Controllers & Music Services

Is anyone aware of a visualizer for now playing in a future release of the sonos program? Or any third party ways of showing this? I would love during parties to have like a visualizer showing what's now playing or like a fanart to display on my tv or computer or whatever. I've attached a picture of an example from XBMC which has this feature in the program (looks awesome!) Thanks in advance, -Mike M.

As of 06/01/19 "MacRumors" is reporting that Apple is planning on dropping iTunes. I use iTunes to: Copy/rip cd's to the iTunes Library Organize my music (500+ cd collection) in playlists with album covers etc. Transfer the same to iPhone. playback on Mac and iPhone copy the same library with play lists and album covers, to WD NAS for Sonos library. Does anyone know of a decent product that allows me to keep doing the same, and works for MAC/IOS. Free or 1 time reasonable purchase is acceptable I know this is a similar topic from a few years ago, but wanted to re-ask the question and identify the specific requirements. Thanks

Greetings, After a Sonos system update ran inadvertently (this morning) by a user on one IOS device, I can no longer use a 7-year old iPad because its IOS version is 9.3.5. Here is the message I got: "The software on this device is outdated. To keep the music playing, update the operating system or use a different mobile device with Sonos." IOS 9.3.5 is the latest version running on this iPad. The user ran the update without any incompatibility warning; he just did not know. I am really upset and frustrated with this latest Sonos update. I have been a Sonos user since 2011 and until today, I was quite pleased with my system (7 Sonos devices on two different sites.) The ability to control it with different phones and tablets was a great feature; I do not necessarily control it with the latest phone. My hardware has not changed; there is no reason why a system that worked perfectly has suddenly one of its components become obsolete because of a software update.

I have an older Samsung Tablet GT-P7510) at the moment running Android 4.0.4. It's based in the kitchen used for family stuff. I thought it would be obvious to use this tablet also as a Sonos controller running the Sonos app, but... (and I am aware others have described this problem, but I have not yet found an acceptable solution..). The Sonos app will not run, saying it needs a newer Android version, but when I try to do a software update, I am told there is no new update available. Since using another device is not an option (or rather I do that also), I think I have three options: Somehow upgrade the Android from anther source than the Play store, but is that possible, will it work, will it be stable? Somehow downgrade the Sonos controller app to a version that works with the Android version I have, but is that possible and where would I find older versions? Find a third-party app or a web based service for controlling my Sonos system but do they exist, do they work? This

I am not sure if this has been proposed befrore, but I did not find any related threads. I am running into the problem to quickly/easily adjust the Sonos volume from my Windows 10 computer (context: sound source via line-in). If I want to do this task, I need to launch the controller, wait a few seconds, then shift the mouse to the respective Sonos window, and adjust the volume. The aspect I dislike the most is that I need to open a window just in order to change the volume. What I am suggesting is an icon next to the Windows system volume icon on the right side of the Windows task bar (next to the clock). When you click it, it should work exactely like the Windows system volume slider - an up/down slider for the Sonos volume -- potentially with multiple sliders representing multiple speakers and overall volume (and potentially let the user select which speakers appear in this menu, i.e. those speakers she/he controls frequently from that computer). Thanks for considering thi

I have come to accept that Sonos do not see an immediate future in offering support for high resolution audio files due to hardware limitations etc. I also am not concerned with whether or not high resolution audio files sound better than their redbook counterparts. It is however an unfortunate fact that some masters of some albums have been treated with better care and attention, and/or optimised for a high fidelity listening environment, and these are often only available digitally in a high resolution format. I'm sure I am not the only Sonos customer to have purchased some of these files, and it's extremely annoying to hit play on a track only to be greeted with silence and a minor glitch. My request is to enable some sort of downsampling technology at a software level so that the resulting file which is ultimately streamed to one's Sonos speaker is at whatever the nearest maximum supported bitrate/sampling rate is. I guess much like Bluetooth's SBC codec.

I am an industrial electromechanical tech and was thinking that this system would be perfect for many day to day functions beyond just music. voice time clock with option to configure how often. one could also have app to connect into your android phone that could read allowed using speech engine notifications (email alerts, msgs from phone, social updates etc). make a wired/wireless door bell module. music follow me function easy click or auto room detection there are many things this could become.

I'm really in love with my Sonos system. I own Play:1, Play:3 and Play:5 and I'm considering buy more components. The only unhappy thing I find is the volume control bar in the app (on any version: phone, tablet, desktop, etc.): I think that is such a bit difficult to precisely control the volume. Sometimes I find hard to select the desired volume to me with the really short bar you provide in the app. It alway goes too hi or too low. I'd rather prefer a precision wheel (or even a bar) where I could choose accurately a value from 0 to 100 (or even from zero to 250, or whatever) in order to get a better control on the amount of volume. I hope you'll find helpful my suggestion to improve the app experience. I think it's a question of software that you can easily manage.

I use both Artist and Album Artist tags frequently for my tracks. Sonos desktop controller (other controllers probably do the same) shows Artist in the information screen for the track, but when I select Artist Info->View Tracks by This Artist, the controller does not match anything. This is because Sonos interprets Album Artist (when it's not empty) tag as Artist, and the actual Artist appears only as Contributing Artist (if enabled in the controller's settings), but the search functions does not include the Contributing Artist field. Very inconvenient. Please, add Contributing Artist field in the Search function!

I use apple music through my Sonos setup. There is a great feature in apple music that is not available in the sonos app. Shuffling all the music by a particular artist in my library. Right now I can see all of the music I have by a particular artist but there is no "Shuffle all" button. That would be a great feature. There are many times when I know what artist I want to hear but rather than picking an album I would just like to hear everything I have by that artist. Thanks for considering this.

My iPhone controller app has changed it's language to Norwegian by itself. I could not find any settings to reset it to English. I removed the app and reloaded it but it's still in Norwegian. I'm living in Finland and would prefer English in my controller app. 

On Music Source Make Line In an Actual Source Name On the Music Menu it would be nice to have it "say" the actual Line-In instead of just "Line In". When you go to search the Music Menu you would see "Living Room" or "Bar Sound" instead of "Line In" then going to the line in sources. Trying to tell people what LINE IN means actually confuses them. We all here understand but need a different way to "hide" the Line In and just go straight to the line in source. Make sense?

In a multi-room setup it would be useful to have only the closest speaker active, i.e. other speakers fade out as you leave a room and fade in once you enter a room.

The iPhone app and Mac desktop app no longer include the "I'm tired of this track" feature. What gives?

A week or so ago the Sonos app on my OSX Mac (10.11.6) got stuck. A dialog window popped up and recommended an update. I clicked "Let's do this" and the updater got stuck mid process. Unable to quit /cancel. Only option was to force-quit. Work around: I repeated the above process 2x and decided to get a fresh download of the 10.2 installer. Doing a fresh install from tis installer worked easily and correctly.

In response to @jupean on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jupean/status/466288981475602432 Hey @Sonos @SonosSupport Love the new client - can I reorder the universal search results by Service - I want Spotify and Napster at top

My iPad2 can't take the new IOS so I can't update the Sonos software. Ok, I was left with a slightly limited functionality but it worked. Now it won't work at all as I can't do an update. This is absurd! So I need to but a new iPad so that I can operate Sonos on it? This doesn't show much consideration for your customers. Is there a workaround?

I can control the sound volume of my Sonos equipment (One, Beam) on iPhone/iPad running iOS, but not on my computers (iMac and MacBook Pro (both 2017). Neither on Airplay2 through Apple Music nor through the Sonos app on these computers. Am I overlooking a settings option or is this feature lacking?

Hi I am facing issues in updating my sonos in crestron Tsw-1060. I have totally 4 crestron touch pannels in which 2 of the touch pannels sonos are working fine, wen I go to set up mode ---- about---- sonos version update. But when repeat the same process in other two touch pannels it is not getting updated. Please find the attached image and kindly help me with this .

I have three widgets on my android phone, one for each room. The problem is that they don't stay connected, instead I get this message three times instead. Not connected to Sonos. Tap for more info. This is what I used to see when I want connected to my home network. Now I get that even when the Sonos app is running. If I delete one and add it again then all of them work again, until the next time they decide to stop working. Is anyone else having this problem, or know how to fix it?

I just added my second Sonos room, and have had something of an enlightenment. Previously I had only a Playbar 5.1 system, and I have been concerned with how I will be able to add it to AirPlay (yes, I know I can use AppleTV on the input, but I can't get full stereo sound on the rear surrounds with thie method). I was a bit disheartened reading about how only players that are grouped with the newer speakers will be able to AirPlay. But I believe I have mistaken grouping for some sort of permanent arrangement. But it appears grouping is a temporary construct, similar to how you can select multiple sources from within iTunes? The Sonos controller does physically combine the players (i.e. Office + Laundry Room), but functionally it seems like it's just a player selector. I'm not sure I'm as concerned with the implementation, seeing how easy it is to add an remove a speaker from the group. There's still the issue of having music play somewhere that maybe I (or rather, my wife!) doesn't re

How can I see song ratings (1-5 stars) using ipad2 as sonos controller? I copied my CDs to hard drive in Aflac format.

In the Android app, Sonos needs 6 steps to change the equalizer and another 5 steps to change the subwover settings. Can not it be better ??

With the loss of support of the old controller I have been toying with getting a dedicated tablet to use as a controller. However I have a few Google mini's around the house and also have a strong interest in the upcoming Google Smart Displays as the one coming soon by Lenovo: https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/virtual-reality-and-smart-devices/smart-home/smart-home-series/Smart-Display-/p/ZZISZSDSD81 Was thinking this would be the ultimate controller replacement as it could do both Google Assistance and run a few apps such as Sonos. However I am seeing that it runs Android Things OS vs standard Android OS. Thus question is if there are plans to support this with a Sonos App. Again I believe this would be a cool replacement for the defunct controller.

Sleep timer counts down but doesn’t switch off Tune In radio on Play 1 any longer. This has only stopped working in the last couple of weeks. Set sleep timer for 1 hr, wake up with radio still playing in the morning. Is it possible to resolve this?