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ecamoz
Contributor I
September 7, 2024

Feature Request: Play and add to queue option for entire folders within music library

  • September 7, 2024
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Dear Sonos App Dev Team,

please add the feature to the Sonos app to play and add to queue all songs contained within a folder of the music library. This feature gives massive flexibility and was already included in the app version before the changes of May 2024.

Please fix it, 4 months have passed since you killed this feature without reason.

Best,

Elias

 

 

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    ecamozAuthor
    Contributor I
    January 15, 2025

    Which other systems exist that are better at supporting users with NAS? Since Sonos is not caring about how to make their product better by reading these threads, we should use this platform to exchange on which Sonos competitors there are and which are actually offering a better product.

    Ken_Griffiths
    Ken_Griffiths
    January 15, 2025

    Meanwhile, perhaps just simply generate a .m3u playlist for the folder(s) you wish to play - it just takes a few minutes only to do that.

    I would do a few playlists at a time as admittedly it means a re-index of the library too in the new Sonos App. It at least works and it’s an easy workaround whilst waiting to see if the feature request is implemented - use your own playlist creator App to sort it (or it can be done manually in a text editor, but that can take a lot longer). I use MediaStreamer to generate my library folder(s) based playlists, but maybe use whichever App you prefer.

      CanisLupusNL
      CanisLupusNL
      Lyricist III
      January 16, 2025

      ​@Ken_Griffiths I really like the idea of M3U playlist, but this covers only a small part of the need to be able to queue local folders.

      My NAS music is organised in +/- 20 Genre folders, with then the albums in there (Artist - (Year) - Album Title)

      Browsing those folders would be my main way to navigating Music Collection, as I would browse my CDs and Vinyl in my physical collection.…

      Hopefully a Sonos developer with some pride will pick this up one day. In that regards, I am happy to see the changes in Sonos management and the letter of the interim CEO.

       

      CC ​@Corry P  

      https://www.last.fm/user/lupusv/
        bollicine
        Contributor I
        January 16, 2025

        I also posted this:

        https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-and-music-services-229131/serious-issues-with-the-music-library-6925739

          stevepow
          Prominent Collaborator I
          January 23, 2025

          “Adding to queue and playing next: early June”

          So, I guess that was only a partial restoration of the features we have been using for over a decade since it doesn’t work with the music library?  Or is this for June 2025?

          I can use the Desktop PC App to add songs from my music library to the end of the queue or play next or replace the queue, etc.  But not the still broken mobile app.  This is a request to continue to restore the app’s previous functionality, not a “feature request”, just to be clear.

          And I’m not interested in making a M3U playlist every time I want to add a random song to the playlist and there’s no way I’m suggesting to my wife or my friends who often use my system.  And I don’t want to tell them to drag a PC around to do it either.

          After almost 8 months, this app is still not back to normal.  I always said there’s no way they get it fixed in 2024, if ever, but I’d have preferred to be wrong about that.

          MyChrmicalRomance
          Enthusiast II
          January 24, 2025

          “Adding to queue and playing next: early June”

           

          They brought these back in Sep/Oct IIRC. Try deleting and reinstalling the app and see if the features are enabled. 

          CanisLupusNL
          CanisLupusNL
          Lyricist III
          January 24, 2025

          “Adding to queue and playing next: early June”

           

          They brought these back in Sep/Oct IIRC. Try deleting and reinstalling the app and see if the features are enabled. 

          I think ​@stevepow is specifically addressing that this does NOT work when you're browsing Folders in the Music Library, unfortunately… :(
          Hopefully we can get this before June 2025...

          https://www.last.fm/user/lupusv/
          controlav
          controlav
          Lead Maestro
          January 24, 2025

          FYI both of my Windows apps can do this. As can the Sonos Desktop app.

          Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
          CanisLupusNL
          CanisLupusNL
          Lyricist III
          January 24, 2025

          FYI both of my Windows apps can do this. As can the Sonos Desktop app.

          This confirms that it is CRAZY that the official Sonos Android and iOS apps CAN NOT do it… 🤪

          https://www.last.fm/user/lupusv/
            Ken_Griffiths
            Ken_Griffiths
            January 24, 2025

            FYI both of my Windows apps can do this. As can the Sonos Desktop app.

            This confirms that it is CRAZY that the official Sonos Android and iOS apps CAN NOT do it… 🤪

            Probably it’s some work still in progress?…  Sonos have said that there is still work to do around local libraries this year. See attached.

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