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Rumors that Sonos may roll back their app....

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August 16, 2024
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/sonos-laying-off-100-people-amid-expensive-app-problems/

Oh and bring back SMBv1 support so we can all access our music as we had done perfectly well for at least the last 10 years...please.

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ianm_42Author

Enthusiast I

SMB v1 needs to stay gone, Sonos took too much bad press, mostly clickbait but still harmful over having it.

Anyone not able to provide current versions of SMB from their NAS can easily and cheaply set up an SMB gateway that will provide v2 and v3 on pretty much any computer that runs SMB. I used a Pi Zero here to play with that, under $20 for the full kit. Not currently using it as using the Pi to provide the SMB share and host my music was so easy.

Could you share details please as all my CD’s are stored on my Media player (Popcorn hour) that supports only SMBv1 and works absolutely fine, as it has done since 2009. It plays movies on TV and PC and music on PC and once upon a time music on Sonos.

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m-m-i

Enthusiast I

SMB v1 needs to stay gone, Sonos took too much bad press, mostly clickbait but still harmful over having it.

Anyone not able to provide current versions of SMB from their NAS can easily and cheaply set up an SMB gateway that will provide v2 and v3 on pretty much any computer that runs SMB. I used a Pi Zero here to play with that, under $20 for the full kit. Not currently using it as using the Pi to provide the SMB share and host my music was so easy.

Could you share details please as all my CD’s are stored on my Media player (Popcorn hour) that supports only SMBv1 and works absolutely fine, as it has done since 2009. It plays movies on TV and PC and music on PC and once upon a time music on Sonos.

From the developer of SMB https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/stop-using-smb1/ba-p/425858

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

I did this SMB v1 gateway to see if it would work, I used a Raspberry Pi but the same basic instructions should work on any computer.

SMB v1 Gateway https://stan-miller.livejournal.com/357.html

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ianm_42Author

Enthusiast I

I did this SMB v1 gateway to see if it would work, I used a Raspberry Pi but the same basic instructions should work on any computer.

SMB v1 Gateway https://stan-miller.livejournal.com/357.html

Will give it a try. All I want to do is listen to my MP3/CD files on my Sonos’s as I have done for years and not get into the cost of a new NAS/configuration/setup and more devices consuming power !!!

controlav

Lead Maestro

I did this SMB v1 gateway to see if it would work, I used a Raspberry Pi but the same basic instructions should work on any computer.

SMB v1 Gateway https://stan-miller.livejournal.com/357.html

Will give it a try. All I want to do is listen to my MP3/CD files on my Sonos’s as I have done for years and not get into the cost of a new NAS/configuration/setup and more devices consuming power !!!

Upload them to ibroadcast.com

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

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docmavor

Lyricist I

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/sonos-laying-off-100-people-amid-expensive-app-problems/

Oh and bring back SMBv1 support so we can all access our music as we had done perfectly well for at least the last 10 years...please.

I wish I could listen to my Sonos 5 but after multiple tries over multiple days I give up. My sonos 5 is going into the trash and it’s time to go back to Bluetooth speakers or wired passive speakers and vinyl. Nice to know I am not alone in this very frustrating experience. As a very experienced engineer and audiophile, it’s so frustrating when digital devises fail due to software issues.

buzz

There are some serious security issues with SMBv1. That’s why drive manufacturers are no longer supporting it SONOS has stopped supporting it.

Note that SMBv1 drives are likely rather old and it would be a good idea to back them up. A couple months ago I was able to install an SMBv1 driver in W10 and backup a couple old drives.

nyCecilia

Prominent Collaborator I

Funny, my system is on 8.4 and my NAS with SMBv1 is working perfectly fine (yes, it’s backed up just in case). So are my CR100s. I wish I could update for some minor inconveniences but I don’t trust SONOS, they have repeatedly proved themselves untrustworthy. And no, the batteries in my CR100s never exploded LOL

forum says i'm a member since 2011 but really since 2004/5 ish ZP100, ZP80, ZP120, S5 and still using CR100 daily. SAVE THE CR100!