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EnnaN
Enthusiast I
December 6, 2012

A linux controller is needed.

  • December 6, 2012
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A linux controller for the Sonos system is really needed. A basic controller shouldn't be that hard to create, so even if the userbase is smaller then for Windows there shouldn't be a cost-reason to not do this. The strength of Sonos is ease-of use, and a user that -for instance- prefers Ubuntu will be left to use his/her phone.
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      Typimousse
      Trending Lyricist I
      January 29, 2013
      No controller, no monitoring... no music!
      wintersnight
      Trending Lyricist I
      February 2, 2013
      Linux (Ubuntu, in my case) support would be great.
      racmar
      Lyricist II
      February 6, 2013
      I would also like to suggest Sonos consider adding a native Linux or web based controller. After recently migrating from the defunct Squeezebox Line, I am bummed there is no Sonos control for Linux. My old Squeezebox setup had a great linux server with a wonderful web based interface. I now have 1x cr100, 1x zp120, 2x s5, 4x s3 sonos products, and I am looking forward to buying more to fill the reset of the house. However, we only use Linux on our computers. While I have various Android tablets / phones around the house, I spend a great deal of time in front of my Linux Thinkpad and would really love a more convient solution for the times when a phone or tablet is out of reach. Please consider this request.
        Liam Irvine
        Lyricist I
        February 6, 2013
        PLEASE get us a .deb/.rpm or at the very least an API specification. I do everything from watching Series to browsing the Internet on my Ubuntu Tablet but without major hacking I can't even turn on the music in my house? That's really sad.
          savalas
          savalas
          February 8, 2013
          To sad that there is no reaction from S O N O S on the wish of the Linux community! +1 for a native Linux controller!
          EnnaNAuthor
          Enthusiast I
          February 9, 2013
          Not sure why there is no reaction. There is obviously activity around here, and while this is not the biggest topic around, it's a quite straight-forward case, and a reasonable request. I'd be interested to know why Sonos is ignoring this.
          J_37
          Lyricist I
          February 10, 2013
          +1 for a native Linux controller! Even a webapp would do.
          EnnaNAuthor
          Enthusiast I
          February 11, 2013
          There was a response -sort of- from Sonos. As a reply to my tweet about this topic (trying to get some attention towards it) I received this:
          Sonos Support Team ‏@SonosSupport @ennaN Thank you for feedback and the feature request has been submitted to the Sonos Product Development Team for consideration.
          Majik
          Majik
          February 19, 2013
          In my view the best approach would be for Sonos to use a cross-platform development environment such as Qt for future controller development. This would allow the app to be portable across all major desktop environments, and Qt is pretty lightweight compared to .NET EnnaN, there is a UPnP control API which is largely based on standards, and third party controllers written in Python and Java have been developed amongst others, so it can be done. It is, however, a very complex project to undertake and support.
          EnnaNAuthor
          Enthusiast I
          February 19, 2013
          @majik: is it an actual API, or is it more reverse engineered / guessed UPnP standards that can control the player? As I recall what the internet told me (not a real big research, I admit) there was a bit of a problem with updates and new version. I couldn't get the third party controller to work reliably with the new versions at leat 😢 .. if you have any links?
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