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Mr RichardAvid Contributor III
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Too Many Music Sources

I have, somehow, created more music sources than I need. The image shows this. I only need the Music Library - that’s the one linked to my app. I need to get rid of BlustoNAS / Windows Media / Sonos Playlists. I can’t find a way to achieve this and would appreciate help please. Cheers all. 

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1 year ago
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CarlpnpContributor I
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VOX music and Sonos Five

I recently purchased a Sonos Five speaker and have been streaming through VOX music player app on iPhone.  I have all of my music uploaded in VOX.  I get random static when when streaming through the VOX app but not so far when I stream through Apple Music or Amazon Music app.  Does anyone else use VOX to stream to Sonos and have a similar issue?  Someone in Sonos support told me that VOX isn’t supported on Sonos but VOX website says otherwise.  Here’s the link...https://vox.rocks/sonos-support.Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks!

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1 year ago
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MoodyBlue52Avid Contributor I
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Alexa not working properly on my SONOS ONE

When I ask Alexa to play a radio station or an artist it recognises the request and replies, eg ‘playing xx from Global Player’ or ‘shuffling songs by...’ but then silence. I can play these fine through the speaker using the app. If I ask a straight forward question eg what’s the weather forecast Alexa replies correctly. Does anyone know what the issue is with the music and radios? 

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MoodyBlue52Avid Contributor I
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Sonos not playing BBC Radio stations

My Sonos system has stopped playing BBC Radio stations. It registers the various stations when I select one but will not play when I hit the play button. It plays other stations, eg Classic FM ok.Any ideas anyone?

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1 year ago
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jp69fContributor I
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Connection to Deezer has been lost

Bonjour,Je suis abonné à Deezer Hifi et j’écoute le plus souvent des playlist sur mon Sonos (2xPlay 3 + Sub dans le salon, 2xPlay 1 dans le bureau). J’utilise indifféremment le controleur Windows ou Android (S2)Depuis quelques jours, j’ai très fréquemment l’erreur suivante : Impossible de lire “Titre du morceau” - la connexion à Deezer a été perdue.Le problème se produit systématiquement lors du passage d’un morceau à un autre, jamais en cours de lecture. Je peux d’ailleurs facilement le reproduire en appuyant sur le bouton “Titre suivant”. En insistant (en redemandant son écoute), le morceau finit par se laisser écouter, sans erreur.Si j’écoute Deezer avec le navigateur sur le PC, je n’ai pas de souci … mais le son est franchement moins bon que sur Sonos !J’ai bien sûr fait appel au SAV, avec qui j’ai passé un long moment mais sans succès : aucune anomalie apparente n’a été diagnostiquée sur mon environnement.Je précise que j’ai un accès Internet par la fibre, avec un débit élevé, sur

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1 year ago
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karljohanubAvid Contributor I
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Sonos One hangs up like a broken record

After the latest Sonos update, my gf unplugged the Sonos One during the update thinking it was something wrong when thr led started to blinking and now the speaker makes a strange electronic sound and hangs up (almost like a broken record), and doesnt play any further.I have tried to factory set the speaker without any luck.   Have never experienced this before.Diagnostic: 35527183

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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DmoranphotogContributor I
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Cannot connect to Wi-Fi

I have a Sonos Play:1, a Sonos One, and a Roam. The first two have been on my Wi-Fi for years now. The Roam is new. Because of the Roam, I switched from the S1 to the S2 app on my iPhone. When I did that, I lost my whole system. I don’t mind so much because all of my playlists are via connected services. My problem is that now I can only get the Roam to connect to my Wi-Fi. I’ve gone through the various articles and asked the Sonos bot. I’ve successfully connected them to my router via ethernet, but cannot connect them to the Wi-Fi from there.  I’ve reset both speakers to factory settings. I’ve rebooted my router (both in the order prescribed in various Sonos support articles). The Wi-Fi connection still fails. At one point, I got my Play:1 to connect to the Wi-Fi, but it would not appear on the system tab of the S2 software. That time, my router software showed all items connected, but the Sonos software said differently.My latest attempts have been all after I have a successful wired

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Ken_Griffiths
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NoUpdateContributor I
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Sonos One Not Updating Software

Hi,I’ve got a Sonos One that I purchased 3-4 years ago (roughly).  So I’ve owned it since new and never had issues updating when new updates were available.  Running Windows 10 with the current Sonos software update.  I have omitted the IP address, but it is there and correct.  The progress bar for the for the software update completes… then displays the following message:  The Sonos controller installer failed to download.  I have turned off Windows Firewall and my anti-virus… still no resolve.  As a side note, my Sonon One is working, but a little quirky at the moment.  I primarily use it for listening to music.  Sometimes it will play requested iHeartRadio stations, and sometimes it will just stay silent after a request.  Same with Pandora stations.  Any help would be appreciated. Associated Product: 192.XXX.X.X---------------------------------Sonos One: KitchenSerial Number: 78-28-CA-13-99-A6:DVersion: 11.1 (build 56076060)Hardware Version: 1.21.1.8-1Series ID: A100IP Address: 192.

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buzz
1 year ago
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eyostAvid Contributor I
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iTunes Music Library shows as Imported Playlists after Updating Music Library

Hi all,On my Sonos App both on the Mac and the iPhone I had all of my Artists, Albums, Songs, etc. under Music Library. I ripped a couple of CDs and added those to my iTunes library and then ran the Update Music Library Now function. After I did that I now only have two artists under the Music Library, with the entire iTunes collection is now labeled as ‘Imported Playlists’. How do I get the Artists, Songs, Albums, etc. out of the Imported Playlists and under the Music Library like it was prior?My iTunes library is running on a Synology NAS. All has been working fine until yesterday.Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.Thanks,Ed

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dan9000Contributor I
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BBC Sounds Service Not Working

Hello all,I have successfully added and authorized the BBC Sounds app within Sonos, but get an empty window with the message ‘Can’t browse music’. I am in the UK. I can’t see any mention of this problem anywhere. Any suggestions?Thanks 

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1 year ago
Stuart_W
Stuart_WLocal Superstar
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BBC Sounds - My Sounds not showing options

Until today when I used the Sonos app on iPhone or iPad if I went into BBC sounds and then Selected “My Sounds” I would get 3 options - Bookmarked, Subscribed or Latest. When I access via phone or tablet now when I click “My Sounds” I just get a list of icon images of some of the episodes of podcasts I have subscribed to. The desktop app on iMac is still working as expected. I have raised this with Auntie so hopefully it will get fixed

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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BurlingtonCanContributor I
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Search results for Plex: "Unable to browse music"

I have played Plex music from Sonos for years. Yesterday when I opened any of my Sonos apps when I select Plex I get the message Unable to browse music. I rebooted Plex, reestablished the music service in Sonos and the same. I know Sonos can reach the music in Plex because when I play Sonos Playlists that have Plex music it works. Any idea?

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Greg1988Contributor II
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Music Library issues "No selections available" from Nvidia Shield

Hi,I'm trying to access music stored on a USB in my Nvidia Shield but keeps getting "No selections available" I'm trying to update Music index but nothing, I can access it through Plex but not sure what the quality is like with them being FLAC on the USB. Any 😣 would be appreciated  

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melvimbe
1 year ago
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Bill_22Trending Lyricist I
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Sonos Music Library won't update

This just started happening to me, my Sonos won’t update my music library. If i delete my music folder and re-add it will be have everything in there that should be, but if i add more music (mp3s, which i do almost daily) and have it update, none of the additions show up. my music’s on a macbook running big sur 11.6

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HamiltkeContributor I
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Unable to Browse Music error on Spotify

I am receiving the “Unable to Browse Music” Spotify error that has been written about and previously resolved.  I have no issues with my other music services. Spotify results are returned when using the general Sonos app search feature (i.e. when I search for music using the magnifying glass) but when I attempt to use the Spotify app located within Sonos to search for music, I repeatedly receive “Unable to Browse Music” message (I can’t see any of my playlists etc.).  This issue started occurring very recently and is the same whether I am accessing Sonos from my iphone or Mac.  I have deleted and added the native Spotify app again (and again) on both my iphone and my computer - I also deleted/re-added Spotify within the “services” section of the Sonos app on both my phone and my computer.  Spoke to Sonos tech support who was - per the usual - super helpful and patient but after a ~60 minute call, the issue persists.  Suggestions?

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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ricki755Contributor I
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Radio channels

Why does Sonos start with two-tone noise when I listen to radio channels

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106rallye
1 year ago
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MeganUKContributor I
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Wrong Computer Name

I renamed the computer and Sonos would say it couldn’t find the old computer name.   It wasn’t recognising or seeing the new name. I reinstalled etc.  Then realised that there were a few issues.  Firstly there were different queues for different speaker systems, these had been populated prior to the name change.  I ungrouped the system and cleared each queue.  Additionally, the queue that was in the main play area had been populated prior to the computer name change.  I cleared all queues, updated the music library and voila!

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Ken_Griffiths
1 year ago
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Jussi FContributor I
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Recent Centos 8 Samba update broke NAS connection for Play5 Gen 1 but Play1 & Playbar still work

A bit weird one, Samba 4.15.5-5.el8 came out last month for my NAS boxen hosting iTunes library for Sonos S1.Automated patching kicked in and now my Play 5 Gen 1 cannot connect to NAS anymore. Strangely Play 1 and Playbar continue to work just fine.Error I get is “Unable to play ‘X’ - access to //1.2.3.4/Share denied.” Reset/reboots of Play 5 have no affect. Downgrading server side to previous samba-4.15.3-0.el8.x86_64 version immediately fixes Play 5 problems. Same server side configuration used.Relevant smb.conf snippet:# sonos kludgery        ntlm auth = ntlmv1-permitted        server min protocol = NT1 Adding “client signing = disabled does not help”. Running samba in debuglevel=3 offers no clues that I could spot. Any thoughts?

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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jhedwardsContributor I
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Error playing large Spotify playlist

For some time now I’ve been experiencing an issue playing one particular Spotify playlist on my Sonos One SL. All playlists/albums/podcasts etc play just fine, but one playlist I have will not play. The only distinguishing feature of this playlist is its size. It has almost 5000 songs. Has anyone else had this issue? When I go to play a song from the playlist I get the message: “Spotify can’t play this right now. If you have the file on your computer you can import it.” I attempted a fix through Spotify who tried a few different things but no luck. So here I am, seeing if it’s a Sonos issue.

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ratty
1 year ago
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austinbarrowContributor I
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Apple Playlist Not Showing Up

I have a curated playlist on my iphone app that I have added to my playlists. I’ve downloaded the entire catalogue and even created an additional playlist (a copy of the original) on the app. None of these are showing up on Sonos. I searched for the curated list on Sonos, and it showed up in the search. However, when I clicked on the list it was empty.Any suggestions? I’ve seen old threads talking about the difference between iTunes and Apple Music, but surely that silliness has been solved with Sonos after two years.

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Corry P
1 year ago
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ForrestAvid Contributor III
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MacOS Monterey 12.3.1 Unable to Access Music Library

I recently updated to Monterey 12.13.1 and find that Sonos isn’t able to access my music library, no matter what I do.   I ensured all the sharing settings were correct (they were not changed), that Sonos has full filesystem access; I rebooted, screamed, nada.   Sonos software version Version: 14.4 (build 67127100)Anyone else having this problem?  Monterey is feeling more unstable and perhaps I need to downgrade back to Big Sur. 

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1 year ago
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Denis123Contributor I
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Soundcloud stream partially loads

Hello.It’s been a while since the Soundcloud stream started cutting off: I always see only 10 records. However the Stream should be infinite. I don’t see the same problem in “Likes” or “New & Hot” sections. The problem appears in both Sonos iOS mobile and Mac desktop apps. I’ve submitted diagnostics, mu number is 691637994 

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danwelschAvid Contributor I
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Spotify is Intermittently stopping

Sonos radio plays fine. spotify stops after a couple of minutes.  Especially when playing playlists.  

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Ken_Griffiths
1 year ago
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PippiLContributor I
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Amazon message popping up

I've been able to listen to my Amazon music on Sonos for a few years, but now I'm getting a message to sign up for Amazon Prime Music.Do I need to pay now for Amazon music in order to listen on my Sonos?

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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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