Show the Composer tag on the Now Playing screen

Forum|Forum|14 years ago
August 31, 2012
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The Now Playing widget shows Album, Artist and track title. It doesn't show the Composer name, even though Sonos has this information in its indices. Many classical albums are a composite program of works by various composers. When a track is queued, or playing, there is no way whatsoever to discover who the composer is. The titles given to classical works often give little clue; eg. "String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op 59.2: I. Allegro" ... pick the composer? It is very disappointing that this feature hasn't been implemented after 5+ years of requests from customers who enjoy classical music. I can't see why it isn't self evident that feature is required. In most instances a Sonos improves upon playing music from a physical cd; ie. I don't have to find it, and then put it away. This is an instance where the use of a Sonos degrades the experience; ie. I am listening to something, but I can't tell what it is, as I have no longer have access to the cover.

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John M

Sonos Staff

Thanks for sharing, we appreciate the feedback.

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Maarten_7

Lyricist I

The message sent by BarryM explains very clearly the problems I, too, have with finding the composers on the albums. I am disappointed that there is still no solution offered, although it must be a piece of cake for the technicians. Do I have to go back to my old system of playing my cd's on a cd player? When replying to this message, please explain why there is not yet a solution offered and please tell us when we can expect an impovement!

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Michel_1

Contributor III

I'am fully supporting this request as I can see it missing every day while enjoying classical music on my Sonos system. It is an obvious need from classical music fans.

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Holger_1

Lyricist III

+1 for this. The tricky part would be to determine when a piece is not classical music, in which case you don't want to see the composer.

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Holger_1

Lyricist III

see also https://ask.sonos.com/sonos/topics/support_classical_music_show_the_composer_tag

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Michel_1

Contributor III

+1 for this. The tricky part would be to determine when a piece is not classical music, in which case you don't want to see the composer.

Hi, No need to try to do too much on the user's behalf. If someone cares to fill in the composer tag, it is wise to assume that he'd be happy to see this information somehow, be it classical music or some other genre. IMHO, being pragmatic and showing the info is more than enough.

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chasW

Contributor I

I have the same problem. I don't see why there is an issue with classical or non-classical music. If the composer tag has been set, show it. If not, don't! It should be trivial for Sonos programmers to implement this. Alternatively why not give the user the option to select what information is shown and what isn't through an options facility?

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Michel_1

Contributor III

Well, this is still a feature that I'am eagerly expecting.

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Adrian Byram

Lyricist III

I just sent a note to support asking about this feature, and they suggested I add my name to this thread. I see that according to BarryM (at the start of this thread) that people have been asking for it for 5 years! I hope that Sonos can get to it sometime in my lifetime -- but their track record on software updates seems pretty poor.

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mozart999uk

Trending Lyricist I

This really needs to be added. For classical music it's essential!

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