Chromatic Producer I

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Add multiple tracks on iOS Controller

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May 18, 2017
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Hi!

On the Desktop version of Sonos Controller it's easy to add multiple tracks to a queue. Either I use the tick box for the tracks I want to add or I hold down SHIFT and select either by mouse or using arrow keys. Then I add them all in one command.

Is there something similar in the iOS Controller? I can't figure out how. I can only add tracks one at a time which is a bit boring and time consuming. Of course I know I can add a whole album and things lika that. So my question is regarding cases where I want to add a couple of tracks from an album, parts of a big collection of tracks e.t.c.

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ratty

No, neither the iOS nor Android controllers can make multiple track selections in the same way as the Desktop controller.

Keyboard and mouse still have their places after all.

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T-SAuthor

Chromatic Producer I

I believe the legacy CR200 could do that or am I wrong?
Anyway, I would love to see that option. But it's always the compromise between funcionality and simplicity...

ratty

I don't think CR200 had a track selection capability like that. All touch-based controllers have a queue edit mode, but that's something different.

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ASF01

Contributor I

Greetings all. I am a newbie to the Sonos Controller and the Forum. I found this post when searching for solutions about ways to load all tracks in an album when using the Sonos Controller on my iPAD. Might there have been any suggested solutions that have recently been developed to help with this issue? Many thanks

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John B

Hi. I don't have an iPad but I think loading all tracks in an album has always been possible on all controllers. On my Android tablet you just hit the Play button on the album icon. Or tap the icon and then Play All or just 'Play Now' the first track and the rest will follow.

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ASF01

Contributor I

On my iPAD there is no play button offered for any specific album. Further I am not finding a "Play all" Button. Lastly if I select the 'Play Now' button for the first track, the controller does play the first track, but nothing further

Ken_Griffiths

On my iPAD there is no play button offered for any specific album. Further I am not finding a "Play all" Button. Lastly if I select the 'Play Now' button for the first track, the controller does play the first track, but nothing further

The play 'entire' album button on the iPad controller is on the album art cover as shown in my attached screenshot.

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ASF01

Contributor I

I do not see any presentation of albums like that. I think I have identified the problem. Currently, I am using Asset UPnP as my streamer from a Raspberry pi. I believe such interface problems have been identified before. I might try to use Twonky.

Ken_Griffiths

Could you not just ditch the uPnP/DLNA server altogether and just share your music folder over the network and add it as a library to your Controller... in this screenshot I use a NAS box and just share the music over my network and have added the network path ... in my case "//192.168.1.5/music" to my library in advanced settings and then I can access my music in a variety of ways, by Artist, Album etc. and that too allows the albums to be played using the play button on the album artwork .. see the screenshots attached.

Don't know if that helps, but the setup using the shared local library path(s) seems to me to work better than the uPnP/DLNA route.

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ASF01

Contributor I

I'll see if I can make that work. Thx

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