Controllers and Music services

 Hi All - I think I posted this originally in the wrong forum!Can anyone help with this though its not strictly related to Sonos issues?I have an old Buffalo Linkstation Duo that registered a disc failure so I replaced the disc and the other one failed. So I replaced that one and within a few days it registered a failure on the first brand new one!Im assuming that is a power issue or a fault with the chassis rather than the discs as they are brand new.So my question is if I kept the discs (assuming they are fine which they should be as they are brand new) and just switched them into a replacement chassis - an identical one ie a Buffallo Linkstation Duo - is it as simple as that?Would my PC and everything simply pick up the NAS drive as usual? Or is it more complex than that?Any help much appreciated.

I open the app on Windows desktop. It says:“We need to get Sonos running on the latest software. Choose Check for Updates to get started.”I click Check For Updates. It says:“No update required. Your Sonos system is up to date.”I click Done.But then it goes back to “We need to get Sonos running on the latest software.”I click More Options. I click “Continue using the Sonos App.”It says “Some of your products aren’t registered to your Sonos account. Let’s register them now so you can use them.”I click Register Your Products. I have to sign in, I do.It says “No update required. Your Sonos system is up to date.”I click Done.I’m back at “Some of your products aren’t registered...” Now there isn’t any option to continue. Ok, so it’s stuck in a loop here. I close the app. I open the app again. It takes a minute, but it opens normally.

Anyone else getting this? When you click the play triangle, it shows the square stop for a moment (which shows when it’s playing), and then goes back to the play triangle. The infinite mix channels are fine, but Live on 1 and Live on 2 are not working.

Is anyone in Sonos support aware of the following intermittent AirPlay bug that has been introduced as of iOS 26.2? There appear to be quite a few people experiencing it, including me on two independent, physically disjoint Sonos systems.While it is likely to be a bug introduced on the Apple side of the connection, with networking you never know for sure, so perhaps Sonos support should reach out to Apple about it.AirPlay Bug Report on RedditDave Ings

Hello all, I hope someone can help me.I noticed the other day that a few albums in my library had suddenly split into multiple albums. At first I thought there may have been an update that had changed the way certain albums were tagged. I did some rudimentary checks on the album tags (I use Tag & Rename) but couldn't see any issues. However on further examination I noticed that the multiple of the albums had the same track in them see images below.Multiple of one album.Only one track (The same track) showing in both albumsYou can see that a look into the folder for this album shows 11 tracks. 

Since the update to macOS Tahoe I have been unable to connect to the Mac Sonos app. I have re-installed the app but that has made no difference. I spoke with an agent on  Sonos chat and he said as the update had only just happened that might be the reason. I thought that’s why Apple released beta versions  so cos could sort out any problems prior to the general release. It’s working fine on my iphone that was updated at the same time

Can I use Pandora or Spotify?

Hello everyone,Lately, I've noticed the volume level seems lower when integrating Sonos and Spotify. I've tested this on several Era 100s, Fives, and Sonos Ones, and I find myself needing to increase the volume significantly compared to last week. Do you know if there have been any recent changes to the Spotify integration volume? This occurs whether using Spotify Connect and the Sonos app. Do you have the same feeling?

Hi everyone,I recently started testing a streaming app that’s popular in Indonesia with my Sonos 5 speakers. While playback generally works great, I’ve noticed some variability in audio consistency when switching between different types of content (e.g., live streams vs. VOD).I’m curious about how others optimize Sonos settings for apps that rely on cloud streaming. Specifically: Are there recommended EQ or sound settings on the Sonos 5 that improve clarity and balance across different genres and streaming conditions? Does the streaming bitrate or network variability noticeably affect performance on Sonos devices, and if so, how do you compensate? Any tips for Sonos app vs. third-party integration scenarios — especially with non-global streaming services? Thanks in advance — appreciate any insights from those familiar with Sonos networking and app-based streaming playback!

e.g. If I search, say, for Pinnock (he’s an “artist”) I can’’t ever get to a list of Trevor Pinnock albums on Amazon Music that I can access in Sonos, I get a “Search returned no results...”) message.  Any thoughts appreciated!

For a over a year, I needed to remove and reinstall SONOS app on my mac to get it to work. After restarting MAC sonos app stopped working.Now it has also stopped working on my IPAD and IPHONE.This is the only application in the apple environment that has continued endless problems.Please hire some programmers that understand how to program in the mac/ios environment.or just give us a remote control. Getting retired of this problem.today none of my devices have a functioning SONOS app.yes, have removed and installed multiple times. 

Well this is the case since the “ wonderfull”  app update the worst ever seen, it happens on all devices iphone, ipad, mac . If you change radio station to other station the app show the new station logo in the app, but it still plays the previous station. So station looks like it changed in the app but the actual stream  did not. You need to stop the station and start it again the get the right stream playing. This is a software error ! Again I have seen other remarks on the forum all closed so it looks it solved. IT IS NOT ! Sonos do fix it !!!!!! As customers we have already been confronted with enough amateur software to last a decade…… So do not come to me on Wifi settings and blame it on someone else. Maybe ask CHAT-GPT to fix it for you ?  

Hello!Not sure if it's Mac OS related or Sonos app related but I can no longer find my system on my Mac mini. My iPhone works fine and my MacBook Pro also works fine discovering the system. I have deleted the app and reinstalled, made sure network and firewall access was enabled and still nothing. Anyone have similar issue with a fix? 

I am trying to stream from the Apple Classical app on my iPhone via AirPlay to Sonos Connect. Doesn’t work at all.

I thought all the Apple Music playback issues are resolved since the meltdown. But apparently not. New install of Beam Gen2, when playing back from Apple Music playlist, every 4th song or so it will loose the connection be quiet for 10s and then reconnect and pickup the rest of the song or skip to the next one. Quiet annoying.Beam is connected to very good Enterprise WiFi network, and the TV it’s connected to has no network issues.Is this a latency issue, since I’m not US based? Maybe device trying to use US cloud back-end needlessly? Or something else that isn’t well engineered.Quit disappointed.

 Hi,Came back from 3 weeks vacation and wanted to listen to some nice music while unpacking. But my Sonos app did not show any of my speakers. I had to reboot the router and reinstall the app to make it work again.But: a day later same problem, all speakers gone.What is going on here?

Is there a plan to improve the volume control on app?

As of a couple days ago I can no longer connect to PLEX.   I get“Something went wrong. Try Again” when click on artists from my favoritesand“No content items available” when clicking on Plex iconI can cast to my sonos speakers from the Plex app (not plexamp) on my computer.If gone through all the suggested steps I could find from the internet.  I guess my question is to see if anyone else is experiencing it or if it's just me (and for how long).  If its everyone, then hopefully its (another) screw up and they’ll get around to fixing it eventually. super frustrating that something that has worked for years just stopped working especially when its the reason I went with Sonos.

Hi guys! I’m currently using 2 Era 100s paired with one another and 1 Play:1.I recently resubscribed to Tidal for its music quality, assuming that it would work seamlessly. To my surprise, I couldn’t seem to find Tidal in the list of music services on the Sonos platform. How to make this work?

I want to stream my husband’s music library (ripped CDs) to our Sonos Ray.  I do not want the PC on all the time.  I don’t want it in the cloud. I tried the USB flash drive but apparently misread my router capabilities.  I would like a good basic NAS that will stream a minimum of 28 GB of music to the Sonos Ray.  It must be turn key.  I have someone who will help me with set up if I run into difficulties, but I do not have the knowledge to build my own.  And I don’t have the patience to learn.  I was looking at the Synology Beestation but am seeing indications that it’s not a “true” NAS and might not be what I need.  Looking at a Linkstation but truly was hoping someone could point me in the direction of a good basic NAS for this purpose.  Many thanks.

I am unable to play my Spotify “liked” songs through the Sonos ap to my Sonos speakers. I can play all other Spotify features.  I saw other posts on this - with no real answer. Is this just a bug?  Is it because my liked songs list is 400+ or something else?  Thanks 

I have the latest version of the Sonos 1 Controller app running on my iMac Monterey version 12.7.6 with two Play 5 gen 1 speakers. The app cannot find the speakers although when going through the connection procedure it says “The Sonos app is now connected to your speakers”

We used to see album covers for our locally stored music library. I’ve been waiting for the Sonos app debacles to clear up. But it seems like there are still issues with album art showing up.  Some art/covers are shown, albeit slowly, after letting the app sit on the Music Library/Albums screen for awhile.  But not all.I should add, that in addition to that, on the Albums screen, I’m seeing quite a number of dupes. That is, the same album is listed multiple times.  I tap through and can verify that they are the exact same album just listed many times.Any information about that state of this?  I’ve done the “Scan for New Content” many times. That doesn’t seem to have any effect on either issue.

Im the developer of Cast to Sonos. I just tried unlinking my account here: https://www.sonos.com/myaccount/user/profile using the button all the way at the bottom of the page: (in english: Delete sessions and logout all devices)It worked but now i can no longer login using my account in my cast to sonos extension account:  

Hii am trying to setup a Sonos play 1 on lan my WiFi is on the same network but does not find device