Feature request - show song meta data

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January 26, 2025
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Hi

Would it be possible possible to show meta data on the now playing screen, or an advanced view accessed from that screen?

So things like the file type, bit rate, year, genre etc.

Competitors such as Wiim have this as standard and it's a very useful feature. The vaguely remember it was previously available on Sonos too, in an earlier version, but I might be wrong.

Thank you.

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Best answer by Corry P

Hi @Parsnip62

Thanks for your post!

It sounds like a sensible suggestion to me! Thank you - I've marked this thread as a feature request and it will be seen by the relevant teams for consideration. Keep the ideas coming!

Airgetlam

I don’t recall ever being able to see any metadata in the Sonos controller, but it may be my memory is faulty.

I suspect there may be some underlying code needed to send any extra data to the controller for display.

Bruce

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Parsnip62Author

Enthusiast II

I don’t recall ever being able to see any metadata in the Sonos controller, but it may be my memory is faulty.

I suspect there may be some underlying code needed to send any extra data to the controller for display.

I do vaguely recall the file type (flac, MP3 etc) and maybe the bitrate for local library music. But it is a very vague recollection.

Anyway, it's a very useful feature. I have a lot of old music of various formats and displaying this prompts me to Re rip my CDs to flac when listening to it, rather than having to trawl through the library on my laptop.

That said it's useful on streaming services too.

Airgetlam

Depends on whether SMAPI sends the data. I would guess that it doesn’t, since Sonos doesn’t display it…although it must be able to see some of it, to recognize its ability to ‘play’ the data. It’s an interesting request. I can think of cases where it could be trouble, and cause for complaints, especially on slow connections (like mine), but I’m super conservative about bandwidth. Not against the idea, as I say, it’s an interesting, and potentially useful request. Certainly some of that data does show in the details ‘about my system’ when you’re streaming, but not all of it.

Bruce

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Parsnip62Author

Enthusiast II

Wiim definitely displays the file types and bit rates on their Now Playing screen. I know this because I have one.

See below:

Corry PAnswer

Sonos Staff

Hi @Parsnip62

Thanks for your post!

It sounds like a sensible suggestion to me! Thank you - I've marked this thread as a feature request and it will be seen by the relevant teams for consideration. Keep the ideas coming!

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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craigski

Local Superstar

Please don't clutter the now playing screen with extended meta data. A simple [i] button for ‘more info’ would suffice for the limited times you would want that info.

Anyway, it's a very useful feature. I have a lot of old music of various formats and displaying this prompts me to Re rip my CDs to flac when listening to it, rather than having to trawl through the library on my laptop.

That said it's useful on streaming services too.

Years ago when I used to rip CDs, maintain a local NAS, edit meta data, cover art etc, I used iTunes, and created iTunes ‘smart play lists’ to identify files with missing artwork, below a certain quality, etc. This is also available in Apple Music, and I expect any other software package for maintaining a local music library.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/music-windows/mus1712973f4/windows