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BarryM
Aug 31, 2012 3:02 AM UTC

Show the Composer tag on the Now Playing screen

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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Trending Lyricist I
Dec 7, 2014 12:28 PM UTC
To be honest I'm getting a bit fed up with Sonos ignoring this one......
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Lyricist III
Dec 9, 2014 9:07 AM UTC
To be honest I'm getting a bit fed up with Sonos ignoring this one......
Each time I receive an email about upgrades I get excited... but not for long!  Sonos, do you care about this issue? See Mega+1 comments above!
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Trending Lyricist I
Dec 9, 2014 9:16 AM UTC
Just emailed support again. 
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Trending Lyricist I
Dec 9, 2014 9:20 AM UTC
Just emailed support again. 
I included a link to this thread which their helpdesk system stripped out.  Awesome!
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Lyricist III
Dec 9, 2014 9:28 AM UTC
Just emailed support again. 
Maintain the rage and contact support everyone.  I'm going to contact helpdesk again too...
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Headliner I
Dec 9, 2014 2:16 PM UTC
Thank you for Your feedback and thank you for playing at "Find the missing feature"...
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Lyricist I
Dec 15, 2014 10:48 AM UTC
A few months back, I contacted Sonos customer support about this issue, and they agreed to put this forward as a feature in a future revision. However, this has not happened. Please contact them again. The more people who do, the more lilely it is to happen.
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Trending Lyricist I
Dec 15, 2014 10:59 AM UTC
I got his back from TS:

Thank you for your enhancement request.

While not all requests are added to a release they are all helpful in determining the direction of future releases.


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Lyricist I
Dec 15, 2014 8:11 PM UTC
I have just asked SONOS to show the composer in the "now playing" display and sonos directed me to this thread.

I ripped my CD collection and added the composer of every song. It would be great to see this information again. As it is now I can search the composer, but I can't easily see who composed the tune I am listening to.
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Lyricist III
Dec 15, 2014 11:20 PM UTC
I have just asked SONOS to show the composer in the "now playing" display and sonos directed me to this thread.

I ripped my CD collection and added the composer of every song. It would be great to see this information again. As it is now I can search the composer, but I can't easily see who composed the tune I am listening to.


Andreas - welcome to our sad bunch...
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