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Contributor I
September 30, 2013

iTunes Playlists - Folder / Playlist issue - just shows list of tracks in Sonos and not playlists.

  • September 30, 2013
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iTunes Playlists - if in a folder in itunes, Sonos lists all the tracks within folder and not playlists for each album, e.g. a folder type structure. iTunes Playlists - Folder / Playlist issue - just shows list of tracks in Sonos and not playlists.
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    Contributor II
    November 10, 2015
    +1 for this.
    Lyricist I
    December 10, 2015
    And one more. This really is a BUG that needs to be fixed. Playlists simply don't import correctly if they are in folders.
    Lyricist I
    March 3, 2016
    Agreed with all the above. I have just purchased some Sonos speakers and find this completely ridiculous that they can't implement such a simple system.
    I have all my music organised in playlists and folders in itunes but if I access these playlists through sonos via the "imported playlists" tab then all the playlists are just listed in a huge line rather than in the carefully organised and structured folders and sub folders that I had on itunes. this is extremely annoying and messy and lots of random playlists that I had organised away into sub folders, (some just numbered as they are within a more properly labelled folder) are all now just listed all together in a total mess.
    please sort this out sonos, it really can't be that difficult to do to simply respect the itunes playlist folders as well as the actual playlists.
    Lyricist I
    April 10, 2016
    Adding my request here. I must have about 100 playlists. Neatly organised in iTunes but a never-ending scrolling disaster in Sonos.
    Lyricist III
    May 16, 2016
    ...and mine. Just bought a Play5 and frankly think it is farcical that a premium product claiming to be "made for iTunes" lacks support for playlists in folders (and smart playlists for that matter).
    Lyricist I
    July 20, 2016
    Ditto. The SONOS software is quite lacking in the playlist department. This has been a missing feature for a long time now. Are the developers doing anything over there?
    Lyricist III
    July 23, 2016
    Just got a 5 and a 3. Love everything about it - except the lack of my iTunes playlist folders that I've invested 10+ years in maintaining. PLEASE add iTunes playlist folders! Plex does it.
    Lyricist I
    March 26, 2017
    +1 - it seems sort of insane that this isn't already supported in a system that theoretically lives/dies by its ease of use.
    Lyricist III
    April 23, 2017
    +1 to this. Ridiculous that this isn't supported. Spotify can manage to support importing playlist folders so surely Sonos can? Would just use Spotify, but that then won't play locally saved files via Sonos speakers because of some lame excuse about DRM (nor will it import smart playlists which Sonos WILL do!). SONOS and Spotify need to get their acts together on this. I just want to be able to play the iTunes playlists/music I already own via my (very expensive!) Sonos speakers. Never dreamt I wouldn't be able to do this when I bought them and certainly would have thought twice about doing so....
    Lyricist II
    April 16, 2018
    + another one. This has been going on for long time and still no fix or response from Sonos. I am a long time user with multiple speakers. Very happy with system except for this issue of no folder system that now seems to be industry standard. Please, Sonos at least respond to the community here.