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Empyreal
Contributor I
February 25, 2013

Feature Request: Export and Import Sonos Playlists

  • February 25, 2013
  • 216 replies
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Like many users, we use Sonos in two different houses. We have two NAS's of music that I'm planning on keeping synchronized with RSYNC. What doesn't sync or cant get exported are Sonos Playlists. It would be great to be able to ad-hoc export them and then to import them as well. Using the UPnP interface, I've noted a Java program that can export playlists, but importing them is a bit troublesome. It would be great to have this feature.
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    Monica_6
    Lyricist II
    December 31, 2014
    We seriously need online backup of our Sonos Playlists.
    Major Clanger
    Contributor I
    January 16, 2015
    Come on Sonos this really is not hard to implement. I have done a quick network trace and can see a few simple SOAP calls are all that is required. The standard PC controller already has the code to do this so why not a simple option to export the list? I would estimate that a developer with access to your APIs and could do a basic solution in a couple of days. A more sophisticated solution which saves the list in a user friendly format and can resolve relocation of the music library should be possible with a little more effort.
    Lou_1
    Lyricist I
    February 20, 2015
    This is a ridiculous flaw.  I'm mostly happy with Sonos, but things like this keep me looking for the next big thing.  If Sonos will not provide simple and demanded functionality someone will.  Probably pretty soon.
    Monica_6
    Lyricist II
    February 21, 2015
    I have an even better idea: what about automatic online sync of playlists with Sonos' servers? This would solve the problem with two separate Sonos systems. Add automatic backup of the playlists.
    Strengfellows
    Avid Contributor I
    February 22, 2015
    Great Idea Sonos Cloud, as long as it has enough capacity and is fast enough !!

    Or Sonos makes a deal with Google drive and/or iCloud
    Andrew K Foust
    Lyricist II
    March 14, 2015
    Every problem I have with sonos is related to storage and size, it can't even support saving a 30000 song queue Let alone handle my 200,000+ song library.  I have 5 different models now so converting to something that can handle a larger library would be rather expensive.  I hope they do listen to these problems. (and they are problems)
    upstatemike
    March 14, 2015
    Every problem I have with sonos is related to storage and size, it can't even support saving a 30000 song queue Let alone handle my 200,000+ song library.  I have 5 different models now so converting to something that can handle a larger library would be rather expensive.  I hope they do listen to these problems. (and they are problems)

    What possible reason could there be for the average person to need a 30,000 song queue? Assuming each track is 3 minutes long that is something over 60 days of continuous music. Even if there was some obscure situation where this makes sense it certainly is not practical for normal listening.
    Local music library with carefully constructed playlists - no shuffling!, Integration with Homeseer Automation, No touch screen devices, No streaming services, No Apple products ever
    Xanius
    Lyricist I
    March 14, 2015
    As Sonos seems to continuously ignore this basic request, I got intrigued by Mike Petonic's (the orignal poster) idea of using the UPnP-Interface to help ourselves.

    @Mike: Do you mind making your Java-Program available?

    Arnulv
    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    March 14, 2015
    I find it rather baffling that some type of system backup still hasn't been implemented.
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    Steerpike
    Trending Lyricist I
    March 24, 2015
    I just upgraded from Spotify to Deezer Elite which is great but my Sonos Playlists seem to be linked to Spotify and so don't work any more.

    I see from this thread that Sonos have known about difficulties manipulating Sonos Playlists for a long time and it seems that Sonos has done nothing.
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