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villarrealized
Trending Lyricist I
December 25, 2018

Web browser controller for Sonos

  • December 25, 2018
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Hi all,

I have released a Sonos controller for the web browser. It’s still in development, but I think you’ll really enjoy it. Merry Christmas!

Check it out here:

https://github.com/Villarrealized/sonos-web

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    upstatemike
    December 25, 2018
    Looks nice. Look forward to trying it out.
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      castalla
      Local Superstar
      December 25, 2018
      Painful install process (on Windows) and then page displays but no content ... ???

      Nice try - but ...
      It's the courageous bee's knees - all 6 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝. - - - - - Make Sonos Great Again - - - - -
      villarrealizedAuthor
      Trending Lyricist I
      December 30, 2018
      Painful install process (on Windows) and then page displays but no content ... ???

      Nice try - but ...

      Hi there! I have tried to make the install process as easy as possible. What did you find painful about it?

      Also, I recently was in conversation with a friend that had the same issue of not seeing any of his speakers show up. I believe I have fixed this with a recent update. If you can, uninstall and reinstall and try again!

      I’m constantly making improvements and working to add more features and fix bugs, so please let me know if you’re able to get it working.
      castalla
      Local Superstar
      December 30, 2018
      Okay! I'll try again and report back

      1. Takes about 40 mins. to install ... ?

      2. version 1.0.1 still shows nothing
      It's the courageous bee's knees - all 6 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝. - - - - - Make Sonos Great Again - - - - -
      villarrealizedAuthor
      Trending Lyricist I
      December 30, 2018
      Hmm. 40 mins is very unreasonable. I have installed it on macOS, Linux, and Windows 7 and for me it takes at most (on Windows 7, older machine) 5-10 mins. And at best around 1 minute on my Mac.

      What are the specs of the computer you are running? Also, what web browser are you using? I have tested it on the latest versions of both Chrome and Safari with no issues.
      castalla
      Local Superstar
      December 30, 2018
      Win 7 on old netbook (Atom)

      Opera and Chrome
      It's the courageous bee's knees - all 6 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝. - - - - - Make Sonos Great Again - - - - -
      villarrealizedAuthor
      Trending Lyricist I
      January 4, 2019
      Interesting. I installed it in a couple minutes on a Raspberry Pi 3. No powerhouse by any means. The issue is probably either with your internet speed in downloading the packages, or something to do with npm being slow on your machine.

      I have updated the cli installer to v1.3.0. You can run npm update -g sonos-web-cli and then run sonos-web install and try again.
      tailor
      Lyricist I
      January 30, 2019
      Thank you very much for this controller. My goal is to integrate this via iFrame to my openHAB smart home dashboard. I‘m able to group/ungroup players, play and pause. Unfortunatelly the library results in a 404 error.

      I‘m using Ubuntu 18.04 server and version 0.7.0 of Sonos Web. Is there anythin I‘m missing? Would it be possible to access Sonos favorites?
      villarrealizedAuthor
      Trending Lyricist I
      January 30, 2019
      Hi tailor,

      Would you please open up an issue on the repo? https://github.com/Villarrealized/sonos-web/issues

      It will be more helpful to have the history and discussion there.

      Glad you are finding it useful! Hopefully we can figure out your issue.

      Yes, in the next release I’m planning on adding Sonos Playlists and Favorites.
      tailor
      Lyricist I
      January 30, 2019
      Ok, I have to revise my statement...I think it‘s not a bug. As soon as I added a local source for music (mp3s on NAS) the error disappeard and covers became visible.

      To be honest my music sources are actually only Spotify and TuneIn.
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