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Contributor I
Dec 1, 2005 11:59 PM UTC

Scheduling music play

I wonder how to schedule a specific composition or playlist, etc to play at a specified time. For example, I want my music to turn off in my bedroom at night automatically and turn on in the morning as an alarm-clock, but playing a speicific set of compositions. I did not find any scheduling functions in the software nor in the controller.

Another question is if it's possible (I believe it's not) to play 360 kbps mp3 files. I hope it will be taken care of in the next release.
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    Contributor III
    Dec 2, 2005 1:33 AM UTC
    Alas, this is not possible. Right now, the only way to go to sleep with Sonos and wake up to it is the third party software, Sonos scheduler (available in the digital expert forum.) Even with this software, I have the occasional period where my bedroom system does not want to respond, making me still reliable on a backup alarm clock.
    One thing you can do with the Sonos Scheduler: you can fall asleep to a low volume song, then wake up to the graduated loudness of the scheduler. It will still be the same music, but you can vary the volume.
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    Le LoupAuthor
    Contributor I
    Dec 2, 2005 3:57 AM UTC
    Thank you. However, I could not find that software in the Digital Experts forum. Do you have an idea where it could be? 🙂
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    Sonos Employee
    Dec 2, 2005 4:03 AM UTC
    Check out this thread: Sleep/Wake up app.
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    Le LoupAuthor
    Contributor I
    Dec 2, 2005 4:23 AM UTC
    Thanks! I will try it out. I don't know why this function has not still been implemented by Sonos.
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    Contributor III
    Dec 3, 2005 12:32 AM UTC
    So...I must become a digital expert to get access to this Schedular software?
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    Sonos Employee
    Dec 3, 2005 12:43 AM UTC
    So...I must become a digital expert to get access to this Schedular software?

    Arnolds posted his software in the Digital Expert forum, which requires Digital Expert status for access.
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    Contributor III
    Dec 3, 2005 1:09 AM UTC
    Thanks Malcolm. I wasn’t aware that this was third party software -- That's great. This must mean there is an API that one could use to access the internal Sonos DLL's. Question: How would one obtain information regarding this?

    One very interested software developer 😉 ,
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    Contributor I
    Feb 20, 2017 10:51 PM UTC
    Has this feature been added yet? I guess 11 years is enough!?
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    jgatie
    Feb 21, 2017 12:11 AM UTC
    Yes. It's called an alarm.
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    Contributor I
    Feb 21, 2017 12:16 AM UTC
    The alarm is a workaround. Not the same as a proper schedule.
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