Music library search bug?

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
July 1, 2017
13 replies
646 views

if I search my music library in Sonos with for example "The Fugees", then nothing comes up. But If I search with only "Fugees", then it lists the album by them. It then displays the metadata alongside the album as being by "The Fugees"!
iTunes and even Mac OS finder easily find the album with a search for "The Fugees".
It seems the use of the word "The" at the beginning of a search means the results are ignored. If the word "The" occurs anywhere other than at the beginning it works fine.
Is this a bug?

This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.

Best answer by ratty

Unlike a computer-based media player, the Sonos music index storage space is limited. It's held in NVRAM in each and every player, not the controller app. The early player models are not well endowed with memory, but Sonos still maintain compatibility and interoperability with ZP100s sold in 2005. Go back far enough in the forums and you'll find the history of the library capacity gradually being increased to its present 65k track limit as Sonos eked out the available space with improved data management techniques.

Are Sonos likely to devote any further attention to the local music library? I very much doubt it. Some while back they commented that consumption of local music was down to around 10%, the rest being online streaming. Following their re-calibration of strategic direction some while back they committed to the primacy of streaming, plus voice control. Those wanting more complex indexing or additional library capacity are directed towards Plex.

Show previous replies

rattyAnswer

Unlike a computer-based media player, the Sonos music index storage space is limited. It's held in NVRAM in each and every player, not the controller app. The early player models are not well endowed with memory, but Sonos still maintain compatibility and interoperability with ZP100s sold in 2005. Go back far enough in the forums and you'll find the history of the library capacity gradually being increased to its present 65k track limit as Sonos eked out the available space with improved data management techniques.

Are Sonos likely to devote any further attention to the local music library? I very much doubt it. Some while back they commented that consumption of local music was down to around 10%, the rest being online streaming. Following their re-calibration of strategic direction some while back they committed to the primacy of streaming, plus voice control. Those wanting more complex indexing or additional library capacity are directed towards Plex.

ratty

It's literally NOT an issue.

No, it really really isn't. It delivers economy of storage space and typing, and a clearer browsing and power-scrolling experience in the index. When music actually plays the full metadata is correctly displayed.

N

nigelsmithAuthor

Avid Contributor I

Ratty - Thanks for the explanation and Plex tip - that's the first I've heard of it and I'll look into that.

Sign up

Login to the community