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Julian Lyndon-Smith
Contributor I
April 1, 2015

web controller for sonos !! runs on linux ..

  • April 1, 2015
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well, sort of 😉 Just thought that I would share this with the community - I am running a sonos controller from my web browser under linux ! happy times

I just installed an extension called "arc welder" (https://developer.chrome.com/apps/getstarted_arc) into my chrome browser. Arc welder lets you run android apps in your chrome browser

and guess what ? the 5.3.1 apk of sonos controller for android works a treat

go forth, run your sonos controller under linux. at last.

All features of the android controller seem to work perfectly.

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      RDog
      Enthusiast II
      April 2, 2015
      Nice work. Just tried ARC Welder myself...

      On a Chromebook running Chrome OS 41, I can get the 5.3.1 Sonos controller to launch, but it then hangs at the splash screen. Tragic! 😞
      kbh4
      Lyricist III
      April 2, 2015
      I'm running ChromeOS 42,0 (the beta channel) - I'm able to get through the setup-guide, but afterwards the controller can't "find" my Sonos System.

      If I check "My Sonos System" in the app, it can only see the one ZP it is associated with... 😕
      photo_ted
      Trending Lyricist I
      April 3, 2015
      I just had success with Fedora 20 running Chrome Version 42.0.2311.39 beta (64-bit).  Here's the steps I took:
      1. installed the ARC Welder chrome extension following the link in Julian's post.
      2. installed the APK Extractor on my Android tablet via the Play Store to get the Sonos APK file, which for all I know may be readily available on the web, but this worked.
      3. copied the Sonos APK file to my Google Drive, from there to my Linux PC (of course any file transfer method works).
      4. launched ARC Welder that prompted for an APK file
      5. loaded the Sonos APK.
      6. went through the typical setup and connected without problems.
      7. did the happy dance - I've been trying to control my Sonos system from Linux for years.
      As I don't own a Chromebook I don't know the relationship of ARC Welder on a Chrome browser to ARC Welder on a Chromebook, but based on RDog and Kent's posts it does not seem to be the same.
      Enrico
      Lyricist III
      April 26, 2015
      God bless you, guy! Good job, thanks for share!

      Sonoooos?!? Prrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
        Jonay
        Contributor I
        May 17, 2015
        hi,

        great,  nice found !!!   i have just  installed  sonos  5.4 beta  and  it works  great  !!!  I think  that   SONOS  must  bring  out a  Linux  controller.  they  can't still   ignore  that  there  are more and  more  Linux users  that   uses  Sonos. Linux  is not more only a  OS  for geeks and nerds ! A webcontroller will be the  best option I think!
          Enrico
          Lyricist III
          May 18, 2015
          Sonos system is linux based. As someone said "It would be nice to give back to the Linux Community what the Linux Community gave to sonos"...
          But it's a business/money problem... 
          We wish sonos that one day this greed is not passed back... :-)
          The Linux Community is not made up of stupid wimps :-0
            Timm Freiheit
            Lyricist III
            May 21, 2015
            same thing here with todays latest beta (5.4) on a chromebook (42.0.2311.153 (64-bit)) and ARC-Welder. Sonos-App starts but won't find my up and running sonos system.
            Paul Henschel
            Lyricist II
            May 28, 2015
            He finds it, you see it when you press More options > About my Sonos system. But for some reason he's not acting on it. Man this has got to be a one day job for Sonos to fix it, it would just about run everywhere with a proper APK. 😕
            dnmtsn
            Trending Lyricist I
            May 28, 2015
            no luck here either, apk 5.3.1. Chrome OS 42.0.2311.153
            healthyelijah
            Lyricist I
            May 29, 2015
            Totally works, good enough!! I am missing some icons though but whatevs. Even shows up in my Chrome app launcher after I shut it down!!

            http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/sonos-inc/sonos/sonos-5-3-1-android-apk-download/

            Latest version as of today is 5.3.1, make sure to check the bottom of this page for latest version number https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sonos.acr
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