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TDHarris52
August 20, 2020
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how do I save my playlist to my PC

  • August 20, 2020
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I have not been able to find any info here that shows me how I can save a playlist to my PC, I have to uninstall sonos as I believe the download was corrupted.

When I migrated my music folders to sonos, it appeared as though not all the music came over, so I want to do a clean uninstall and reinstall a new download, but I would like to be able to save my playlist to my PC if this is possible, any advice would be welcome.  

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Best answer by 106rallye

@TDHarris52 If you explain something to someone and he does not understand you, try again and explain it in another way. Just pointing them to the part they didn’t understand in the first place does not help.

As I understand it you add music that’s on your PC to a Sonos device via the PC app. The Sonos system will then remeber the path to the music on the Sonos device and show it to you via the app on your PC or phone. It’s the same with playlists: as I understand it, if they are on your computer in the music you can add them to Sonos (I do not use this feature myself). And playlists made with Sonos are also stored on the Sonos devices and only shown to you in the app. So removing and reinstalling the app will not change playlists.
 

The process you are describing look more liking the process Sonos calls adding to a queue. This way you add songs to a queue/list stored on a device, but the queue is not meant to be saved. Restarting the Sonos device wil wipe the queue. You can make playlists in the Sonos app (take a look here - scroll down a little: https://www.pocket-lint.com/speakers/news/sonos/139397-sonos-tips-and-tricks-get-the-most-out-of-your-multi-room-speaker-system). The app will store them on the Sonos devices.

Playlists stored on a Sonos device cannot be saved to a PC as far as I know.

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John B
August 20, 2020

Hi. I think there is much that you have misunderstood. When you talk of uninstalling and reinstalling, are you referring to the app?

If so, that has no effect on playlists whatsoever, as the playlist index files are stored on the speakers, not the app.

You cannot save a playlist to your PC  nor is there any need to do so.

Btw, please do NOT factory reset ANYTHING. 

John B
August 20, 2020

What problem are you trying to solve?  What isn't working?

controlav
controlav
Lead Maestro
August 20, 2020

There are tens of different types of playlists that Sonos supports. Only one of them lives on your PC, if it was created by Media Center, or WMP, or some other PC program. That are known as Imported Playlists and Sonos only ever reads them, it never writes to them. Sonos Playlists are created in the Sonos app and stored in the speakers. Many music services also have their own playlists, which are stored in those cloud services.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
    TDHarris52Author
    August 21, 2020

    Thank you for the reply John;

    Nope, haven't misunderstood any thing,the app can be corrupted, as it was when I first installed it, it would not allow me to even access my music folders on my PC, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and viola, now I could get to my music folders, however when I imported my music folders to Sonos not all of the music came over.

    My playlist consists of music from the folders imported from my PC, I now have close to 700 hundred songs on their that I imported from the music library, that was imported from my PC, it takes a fair amount of time to bring individual songs into the playlist, I am going to do a full uninstall then grab a different app from the Sonos site, so I was curious if their was a way to save my playlist so I didn’t have to sit here and recreate a new playlist when this this gets reinstalled.

     

    John B
    August 21, 2020

    Thank you for the reply John;

    Nope, haven't misunderstood any thing,the app can be corrupted, as it was when I first installed it, it would not allow me to even access my music folders on my PC, so I uninstalled it and reinstalled it and viola, now I could get to my music folders, however when I imported my music folders to Sonos not all of the music came over.

    My playlist consists of music from the folders imported from my PC, I now have close to 700 hundred songs on their that I imported from the music library, that was imported from my PC, it takes a fair amount of time to bring individual songs into the playlist, I am going to do a full uninstall then grab a different app from the Sonos site, so I was curious if their was a way to save my playlist so I didn’t have to sit here and recreate a new playlist when this this gets reinstalled.

     

    Could you explain what you mean by ‘imported my music folders into Sonos’ , please?  What are you planning to reinstall - the app?  How has this playlist been created? In the Sonos system, i.e. it is a Sonos playlist?

    You are aware that the Sonos system holds no music files whatsoever?  It certainly doesn’t sound like you understand that..

      TDHarris52Author
      August 21, 2020

      Hi John, if you open the app, go to the manage tab > music Library > music library settings > add, it then imports your music that is on your PC. So when I open the app, I go to the right column, Music library, and under that I can open and search under artist ,albums, songs, etc.I then bring the selected music into the queue.

      As for the app, yes, after I uninstall the app, I intend to reinstall, after grabbing one off the sonos site. Which I am hoping will import all of the music in the music folder on my PC.

      TDHarris52Author
      August 21, 2020

      PS, I am hoping that reinstalling the app will also fix my shuffle issue.

      John B
      August 22, 2020

      it does not import anything, it just indexes it.  The app is just a remote control.  We still have absolutely no idea what sort of playlist you are talking about.  A Sonos playlist is just a set of indexed file locations stored on the speakers.  Sonos is just playing the music files that are on your PC.  Reinstalling the app will have no bearing on this at all.  You still appear to me to be labouring under a large number of misunderstandings, and are hoping for the impossible.

      John B
      August 22, 2020

      It is like you thinking that a new TV remote control will fix the problems with your TV.

      John B
      August 22, 2020

      Just to be clear, if all you are going to do is uninstall the app and reinstall it, this will have no impact whatsoever on Sonos playlists or any aspect of your Sonos Music Library.

      Nor is it likely to cure any problems, although it still isn't clear what problems you are trying to solve.

      If your plans include resetting any speakers I would urge you not to do that.

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