Controllers & Music Services

As title says, can’t get it to work. I’ve deleted and reinstalled the app, everything that got airplay function is disabled, still no luck getting the controls on the Home Screen to work. Got a Chromecast but can’t imagine that can be an issue?  Any other ideas, did go over some topics in the forum but nothing that helped.  thansks 

Here's a solution I recently tested and discovered to be effective! I've mentioned it as a *idea* since I believe SONOS might provide a similar solution, unless (of course) licencing constraints prevent them from doing so without Apple's approval. (I'm not sure... just speculating here.)On your Mac, this software solution instals a "airplay" driver that points to one of your Sonos units. Once installed, you may utilise it in three simple steps.Step 1) Launch a terminal (command prompt) and enter airsonos. This activates the driver.Do not end the session. It is acceptable to minimise the window.Step 2) Select the Sonos as the sound output in the Mac's "System Preferences...", "Sound" menu. Now, play some music on your Mac and increase the volume such that the sound emanates from your Sonos" rather than your Mac. There are no wires. There is no fuss.Step 3) Smile from ear to ear as any and all Mac sound wirelessly streams to your Sonos!

Hi Sonos Community, I have a friend that is a die-hard Browns fan and wanted to set up some automation for fun for him as a little surprise. Just like the title says, I was wondering if scoring notifications for a specific game and team could be used as a catalyst to play a song through Sonos. Basically, when ESPN or some other app has the notification that there is a score for the Browns, it would then tell Sonos to play the song. I got the idea this past weekend as he was doing it manually early on in the game, but as the game progressed and got more intense, so did his celebration..lol. So he was forgetting to put it on right away.I looked at IFTTT, but that is a bit over my head. Curious if anyone else has put something together like this before and would have the steps and what is necessary. Thanks in advance!rleip

Dear Sonos,  (I’m cc’ing your forums with this support ticket text) I’ve been patient about you totally ruining my living room setup due to the Arc changes you made. It’s been long enough. I’m sick of waiting. (Not to mention you EoL’d the ipod I used to tune the system with this dreadful update, but I can’t use the new iPad Pro I own - despite it having a complex microphone array.)I’m a google guide (among other platforms) with literal millions of product and business review views, and I’m going to start giving you the feedback that you’ve earned.What is your problem? Why can’t you revert the changes? Are you really so terrible at product management, customer experience and engineering that you can’t fix what you clearly have admitted to screwing up?Seriously, we’ve spend many thousands of dollars for a product that sounds like an entry level Bose soundbar now. Please give me my money back, so I don’t have to start telling the internet who doesn’t already know know how bad you’ve scre

Anyone else running Android 13 and tried adding a new music streaming service?Every time I click +Add A Service option, the app immediately closes.Same issue on Sonos app v 14.14 and 14.15Android 13 on Pixel 6 

I’m looking at purchasing a Synology DS120J 1 bay NAS System with 1x 3Tb WD Red HDD to use as storage for all my music CDs (a mix of standard and SACD formats). I would like to connect the Synology NAS to my Sonos system which is made up of 5 Sonos ZP120 Amps and 1 Sonos ZP90 Zone Player in order to play my music throughout the house via the Sonos App.Could you please advise if this setup will work for me.

Hi,I wanted to ask if in the near future there will be additional sound modes that can be selected such as: sports, music, etc., since for example in sports broadcasts I would like to hear the audience more than the commentator. If not, can I play with the settings to get a sound profile similar to what I listed above about sports mode? I currently have a Beam gen 2 and plan to buy two One SL. Thanks

I’ve been using Sonos for 16 years (one of their first users.) I’ve purchased close to 50 Sonos devices. I’ve been complaining about the UI for 15 years. It’s horrible. Performing simple actions like opening the equalizer requires 5 minutes of discovery every time you want to use it. Why don’t the navigation icons at the bottom of the app have labels. Why does the screen for selecting rooms/devices have the title “System”.  Why is the icon in the navigation bar for this function totally unrelated to the function. Why is the setting for Alarms on the screen for selecting rooms. Why are there three separate icons  (search, favorites and browse) in the NavBar for selecting Music. Why are the playback controls hidden in the collapsed now playing screen. Setting up a new AMP…...What kind of imbecile would require a user to input a code into the app when installing a new device that’s written in illegible characters (requires a magnifying glass) on the back of the device, and only let the us

I currently have the Sonos S2 app installed on my iPAD.  I have a large music collection on a NAS, which I control using Asset UPnP.  I have set up a unique instance of Asset for the sonos so that only mp3 files are used (I have a fair number of FLAC files in our collection).  Having enabled “show UPnP servers” in the media servers options under settings, I am able to see the entire collection using the music tab.Unfortunately, with my setup I am unable to add an entire album to the queue or a playlist.  I have searched the forum and found two potential solutions (long press album art, then scroll down) or (press … symbol at in the upper right of the screen when viewing album tracks and then scroll down).  Unfortunately, neither works.  When I scroll down from either spot, nothing happens.  Can anyone help?Thanks 

I desperately need some guidance with this research because I'm at my wit's end.I simply need a tangible remote control—not an iPad or phone—that I can use to adjust the level on a selection of Sonos speakers or on ALL of them.No more Tradfri gateways are available, so you'll have to wait till their new hub is ready, however it looks like their Tradfri remote may manage a number of devices (or all speakers). I have the remote but no hub yet.pico remote and lutron hub just went down this rabbit hole and there is no Sonos "group" support; you can only operate ONE speaker at a time.

Hi. I have a Play 1, Play 3 and Boost which are operating under S1. I was originally told I could upgrade my existing kit to S2 but now whenever I try I am told my devices are incompatible with S2. I just bought a new Roam, which is S2, and I do understand that I cannot link the speakers as they are not compatible, but can I link my Roam to my existing library, playlists, favourites etc. or do I have to set it up entirely from scratch? I cannot even find out how to add my iTunes to the Roam let alone anything else. I have the S2 and S1 apps on my iPhone, but my main channel for my existing speakers is the Sonos Controller on my iMac, which incidentally will not enable the update they tell me is waiting to load. 

I have two Sonos Play 5 units paired in stereo and the Sonos Sub.  My primary use for this is playback of my personal music files.  I have been very happy with Sonos except I am very interested in being able to play my personal high resolution files (24/48, 24/96 and 24/192).  I know Sonos supports 24/48 streaming but I want to use my own files.   What is on the horizon to catch up technology wise.  I would love to continue with Sonos but that may become an insurmountable issue without that support.  Speaking of on the horizon is there any upgrades or new models in the works to add another level of speaker above the Play 5 or its current iteration the Sonos Five?

Recently I've found myself using Bluetooth speakers and more especially Bluetooth headphones to listen to a variety of media sources (particularly Audible).   A relatively simple and flexible process where I can listen on a headset without inflicting the sound on others.Achieving this for Sonos requires an expensive Amp or Connect plus a Bluetooth transmitter - crazy. I guess this rather cumbersome setup could be avoided with the advent of Sonos headphones, but probably only at some exorbitant cost.   Once upon a time, I probably would have stumped up the necessary cash, but if any headphones work only exclusively with Sonos and can't also be used as normal bt headphones, then I'll pass. 

I have a ‘port’ and programmed local fm radio i get ads before the station comes on?it seems like something maybe sonos generates, not sure? 

Hi, in the current version setting up an alarm to play your song in playlist automatically puts it in a repeating loop. Also there is no option to stop the alarm automatically when the song finishes. I would like to request Sonos to make:1. repeat loop an option in alarm settings whether you want to repeat or not?2. Have an option to stop alarm when the song finishes, in addition to the current method to set a time limit. like the suggestion to make Sonos make the changes. Thanks

I think you owe your supporters ( the consumers who buy your products)  more information on the updates that you put out. Explain what they are for and what fixes and changes are expected. This “ bug fixing description ” is poor judgement coming from you. 

A cool feature, I think, would be to have a countdown shown on the Queue screen. Hours, minutes, and seconds. Not sure that its particularly useful, but, strikes me as a nice-to-have. 

This question has been asked myriad times in slightly different formats/ contexts but here goes again; how do I print off the track list from a Sonos playlist so I can share it with someone else?  Adding a layer of complexity, can I share it with another Sonos user?

I’ve created a simple command line control program for Sonos, implemented in Python. I find it very useful for creating a variety of Sonos control scripts (e.g., using cron to run scripts at specific times), and sometimes just for quickly controlling my Sonos systems when I don’t want to start the app. It works with S1, S2, and split Sonos systems, and it should run on any OS that supports Python 3. If you’re comfortable using Python and the command line, you may find it useful, too. It’s quite powerful, with a wide range of control actions, yet simple to install and use. GitHub: https://github.com/avantrec/soco-cli PyPi: https://pypi.org/project/soco-cli This is an early release, so expect some bugs and limitations. I’d welcome your feedback and suggestions.

How about creating a few more more Sleep Sound stations - like Surf or Brook or Crickets?

My Sonos system suffers from the Controller being slow to start, I mostly use Android on tablets, usually three different ones, and all have the same symptom.When waking the Sonos app from sleep or starting it if not running, it takes 20 to 30 seconds to populate the screen and before any action can be performed.Here (diag below) I rebooted my Samsung S6 Lite and started the Sonos app. I’d left it to show the System / Rooms page where the problem is most obvious. It populates the screen with a random room, then adds the others over the next 22 seconds. They appear in what looks to be a random order and with the Room tiles initially overlapping in the display. During the population process the “active” Room bar appears on-screen but the Play button is not functional. At first appearance it isn’t even active, tapping it has no effect. If tapped a bit later it switches to show it has been tapped but still isn’t functional. Waiting a bit more it will change to Play or Pause and the selecte

I have four Apple TVs. One is connected to a Sonos Beam, one uses the speakers in the television, and two are connected to Sonos Playbars. Two of the Apple TVs use the new Siri Remote — one connected to a Playbar, the other to the Beam. Yesterday, July 29, both remotes ceased to control the volume on their connected Sonos products (Playbar and Beam). The remotes continue to control functions like power and navigation on the Apple TV, but not the volume. The Apple TV that is connected to the Playbar, but uses the older style remote continues to function properly. The only thing I can deduce is that for some reason, the newer remotes are no longer sending a compatible IR signal to the Sonos Beam and Sonos Playbar. Anyone have any thoughts or suggestions?

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Hey everyone, I hope it’s allowed here to talk about this, I want to showcase of what’s possible to build using the Sonos Developer Platform: https://auxcord.org I’ve seen hundreds of threads here on the Sonos forum, asking for a Jukebox for their Sonos system: Allowing guests to queue their own songs easily. https://auxcord.org does exactly that:Never replace the currently playing song: always queue Your guests can use any phone to add songs Your guests don't need any account or login Disable the speaker's hardware buttons, so you control the volume and playlist Share a link or QR code ahead of time, so guests can pre-queue Prevent the same song from being played multiple times No need to hand over your phone, or have your friends spell the title of the songThis is a new project I’ve built, because I needed it for myself. It’s completely free, and I have no plans on commercialising it. Depending on the feedback, I might continue working on it, to improve the design and make it easier

I am trying to get my Innuous mini mk3 library available on my Sonos Port.  Support has told me a.  No hard connection is necessary, they communicate via wifi, b. Connect them directly with ethernet cable and c. Connect them directly with rca cables.  I have tried all with no luck.  I have no confidence in support on this matter.  Have any of you experience with this?  Thanks in advance.