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robinh44
Contributor I
April 29, 2017
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Virtual Line In for Mac

  • April 29, 2017
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Has any progress been made at all with allowing Mac users to use their Sonos speakers as wireless output speakers for their computer? If not, when can we expect this incredibly useful function?
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      jgatie
      jgatie
      April 29, 2017
      No, and probably never. Sonos was not designed to be a computer speaker. It operates on a "pull" architecture that goes out and pulls tracks from the source. To make it a "push" architecture would require a complete redesign. Even the streaming via native apps implementation like Spotify and Google Play Music aren't being pushed from the apps, they are pulled dirctly from the source.
      Kumar
      April 30, 2017
      I doubt that Sonos has any plans to make the significant changes to its internal architecture needed to do this, at least in the near future. Although Sonos can access and play the music that is contained on the Mac HDD, it cannot wirelessly accept music streamed from the Mac. If you must have that, buy Bluetooth or Airplay.
      quitclaim
      Trending Lyricist I
      May 24, 2017
      I found SonoAir to be a workaround for what you're looking for (http://sonoair.mihosoft.eu/). Once it's running you basically set Sonos to be the computer speakers. There's lag to it, so how useful it is depends on what you're using it for.
        snugglezone
        Lyricist I
        July 27, 2017
        No, and probably never. Sonos was not designed to be a computer speaker. It operates on a "pull" architecture that goes out and pulls tracks from the source. To make it a "push" architecture would require a complete redesign. Even the streaming via native apps implementation like Spotify and Google Play Music aren't being pushed from the apps, they are pulled dirctly from the source.

        If this is true then how does my playbar push audio to the sonos system? or the line in on a play 5? also think not having the ability to easily use your laptop as an audio source is a massive missing feature.
          jgatie
          jgatie
          July 27, 2017


          If this is true then how does my playbar push audio to the sonos system? or the line in on a play 5? also think not having the ability to easily use your laptop as an audio source is a massive missing feature.

          Sigh.
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