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Title Language in 'Now Playing' Differs from List

  • January 27, 2025
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The language of the title displayed in the "Now Playing" window does not match the language shown in the list.

  • All basic playback functions work perfectly without issue.
  • I use Sonos app in Japanese. All my accounts settings (language and location) are configured to Japanese and Japan.
  • When playing music from YouTube Music, the "Now Playing" screen displays track titles in English, even if the original titles are in Japanese.
  • This issue does not occur with other music services. For example, Japanese titles are displayed correctly in Japanese when using Amazon Music.
  • Restarting and reconnecting the services did not resolve the issue.

While this is not a critical problem, it is a bit inconvenient. This is a minor issue, but I thought it might be worth asking here. Has anyone experienced a similar issue or found a solution?

 

 

Example1: YouTube Music, a list is Japanese, but Playing window at the bottom is in English.(This occurs across the mobile app, web app, and Mac app.)
Example 2: This issue does not occur with Amazon Music.

 

Best answer by controlav

I can guess why. When the app communicates with a music service it passes the desired language to that service, based on the user’s locale settings: Japanese in your case.

If the service doesn’t support that language then it will return things in English. Looks like YTM has no Japanese support, and Amazon does. (Or its a bug in YTM, it’s never been the most awesome SMAPI implementation).

 

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  • controlav
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  • January 27, 2025

I can guess why. When the app communicates with a music service it passes the desired language to that service, based on the user’s locale settings: Japanese in your case.

If the service doesn’t support that language then it will return things in English. Looks like YTM has no Japanese support, and Amazon does. (Or its a bug in YTM, it’s never been the most awesome SMAPI implementation).

 

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  • sudooh
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  • January 27, 2025

Thank you for your advice!


After posting, I tried various scenarios.
There is a lack of language consistency within the SONOS app (including the desktop app).

I’m not sure whether this is an issue that YTM or SONOS should address,  I’ll wait for an update.

For now, I’m using AirPlay, so I don’t have to worry about these issues.

 

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