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Contributor I
February 9, 2021

Duplicate tracks in music library

  • February 9, 2021
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My music library is sourced from my iTunes music library, and I rarely have duplicates there.  However when looking at albums in my Sonos 2 app music library, many albums have the same tracks 2 or 3 times.  Where one truly is a duplicate in iTunes I delete the whole duplicate album and then I update my Sonos library. However the duplicate (and triplicate) tracks are still there.  How do I get rid of them?  Thx

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14 replies

February 9, 2021

Do you just have one folder path in your Sonos Music Library setup?  Where are the tracks stored?  Is there a recycle bin anywhere where the deleted tracks may be sitting?

Rob57Author
Contributor I
February 9, 2021

I only have one path to my iTunes music library (this is on my laptop) and the tracks aren’t anywhere else including waste bin.  Thx

February 9, 2021

If you look in the Folders view in the Sonos Music Library do you get any clues as to where it is finding the duplicate tracks?

Rob57Author
Contributor I
February 10, 2021

Thanks for your help.  I’m afraid I don’t know where the SONOS library folders can be viewed. Is this a drop down option in the Windows 10 app?

February 10, 2021

Hi.  In any controller, in Music Library in the music sources, there are various views - Album, Artist, etc.  One of those is the Folders view.

Rob57Author
Contributor I
February 10, 2021

Thanks, got it.  It looks like all the duplicates and triplicates are compilation albums (certainly so far as I’m aware), but looking at an artist on one I can see in the folder for that artist and that album by him, there is only one track entry in the folder, but there are two (as there are for all other tracks) when looking at the music library album list.

February 10, 2021

Are you sure there isn’t another folder?  You need to look through the whole of the Folders view in the Sonos music library.  

February 10, 2021

I don’t use iTunes as library but isn’t there a search function in iTunes, so you can search for the duplicate tracks to see their location? I once had a couple of tricky duplicates and used the search function in my library manager (JRiver).

February 10, 2021

This may be a red herring, but in the Sonos Music Library Settings (under the Manage menu u in the PC controller), on the Advanced tab, what do you have as the setting for ‘Group albums using?

February 10, 2021

What happens if you try to play these duplicate tracks?  Do they both play, or only one?  What error message do you get if play fails?