Sonos Controller Installed In Linux OS

Because Sonos has releases the web app (play.sonos.com) there has been no new developments for the desktop app, They have essentially been abandoned in lieu of the web based version.

With the web app you are able to control your system from anywhere, if that interest you.

I had a friend successfully build & run my Sonos app on Ubuntu, just needed to install the .net 8 SDK on it:

https://github.com/amp64/openphonos

Thank you both for the input.  

Controlav, I’ll certainly check out the github.com path and see what that entails. 

Pools-3015, I am most definitely interested in the web app.  I opened the web app, signed in and It does work, sorta!  It seems to have a somewhat limited function set in that I can start playing music only with the iphone/ipad app.  But once the music starts I can control start/stop, skip and volume with the web app.  However, I haven’t figured out how (or if even possible) to access the music on the laptop and play it!

Do either of you know if it is possible to have the web app access music on the laptop?

Thank you.

You will have to setup a local shared folder. 
 

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/add-your-music-library-to-sonos

I am not sure how to do that with your OS. The most reliable way for me is to use a NAS to store your music. I use Synology.

Haven’t used this one for a while, flatpak version should run on any Linux.

https://janbar.github.io/noson-app/

Thanks.  Setting up shared folders & NAS’s are total greek to me so it’s something I’ll have read up on and see if I can determine just how far above my level of incompetence they might be!  😱

Thanks.  I’ve tried three installs/uninstalls of Noson and so far no go!  Noson is never able to fine the Sonos “zone”, always returns “Action Can’t be preformed”.  

I’ll keep plugging way at it but if either of you have any other thoughts or comments they would be appreciated.

Thanks again.

If a flatpack install isn't finding your Sonos you likely have the firewall misconfigured or the Linux system is on the wrong network

Setting up the music library on Linux should be simple and covered in your distribution's setup guide under file sharing and SMB shares.

Doing it manually isn't hard, these should get you started.

https://stan-miller.livejournal.com/

Will check it out.  Thank you.

Hi grwren.

I regularly use both the Windows Sonos desktop controller running under wine on Linux as well as several native Linux apps.

For the Windows Sonos desktop controller on wine, I use the latest S1 version since my system is hybrid, hardware-wise. I have also used the S2 version in the past, and it worked well also. Sadly (dumb move, Sonos … ), the web app is incompatible with S1-based systems so I don’t use it. The main trick to making the windows desktop app work under wine is the timing of the installation of the dotNET winetrick (and which one).

As far as Linux applications, there are three that I’ve used. Unofficial Sonos Controller by Pascal Opitz is the one that most resembles the Windows desktop app. Pascal no longer actively maintains it, but an appimage version is still available on his github page and still works.

Jean-Luc Barrières’s (janbar) Noson desktop app IS actively maintained and works well. The interface is completely different than the Sonos Windows app, but almost all the functionality is there.

Finally, there are command-line options, if you’re interested in that. The one I’ve used is soco-cli (python-based) - it is surprisingly powerful.

That’s about it in a nutshell. Happy to help further if required. Cheers.

Hi grwren.

I regularly use both the Windows Sonos desktop controller running under wine on Linux as well as several native Linux apps.

Hi Rickkk and thanks for the response.  I’m glad to hear that you that you were able to get the Sonos desktop controller working in both Windows and Linux but unfortunately after a number of unsuccessful attempts I had no luck with Linux (Zorin).  I checked out the web app mentioned by Pools-3015 and it works well enough plus there is also the iphone and ipad apps.  Also it does appear that Sonos is cutting development and support for the desktop controller in favor of the web app so it just made sense to me.

Thanks again.