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Contributor III
January 8, 2025
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Playback of multichannel .m4a files

What’s the latest on any support (official or otherwise) for playback of music mixed in 5.1 via .m4a files?

I have tried copying some of the content to my Sonos library and then tried a library update, but it still doesn’t show up.

Am I out of luck?

 

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jgatie
jgatieAnswer
January 8, 2025

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/supported-audio-formats-for-sonos-music-library

 

 

Sonos supports the following audio formats when streaming from your local music library. Sonos systems support mono (1-channel) or stereo (2-channel) audio files with sample rates up to 48kHz.

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jgatie
jgatieAnswer
January 8, 2025

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/supported-audio-formats-for-sonos-music-library

 

 

Sonos supports the following audio formats when streaming from your local music library. Sonos systems support mono (1-channel) or stereo (2-channel) audio files with sample rates up to 48kHz.

DrewMAuthor
Contributor III
January 8, 2025

Any outside apps that I can play on Sonos?  Via either Plex or an Apple TV, perhaps?

jgatie
January 8, 2025

Any outside apps that I can play on Sonos?  Via either Plex or an Apple TV, perhaps?

 

I imagine any apps that play through a TV can play a multi-channel source to a Sonos Home Theater system.  No direct streaming, but it will play them through HDMI-ARC via the TV.