radio but not in this frequency): When I play sound on just one speaker, usually it works fine. When I group all my speakers (3x Play:1, 1x Play:5, 1x Connect), the sound interrupts every now and then (at least 1x/song). Not on all speakers simultaneously, but just on one or two speakers. It’s especially bad when I skip to the next track, then the initial 2-3 seconds are played, then on one or two speakers the sound drops for 5-10 seconds and comes back again. It doesn’t really happen that much when I play through an Album or Playlist without skipping to the next song manually. Like if there is insufficient buffer if I skip to next track ‘unexpected’ for the Sonos. The issue can’t be my connection speed - I am getting more than 900Mbps on LAN and more than 70Mbps on

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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jackbox1Contributor I
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Looking some expert help reconfiguring my musical mess

Since July, when OS Catalina shredded iTunes, killed .xml files and jumbled my entire music collection into a mess, I have been struggling piecemeal to reorganize it. I had iTunes Match and songs saved on my Mac HD and that worked for a long time, Now I have tried relocating to a NAS (without really knowing how), subscribing to Apple Music to have everything in the cloud, tried to transfer playlists into Sonos playlists and about 12 other things.Bottom line is that I need some pro help to get this thing back to shape. I have requested some quotes from people and they’re looking for $270/hour.Do you have any recommendations for me? Thanks in advance!Jack

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Ken_Griffiths
3 years ago
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dinky_dooContributor II
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Apple Music playlists with limited shuffle via Sonos app

Hello. I’ve seen this mentioned a bunch but unsure if there is a fix. I have several large (2k songs) playlists and when using shuffle via Sonos, only a few songs get played. Super frustrating, as I don’t have the experience playing direct via Apple Music. It has nothing to do with play count, as I don’t think Sonos even counts songs in that manner, yet it does seem to favor the same songs over & over again. Why is Sonos selecting only a limited number of tracks from these expansive playlists?  

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controlav
3 years ago
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jayjay58903Contributor I
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Can't add Apple Music songs to queue

My sonos can not shuffle my 27000 songs from apple music. Just says Unable to add songs to the queue. Have tried resetting the app, the system and the wi-fi. Still no joy. Sonos has always struggled with my music library, like I can not play my playlists. Any ideas would be gratefully received?

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Simon B
3 years ago
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bradbortEnthusiast I
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Tunein won’t play WERS, but Sonos new radio station will.

For some reason, the sonos app often won’t play WERS with tunein,  but if I go to the same station in the new sonos radio station it plays well. If I play directly from tunein, there also are no problems. This seems odd. Surely both sonos/tunein and Sonos radio get the stream from the same source. Anyone have an idea of what is going on?  All other stations I’ve tried work fine.  

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Simon B
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William OBContributor I
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Connection issues

I am having connection problems over the last few days. My music is controlled on an iphone 8 via Apple music. When i navigate to my playlists i am getting two error messages "there is a problem please try later" or if i access a playlist "unable to add songs to the queue" I have recently updated my Apple software to iOS 14.2. Are there any issues with that?

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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Peter BrabenContributor I
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Sonos Move unreliable

Hello AllI’m new to this forum. I have a lovely Sonos system, which is great. I bought a new Move to add to it, but unfortunately I am having some frustrating reliability issues. I have done the obvious things, like rebooting the router, powering the units down, although with the move I cannot connect it to an ethernet cable to update its software as I would with another Sonos unit, (as the Move has no ethernet port I could see).I have re-done the whole system in the past, and the Move appeared on the restarted system, but pretty soon it dropped off again, and now I cannot get it back - it won’t play on either Sonos or on Airplay. The move works on Bluetooth, but when it is on bluetooth, it cannot “see” the other products in the system, so it can’t join in and play the same music. 

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