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Davidwood4
Contributor I
Jan 31, 2021 9:04 PM UTC

Playing different music on 2 Ports

Hi folks, I can’t get 2 different Ports to play different music at the same time. I thought the answer was here, but I don’t see a “Rooms” tab in my S2 app. (Photo of that thread below). How do I play different music on 2 different ports from the S2 iOS app?

 

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    GuitarSuperstar
    Lead Maestro
    Jan 31, 2021 9:06 PM UTC

    Are the “rooms” the Ports are assigned to currently grouped together?

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    Davidwood4Author
    Contributor I
    Jan 31, 2021 9:48 PM UTC

    No, nothing is grouped. 

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    GuitarSuperstar
    Lead Maestro
    Jan 31, 2021 9:52 PM UTC

    What are you using the Ports for? What “room” is each Port assigned to?

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    Davidwood4Author
    Contributor I
    Jan 31, 2021 10:10 PM UTC

    The plan is to plug them into a multi-zone amp. But I can see on my app that if I play one port, then start the other, the first stops playing. 

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    GuitarSuperstar
    Lead Maestro
    Jan 31, 2021 10:19 PM UTC

    What specifically are you playing through your Ports? Are you using a streaming service? Try playing music from two different sources or streaming service to each Port.

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    Davidwood4Author
    Contributor I
    Jan 31, 2021 10:41 PM UTC

    Ok, I think you solved it, and I feel a little dumb. :-) I thought you could stream Spotify separately to 2 different devices, but you can only do that as two different users. What made it confusing for me is that we’re all under one family Spotify account. Anyway; problem solved, I think. Thanks @GuitarSuperstar !

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      GuitarSuperstar
      Lead Maestro
      Jan 31, 2021 10:49 PM UTC

      I have a Spotify account and just played two different songs on two different Sonos speakers at the same time. Are you playing the music directly through the Sonos app, the Spotify app, or using a voice assistant?

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      Davidwood4Author
      Contributor I
      Jan 31, 2021 11:17 PM UTC

      Oh, that’s interesting. I tried both through the Sonos app, and one through the app and one from the Spotify app. The only way it worked was to use two separate spotify accounts (mine & a family member) that fall under a Spotify family subscription. So, @Sonos , why is it that @GuitarSuperstar can play separate songs through two different devices from one Spotify account, but I can’t?

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