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Nick_16
Contributor I
January 13, 2015

Using app to play through computers speakers

  • January 13, 2015
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I'd like to use the Sonos app on my Mac to play my music through the computers built in speakers.
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      Chris
      Chris
      Lead Maestro
      October 21, 2015
      Don't you think? Yea everyone wants something for free these days it appears.
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      jrozelle
      Lyricist III
      October 21, 2015
      Native HD support could be great.
      I've lost track of how many times this issue's been covered. Sonos -- justifiably in my view -- can see no reason to support hi-res content. As for downconversion, it's hugely wasteful of bandwidth -- CPU and network -- to convert hi-res files each and every time they're played. Do it once, and store the result in your Sonos library.
      Sorry, I don't talk about HD streaming, juste playing HD flac from my local library. No bandwidth problem.
      jrozelle
      Lyricist III
      October 21, 2015
      Don't you think? Yea everyone wants something for free these days it appears.

      Yes, of course. That's why I bought Sonos product...

      When I bought a CD on Amazon : they provide a dematerialized version freely... I don't think that impact their business...
      ratty
      ratty
      October 21, 2015
      No bandwidth problem.
      Unless you have a fully wired Sonos system, there's SonosNet (or even WiFi) bandwidth to consider. 'HD' files can require up to 6 times as much as a regular FLAC file.
      jgatie
      jgatie
      October 21, 2015
      Sorry, I don't talk about HD streaming, juste playing HD flac from my local library. No bandwidth problem.

      ratty is talking about local bandwidth, not internet bandwidth. There is no reason to task your local LAN and/or CPU with the extra burden of transmitting, then down-converting, Hires music when you can do it once yourself and be done with it.
      jrozelle
      Lyricist III
      October 21, 2015
      No bandwidth problem.
      Unless you have a fully wired Sonos system, there's SonosNet (or even WiFi) bandwidth to consider. 'HD' files can require up to 6 times as much as a regular FLAC file.
      Flac HD need about 5/6Mbps. I can play full HD movie on my wifi (~25Mbps) => this what I call "no bandwidth problem".
      jgatie
      jgatie
      October 21, 2015
      Don't you think? Yea everyone wants something for free these days it appears.

      Yes, of course. That's why I bought Sonos product...

      When I bought a CD on Amazon : they provide a dematerialized version freely... I don't think that impact their business...

      Apples and oranges. It is both easy and legal for anyone to produce a digital copy of a CD, so Amazon doing it for you is a perk worth providing. It is not legal, nor easily possible, to produce a software Sonos player, unless Sonos does it for you, which is not in their best interest.
      TheSeeker
      Prodigy I
      October 21, 2015
      Its already been mentioned, but Sonos sell speaker systems.

      If any of these moaners worked in the software business, they would know what a godawful pain in the backside it is to support software that has to work on multiple platforms. Why would they want the hassle of writing, selling and maintaining software that streams to your PC speakers. It would have to work with umpteen versions of windows, IOS etc. You then need a whole new support infrastructure to support the users. Then you have to take into account licensing, registration and copy protection (maybe with a dongle of some sort)

      How much would they charge for it?

      Well I am sure that bringing something to market from scratch would mean a cost at least as much as a Play1.

      Finally and most obviously, if this product existed, then for every one of these that they sold, they potentially lose a speaker sale and as the opening comment says - That's what Sonos does !!!
        jgatie
        jgatie
        October 21, 2015
        Flac HD need about 5/6Mbps. I can play full HD movie on my wifi (~25Mbps) => this what I call "no bandwidth problem".

        Sonos can play 32 separate FLAC streams at once to 32 separate Zones. That is 160-192 Mbps, which is what I call a "bandwidth problem" (and is why the very few Hires streamers require wiring or support very few Zones).
        jrozelle
        Lyricist III
        October 21, 2015
        Ok guys. Understood. No more suggestions.
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