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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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Mick FContributor I
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itunes albums in feint writing wont play

Have 100’s of iTunes albums that appear in feint writing,but none of them play (error 802)???

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reidisakiContributor I
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amazon music keeps saying request failed

here is my confirmation number: 233176857 i click on amazon music and i get this:   

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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AshC83Contributor I
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only one product showing on my app

My Sonos one is showing in my system but beam isn’t. The Sonos one is connect on 5G but the beam will only connect on 2.4G. Would this be why only 1 of them is showing up? If so what do I do? many thanks 

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ratty
1 year ago
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LiveinvancouverContributor I
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Connection is blocked by your computer's firewall

My Sonos 1 has been unstable since my internet modem has recently changed to a pure fibre wifi hub.  Very often I can’t access music folder, no Sonos Radio, cannot find Sonos 1 error.  I have unplugged hub, turned Sonos on/off, restarting computer each time one of these errors occurred. I have removed and added music folder a few times to get music folder worked until tonight I am seeing this error message “Sonos was unable to add the music folder. Connection is blocked by your computer firewall options.” I checked firewall and Sonos is in enabled to received incoming connections. Restarted computer [imac] a few times and the error persists. Has this got to do with the IP address since the new hub. Any solution or do I have to call tech support? 

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Corry P
1 year ago
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RobinDContributor I
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Instructions for remaining on S1 - Get out of the loop

We have two homes with Sonos equipment.  The S2 update, as many of you have noted, has caused issues where we no longer have a functioning solution.  We think we understand what needs to happen.  We need to downgrade some components that accidently got upgraded and then make sure we have an S1 controller.  When we get into the app to start the process, we get in this endless loop of downgrading and then requests to upgrade. We can’t find the process after many attempts. Is there a step by step instruction of what to hit to get through  the process so that we have our system back? 

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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PaPeContributor I
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Default service

When trying to change my default service, YouTube Music was missing from the list even though it is one of my services. Thanks for any help!

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Corry P
1 year ago
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JohnRobContributor I
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S2 Upgrade - rooms and products showing as incompatible

Successfully removed my bridge Successfully set up the Sonos system on my TP link mesh  everything was working well on S1 (thanks Airgetlam) Checked compatibility of my Sonos units with S2. All fine. downloaded and installed S2 on my phone followed the instructions including switching off and on each unit and my router App confirmed all good Everything showing as incompatible in S2 - rooms, all of the Sonos units  So nothing works on S2. This is a car crash. What have I done wrong? Does anyone have any thoughts?

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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MusicFanAnnapolisContributor I
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Sonos and Amazon Arguing!

When I am playing Amazon music through my Sonos system it works fine for a while, but within about 30-1 hour my control on my amazon App completely goes away and Sonos takes control. So if I want to skip a song, change my artist, look up and play other songs on the Amazon App I cannot . The Sonos App usurps control. I have to shut both apps down and sometime even reboot my Android phone to have it work and gain for a little while… then it plays Amazon music for a while and Sonos takes over again. It’s incredibly frustrating!   Has anyone else had this happen? 

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106rallye
1 year ago
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dr1818Avid Contributor I
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Samba - raspi 3 - only see directory - even SMB1

I set up my Raspi-3 with Samba and the Sonos App only sees the directory with no files inside, even if I set SMB1.  My PC sees the aac files inside just fine.Any ideas?Thanks

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1 year ago
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DazGContributor I
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Apple Music Library - Tracks Greyed Out

I can see this has been asked a number of times in the past but recently a large number of tracks in my Apple Music Playlists appear to be greyed out on the Sonos App and will not play.  They work fine on Apple Music on the phone and my Mac. I have tried removing and adding the account again, I have also reauthorised but neither of these worked, I really want to avoid recreating all of the playlists. I have tried using the online chat but that has been nothing but trouble, the final straw was when I finally got through to an agent they said they would review the case and get back and then after a couple of minutes they had not got back to me and the conversation was automatically ended as it had been idle too long

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1 year ago
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sintrixContributor I
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STREAMING MUSIC TO SONOS ISSUES

I bought a lot of sonos, a lot.. and I had it all working together with google home. I understand you got into it and did your corporate thing and whatever. Understand this, if I cannot simply stream soundcloud, pandora, or spotify directly to my speakers then I have zero reason to buy anything from you ever again. Now understand I really hate getting online and onto forums… to the point it’s only happened once in the last 20 years and you are the lucky winner. I have been through every troubleshooting tutorial, and I work as an architect in big tech… and I still cannot get your ****** *** system to work. Although your app did crash a few times and it failed to release previous streaming content and it wanted me to switch to your voice assistant. I hope some C levels read this and wake *** *** up. It’s my vacation and I am spending it pissed *** *** off bc my 10k sonos system IS A PIECE OF ****** ***. *** you for ruining it.  Moderator Note: Modified in accordance with the Community Co

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Not An Opossum
1 year ago
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NrozasContributor I
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Flac files won't work from iBroadcast

Hello everyone in this community.I have uploaded several flac ripped discs to my iBroadcast account but when I play them from the SONOS app, it always gives me the message ['Song Name' could not be played, the song was not encoded correctly]. On the other hand, if I play those same Flac files from the iBroadcast application or I upload them to the Plex server that I have on my local network, then they reproduce without any problem.Anybody knows about this, I have to solve it because I still have some old speakers without airplay and I have no choice but to use the SONOS application with these speakers.

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ratty
1 year ago
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CraigR65Avid Contributor I
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unable to connect to Sonos - lets fix it, - temporary error

I get the above message  on my system frequently, the issue almost always resolves itself within a minute or two, without further intervention. it seems to occur more, if I haven’t used the controller for a few hours.I suspect my iPhone is going to sleep and then reconnecting to Wifi and maybe needs a bit of time to sort itself out. any suggestions? running 2 play 1s and 2 play 3s on S2 software. thx

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1 year ago
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rsatterContributor I
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Cloudflare Warp Blocking Sonos Controller for Mac Access to Service

I have started doing more with my MacBook Pro. As a result I tried to use Sonos Controller for Mac to control my Sonos Play:5 Gen 2.I have the following MacBook Pro running macOS Monterey 12.4 Sonos Contorller for Mac 14.10 (build 68330100) Play:5 Gen 2 1.13.1.9-1.2I have Cloudflare WarpVersion 2022.5.342.0 (20220616.9) Excluding the following IP Ranges 192.168.1.0/16 excluded to enable Logitech Flow a virutal KVM switch. 239.255.255.250/32 workaround proposed by Cloudflare 255.255.255.255/32 workaround proposed by Cloudflare The controller could not find the Play:5. I found a workaround proposed by Cloudflare back in June 2021 until a fix was implemented in Warp. I would have thought it was fixed after a year but no joy. When I added the 2 IP ranges Sonos Control could find the Play:5 without turnign off Warp. However the controller cannot see the contents of the services and start playing music with Warp on. In order to play for example an Apple playlist. I have to turn off Warp. T

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1 year ago
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JezinUplymeContributor I
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Spotify loses connection with Play 5 Gen 2

Spotify loses connection with my Play5 Gen 2 when streaming both when initiated from within the Sonos app or directly from Spotify. No issues streaming to Beam, Sub, Play1 SL and Play 1 on the same system. all software versions up-to-date. This is a recent issue?

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NeilWalkerAvid Contributor I
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Internet radio stream (AAC) not playing

I’ve followed the process of adding a new internet radio station to Sonos (AAC streaming). It appears to add ok, but when ‘Play’ is pressed, nothing happens. Other radio stations play fine through TuneIn and other radio services such as myTuner Radio.I used the advice in https://support.sonos.com/s/article/260?language=en_US, and have added the station using both the Windows client application, and the Android app. Neither will play in Sonos.The station URL in question (https://edge.iono.fm/xice/fmr_live_high.aac) plays just fine in a web browser.There are a number of threads that discuss issues with TuneIn in the UK, but the workaround suggested was to add the URL manually - but that doesn’t work for me either.Any tips? 

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Corry P
1 year ago
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EnokContributor I
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Pocketcasts not working again

Same behaviour as observed before.”Unable to browse music”

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Corry P
1 year ago
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ByrjallContributor I
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Adding music library from Qnap Nas using Plex

When I try to browse Music folder via Plex i cant see the folder in Sonos app.Under Music library in Sonos setting/Music library you can add folders, but the Qnap Nas only has IP adress and not \\computer\sharename.Any suggestions?

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Ken_Griffiths
1 year ago
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Another DaneContributor I
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Music indexing

Hello AllOld topic I know.I used a Linksys EA6100 for years, but it now struggles with range, signal strength and signal in general falls out. I wanted to upgrade within a reasonable budget (for my use) to a router with a usb3 connection. All the music I play is stored on a SSD HDD connected directly to the router. On the Linksys, I could index the entire 400gb music in one go, no problems what so ever, but with the new routers I have tried, nothing works. Anyone know what is wrong and what to do?New router 1: TP-Link AC1750 Archer C8 v3. It instantly fails out with “HDD has lost power or the path is wrong” weirdly I can index one artis folder no problem, but several. Not a chance.New Router 2: ASUS RT-AX56U. I did as told by disabling Airtime Fairness on both 2.4 and 5 GHz but it instantly goes into the same “your HDD has lost power or path I wrong”. I then tried the Merlin firmware with a hope that could help, but no luck.Anyone knows why the old router with crappy signal can munch i

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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RollinsfordContributor I
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Spotify playlists

Some of my Spotify playlists stopped showing up in Sonos. I signed out and in, un-authorized and re-authorized and now NONE of my playlists show. How do I fix this?

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Rex C. Jeanpierre
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willeyContributor I
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Spotify: Song restarts when on repeat 1

HelloI have an issue with Spotify service on Sonos. When i listen to a playlist and then like the song that is playing i go to the queue and select repeat 1 to just play this song for the next couple of times.after doing so, Sonos plays the song once completly and when the song is played the second time it gets restarted after about 15 seconds over and over again.i know there are a couple of threads about this issue and one of them is about one year old and is answered with „known issue, spotify and sonos are working on it“. after having this problem since about 5 years i thought i will ask if there is any solution on the way?EDIT: Diagnostics number 1469809923thank you in advance.willey

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
benmitchell
benmitchellAvid Contributor I
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LivePhish playlists not appearing?

Has anyone noticed that the playlists on LivePhish not appearing on Sonos?

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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nessienogueiraContributor I
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"Connection Error" with Spotify

Diagnostics: 1020127941Hello!So my problem is the following:I have an IKEA symfonisk lamp/speaker. I recently needed to change internet providers so I have a new router. Today I wanted to connect for the first time since that change to my device when I was unable to find it in the system without an Ethernet cable. To be able to connect again through Wi-fi I had to: Reboot my speaker to factory settings Change my SONOS account to a different email.After that and at least 2 hours of troubleshooting I managed to reconnect my speaker to my phone. However, as it is a new account I need to add Spotify. I have tried to connect to it many times but once I finish setting it up on Spotify’s end, I come back to the app at it gives me this “Connection Error” to Spotify and I am unable to add my account. My speaker is currently connected through Wi-fi and is able to play music through the Spotify App but not through Sonos due to this issue.I don’t know what’s happening and what I must’ve done wrong

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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gmendenhContributor II
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Cannot share USB audio files with SONOS v2 system music library

Cannot share USB audio files with SONOS v2 systemRouter Model: TP-Link Archer C8Hardware Version: V3Firmware Version: 1.1.3 Build 20220510 rel.32759(5553)The USB drive plugged into the Archer C8 shows it is active in the Archer C8 advanced USB settings.  All files are shared with no login required.The network address is:  \\192.168.1.1\sda1\USB_MusicWindows explorer can find the music files OK and can play them,  but the SONOS v2 system cannot access the music library.I have worked extensively with TP-Link and SONOS customer support, but they were unable to resolve this problem.  SONOS suspects a problem with the TP-Link Archer C8's implementation of SMB1 and/or SMB2 protocols.I have tried sharing the USB drive with and without user login and password, but neither works.I just updated the router to the latest version firmware, but that did not resolve this problem.Any suggestions from other users would be welcomed.

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Stanley_4
1 year ago
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Laurent49Contributor I
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probleme youtube music sur sonos

Bonjour à tousUn fois YouTube music installé dans l'appli sonos,  la playlist n'apparaît pas. Merci pour votre aide  

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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