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chriszim
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February 13, 2025
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Problems with Apple Music Playlists

  • February 13, 2025
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I’ve linked to my Apple Music library, but am having problems with playlists.   The playlists appear as weird long names and there are hundreds of them (for example:  P876360113-As95196478_audio_en_gr256_mp4).  I’ve made sure I include the folder share where Apple Music library is and also I’ve manually exported the library to XML format where the music files are kept, but I can’t seem to get it to work.    

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    I think I figured out the main culprit.   A significant portion of my music files are in Apples “HLS” format which is not recognized / not working well with Sonos.   I removed them, then rescanned my library and fixed the problem.  When I added the HLS files back, it re-created the issue.  Unfortunately, Apple doesn’t have a way that I could see to re-download songs into another format into Apple Music.

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    Corry P
    Corry P
    Sonos Staff
    February 26, 2025

    Hi ​@chriszim 

    Ah! That explains it - HLS is a audio streaming protocol, rather than being an actual audio file, and that must be why it is being interpreted as a playlist. We receive them when streaming, so the speakers do know what to do with them. Not that they should be in a music collection, which is why things looked a bit weird for you.

    Thanks for coming back and updating the thread!

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