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Music-library folder plays tracks from subfolders instead of its own tracks

  • June 22, 2026
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I am having an issue with the Sonos app (Android) and a music library stored on a network share.

My library contains a folder named A, which has its own music files as well as several subfolders that also contain music. However, when I browse to folder A in the Sonos app and select one of the songs stored directly in that folder, Sonos plays a song from one of the subfolders instead.

For example, selecting the second song listed in A plays the second song in sub1. The apparent track order is preserved, but Sonos seems to ignore the files stored directly in A. As a result, I cannot play the songs located in A itself.

Example:


A/
├── 01 - Song in A.mp3
├── 02 - Another Song in A.mp3
├── sub1/
│ ├── 01 - Song in sub1.mp3
│ └── 02 - Another Song in sub1.mp3
└── sub2/
├── 01 - Song in sub2.mp3
└── 02 - Another Song in sub2.mp3


Expected behavior: selecting 02 - Another Song in A.mp3 should play that file.

Actual behavior: it plays 02 - Another Song in sub1.mp3 instead.

I am somehow surprises that nowbody seemed to have reported this issue yet. Is there anyone else encountering this?

3 replies

MoPac
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  • Headliner III
  • June 22, 2026

Do that many people store their music with that folder structure?


Stanley_4
  • Grand Maestro
  • June 22, 2026

How are you selecting the tracks to play?

Are the track names similar?

 

Might be worth creating the problem, submitting a diagnostic and then call Sonos support. 

My library is a bit different and I don't  see a problem.

First letter like a b or c

--  artist

---- album

------- music


  • June 22, 2026

The Music Library, Folders listing doesn’t actually display file names. The track names it displays are from the file metadata tags. Are you sure the metadata are unique for the files in the directories/sub-directories so that isn’t the reason Sonos is picking the wrong files to play?

Just the first thing that comes to mind. I don’t have my library set up that way. Maybe someone else that does can check it out.