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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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sdhartmannContributor I
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Pandora missing from list of services

I can’t find Pandora in the list of music services to add, when I attempt to cast to my Move from the Pandora app, the Sonos 2 app loads and fails.What to do, anyone else have this issue? How did you fix it? 

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Airgetlam
3 years ago
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Alberto.QContributor II
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Audible.es not working.

It there a way to select audible.es because when I try to do sonos open also amazon.com and I can´t change the country and my audible account is in Spain...

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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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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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r9mcgonContributor I
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Stream What You Hear Problems

Hi allI’m trying to use the ‘Stream What You Hear’ application to stream from my Windows laptop to my Sonos SL 1 but it’s not working,SWYH looks to be running, but the Sonos controller app can’t seem to play the stream: It attempts to connect but nothing happens and it fails - no error messge.The SWYH record function is working so I think that end of things is ok.I followed these instructions:https://www.howtogeek.com/292842/how-to-stream-any-audio-from-your-pc-to-a-sonos-player/ Has anyone had similar issues?Thanks in advance.

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Devildoc99Contributor I
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Not enough room to update library

Could someone explain to me why this message even occurs. I was under the impression it was indexing the HD where my music files were. Why would it need space for that? Just index the damn thing and let me play on!Can I do something to change/adjust this setting?Thank You  and Merry Christmas to allDevildoc

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My Sonos stopped working round 1600 saturday december 5. 2020

I have used Sonos for several years on 2 locations on 4 different devices and 2 different accounts with no problems together with the danish YouSee-Music streaming service.Suddenly the music stopped and could  not be started again.Sonos apps claims that there is no connection to YouSee no matter which account i try. Sonos apps claims, that it cant connect to YouSee and verify accounts. Sonos app says, that I should contact YouSee. Other streaming-services works fine.YouSee says, that it is a Sonos-problem. I can log in and out on YouSee and play music on the YouSee app on the 2 iPhones and on my MacBook Pro with the accounts Sonos cant reachI have afterwords updated  the apps on 2 iPhones, 1 iPad and 1 MacBook Pro to Sonos S2 with same result.My conclusion is, that Sonos suddenly from this afternoon won´t communicate with YouSeePlease advice. Best regardsPoul Erik

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ChrisSimsContributor I
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Sonos radio HD trial - still getting adverts

Hi, I’ve just signed up for Sonos HD and I’m on the free one month trial period. The ad for the HD radio service states that you can skip tracks and that the service is ad free.The first thing I’ve noticed is that I can’t skip tracks and I’ve just heard an ad for McDonalds. The station I’m listening to is a Sonos one and it’s marked as being being HD. Have I actually got the HD service?

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Bernie WilliamsContributor I
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Entire music library vanished from SONOS

Hi, I’ve been experiencing a number of issues with my Sonos system recently, namely, speakers disappearing from the app mid song, including paired speakers; then today my entire music library has inexplicably vanished from Sonos.  I’ve made sure that all apps are updated and running the same software and ensured that my Mac is up to date and nothing……To be honest, I'm getting rather sick and tired of all the issues with Sonos, I just want to be able to play music, but seemingly every time I try there is yet another issue.Any advice gratefully received.  

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gozzy#1Contributor I
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Sonos Radio account - reauthorized?

I can’t search for radio stations currently.The Sonos app says my Sonos Radio account needs to be reauthorized. When I click on Reauthorize it comes up with an error msg saying ‘Unable to reauthorize Sonos Radio account’.ive deleted and reinstalled the Sonos app but that hasn’t worked. Both my App and speaker are up to date. I’ve had this problem since yesterday morning. Ive sent Sonos x2 msgs via Twitter regarding this but I haven’t had a response yet. Poor level of support so far! Can anyone help? Very frustrating! 

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Jppn20Contributor I
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Spotify not an option in music services sonos 2

I was forced to update to Sonos 2. Now Spotify will not connect to my speaker. Also can’t see spotify as an option on music services on the Sonos 2 app. Spotify just saying connecting but never does. Got latest updates to app no help. Any one got any ideas? Speaker is basically useless to me if I can’t get it to work. 

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JoshMContributor I
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Youtube top songs not an option

In Sonos I regularly search for an artist to look at their top songs. In Google play this was easy. Now this has been replaced by YouTube Music Top Songs is no longer an option in Sonos. It is an option in the YouTube music app so this is only a problem thru the Sonos app. Can this be added to the Sonos app?

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3 years ago
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RitvarsContributor I
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YouTube Music not working

Bigest **** what i see in my life! Can’t lisen music from you tube! Why engeners build this ****? 12 apps in store only one works, but dont play music! About speaker and app in one word- ****! In latvia this **** price is 200€ for nothing?! Awsome  *Moderator Note: Modified in accordance with the community guidelines.*

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GJBristolContributor II
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USB music library on Asus wireless router.

I've got an ASUS RT-AC68U wireless router and am really struggling connecting to a music library on a USB.On my old router, I just plugged the USB in the back and entered the appropriate path when defining the music library location in Sonos and it all worked fine.With the new router, I can't figure out how to connect Sonos to the USB stick plugged into the back. The router's USB config utility gives me an option to setup a UPnP media server, which I've done (because I've read that Sonos is UPnP-compliant), but I don't know if that's the right thing to do. I still have no idea what the path is to the USB stick, or how to access it. I've downloaded and read the relevant section of the router manual, but I'm still stuck. The ASUS range of wireless routers is pretty common, so I'm hoping someone can help me sort out what should be a really simple problem.

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Wilf21Contributor I
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Tunein Radio stations give programme title, Sonos radio does not

I don’t know if other users find this, but when I connect to a radio station via Tunein (e.g. BBC Radio 4), I get the current programme title shown (as I would get on the DAB station) in the app.  Connecting to the same station via Sonos radio, only shows the station name. Anyone else find this?  And is there perhaps a setting on Sonos Radio to change this behaviour? TIA. Wilf

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kastlanContributor I
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Miscloud connection was lost

Hi! So this is my second topic on this issue (first can be found here) but there is a systematic issue with Mixcloud. I can barely use it, and whether it works or not is really a toss up. My connection works fine as I have no issue with other services (Spotify, Audible). I have submitted diagnostics under 382695100.Can you please do an analysis and check with your engineers what is wrong? There are way too many topics on this and the cookie cutter responses from your customer service stuff is not satisfactory.

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3 years ago
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ScoopbhoyContributor I
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Spotify Connect issues playing on Sonos

Hi all, I’m getting an error message on Spotify for my three Sonia speakers which says ‘can’t play this right now’. I can still access Spotify from the Sonos app ok but not from Spotify itself. Can anyone suggest what to do. Thanks, Stephen 

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newskisContributor I
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Error when trying to play Audible books from Sonos app

About a month ago I started having a problem playing Audible books through the Sonos app. When I try to play a book I get an error message saying “Unable to play ‘Opening credits’ - the song is not encoded correctly”. It quickly tries to play the next 4 chapters with the same error message before it fails and stops. I have the seven Harry Potter audiobooks through Audible and I had listened to the first two books with no problem. I would start the book in the Sonos app and then use Alexa for playback controls. With this I only use the Sonos app once in the beginning of a book and not again until I need to start another book. When I went to start the third book, that was when I noticed the problem described above. I tried playing both of the first two books that worked before, but both had the same error. I then tried two Audible Original books and those had the same error. With that it seems that it is unlikely to be a problem with an individual book. My setup is two Play:1’s as a ster

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MadBob_HunContributor I
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Symfonisk strange problem

Hi all,I have a Symfonisk and I have a problem:I can’t play music via Sonos app and from Spotify. Sometimes I got error 1002, but sometimes I got no error message. But Airplay working and I can switch the status LED via Sonos app. If I start the playing with Airplay then I can change the music with Android phone (Spotify) but the music lagging. Any idea?Robert

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Airgetlam
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jsojazzAvid Contributor I
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Amazon Music HD - The connection to Amazon Music was lost

I have been using Amazon Music HD for about a week and am noticing some issues playing Stations.Today - as I am looking for some good stations for the evening - I am getting the response - Unable to play “name of station” The connection to Amazon was lost.If I play the Amazon App - no issues at all. Is anyone else experiencing this?  

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Pendr4gonContributor I
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Spotify will not connect

Hello.I’ve been using Sonos one since 6 months or so, and just recently the connected Spotify have been acting weird.At the moment I can’t play music that I’ve connected through Spotify on to my Sonos.Some tracks are playing for a few seconds, then switches to another one, and another one.Some tracks Sonos just skips.If I access the tracks via Spotify it’s working, but as soon as I connect my Iphone 11 PRO Max it continues at the same way than before.Anyone having the same problem?

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Barry LContributor I
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Music services disappear from Sonos App

Each time I open the Sonos App the music services I have added previously are no longer listed and I have to manually re add them again. Once I add one back in then the rest of my list reappears.. Am I doing something wrong ? 

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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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LentilSoupContributor I
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YouTube Music not letting me skip or scrub tracks

In the past week I have started having issues with YouTube Music where I will select a track under an artist, but it won’t let me add it to the queue and it won’t let me skip/scrub - it just plays without making any changes to the queue. It’s also happened when I’ve tried to play a full album, and will just loop one track continuously while scrubbing and skip/back are not available. iOS 14.2.1

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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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