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Contributor I
May 19, 2014

Enqueue full albums from a UPNP server

  • May 19, 2014
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I have an XBMC server that serves its library of music via UPnP. When I configure my Sonos to 'Show Rhapsody UPnP Servers', my Sonos controller will see XBMC and allow me to play music from it. However, there seems to be no means to enqueue an entire album... I must enqueue each song separately. Is there an option to enqueue entire albums from a UPnP server that I've simply overlooked, or is this action unavailable in the Sonos app?
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Ryan S
Retired Sonos Staff
May 30, 2014
Hi Keown100,

Using the PC software you can press the check mark beside the first album or track, hold shift, then the check box on the last album or track. This will highlight the whole selection and you can then add them all to your Queue. 

UPnP servers also have the option to add an entire album when you go into that album, there should be an option for Complete Album. You can also just drag the album into your queue to do the same thing.

Thanks
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Contributor II
July 4, 2014
There does not seem to be anyway to do this on the Android app. When you long press an album, there is no menu that pops up allowing you to add all of the underlying tracks. Given this I'm reraising this as it seems more like an app limitation. (other controllers can add all the track from an album just fine)
Avid Contributor I
December 4, 2014
Hi Keown100,

Using the PC software you can press the check mark beside the first album or track, hold shift, then the check box on the last album or track. This will highlight the whole selection and you can then add them all to your Queue. 

UPnP servers also have the option to add an entire album when you go into that album, there should be an option for Complete Album. You can also just drag the album into your queue to do the same thing.

Thanks

As you say "Using the PC Software...", but this option is still missing from both the Android and the iOS apps. When are you going to pay attention to what we want instead of just focusing on adding external services?
We are still many who want to use the old music files that we have locally instead of adding another service. 
Contributor III
December 25, 2014
Just wanted to add my voice to this too - seems crazy that you can't add an entire album from the android app when using UPnP shares.
Lyricist I
December 28, 2014
I'm really frustrated with this.
kcchesnut
Contributor I
January 14, 2015
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Add option to queue up full albums in folder view (windows media server). I'm using the Sonos PC Controller connected to a Windows Home Server upnp share. If I browse it by Folders, I assumed I could select (or right-click) a folder and choose to 'Play Now' or 'Add to Queue'. Instead it looks like I have to open the folder and select all the files. What am I missing?

That's not too bad when I have keyboard shortcuts on a PC, but I'd also like to be able to queue a upnp folder from the mobile apps.
Avid Contributor I
January 14, 2015
This reply was created from a merged topic originally titled Why is it not possible to select all the songs in a playlist and add them to the ....
Ryan S
Retired Sonos Staff
January 15, 2015
We wanted to merge these requests together for you. To clarify, when using a Rhapsody UPnP server as a library for Sonos there isn't an option to play All Tracks in a field using any of our controllers. There is an All albums option within the "Recently added albums" but that is currently the only location you'll find this option.

Some applications use the same or similar protocols for UPnP that Rhapsody UPnP Servers use and will show up when you have that option enabled. 

We've switching this thread over to an idea or feature request for you. We'll update you if there's anything new or if the addition gets implemented. Please follow the thread here if you'd like to get updates.
Windows UPnP servers have an "all tracks" (or complete album) which should be available from any Sonos controller. This All Tracks or Complete Album is an option from any of the sort views except for within Folders view.
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Lyricist I
April 8, 2015
I just started using a Sonus Play 3 today to access my music collection via a UPnP server. Is there any way to play an entire album? Surely this is a basic feature!
Lyricist II
October 27, 2016
I definitely want to sign up on this feature aswell, seems it would be fairly basic to get in. I'm streaming form Foobar UPNP server, and while I also use the Music Indexer (and it's better) I cannot play 24bit files via it, and therefore I need downsampling features - like in a UPNP server.