Control Sonos Volume from OS X Menu Bar

+1 please, please, please make this happen!!

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+1, please!

I have 4 Sonos speakers and 5 Sonos amplifiers and a bridge - all in daily use. I asked for shortcuts for certain preselected volume levels which would be Sonos application feature only - but nothing happened - feel very sad about it 😢. So you may have to find out other solutions for this another volume level controlling issue too.

This is my solution: I use Automator (use Spotlight) for a new Service which only launches Sonos application and SystemPreferences-Keyboard-Shorcuts-Services in order to connect keystroke to that Service.

I even bought Logitech Craft keyboard which has Crown for that keystroke assignment. So I can now open/activate Sonos application just by clicking that keyboard crown what ever I am doing on that moment when I will start listening Sonos or increasing/decreasing volume in the application. Without Craft you can use that shortcut created as is. In the application you can just press cmd + +/- in order to change the volume level. I programmed that in the crown too 😉. And after that I can return to my working application by cmd + tab.

So you don't need the mouse at all - whether you have the Craft keyboard or not. Of course this is not the best solution for those not so keystroke oriented not having the Craft and crown. But with the Craft crown I don't need any keystrokes except that cmd + tab when returning to the working application (Excel or whatever).

I hope this helped someone - at least until the new feature asked for has been implemented...

I was given a Play:1 for Christmas this year and it's my first experience with the Sonos system. I have been stoked with the sound and control through the mobile app so I decided to take it to work and set up the control through my Mac desktop. My plans were to buy speakers to fit out my offices, workshop, warehouse and conference room. Although I have now been totally put off buying all of this equipment all due to the simple fact that I can't quickly control the volume though my keyboard. It may seem stupid to base this decision all on this small amount of control but it's super important.

I don't have a tech understanding of programming as to why this can't be easily done, although I just don't understand why desktop apps such as Spotify can work seamlessly with keyboard controls and the Sonos app can not.

Fix it and I'll spend thousands on a fit out. Leave at and I'll find another solution.

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So...if you get Better Touch Tool, one of it's many many amazing actions (which can be linked to keys) is to "Send Shortcut to Specific App". So while you can't really capture the volume keypress...you can if you are also pressing the FN key (FN + F11, etc)...but that's not a big deal for me, because I actually change volume in general by swiping four fingers up or down...so with Better Touch tool..you can map both.Thanks man - this works perfect (I used keyboard commands instead of mouse gestures but results are the same)

I made a small App to address this issue:
https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/menu-bar-controller-for-sonos/id1357379892?mt=12

Feel free to use the free version over GitHub:
https://github.com/Sn0wfreezeDev/MenuBarControllerSonos

Greetings,
Alex