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NAS or library removed from the new app???

Forum|Forum|2 years ago
May 9, 2024
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It seems that the ability to play from a local library or a NAS server has been removed in the new app.
This has major consequences for us who play music in an Odd Fellow lodge that we ourselves have recorded and own.
This means that sonos is now completely useless to us.

It is a significant deterioration and means that we can no longer can use sonos at all, and must find a new alternative.

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Huskie32

Trending Lyricist I

I see no way to actually add a local music folder on the app. I was able to do it on the desktop version however, but there is no way to actually search for songs or find the artist / song that I’m looking for. I have over 300k songs across 2 terabytes of music and I literally have to scroll down manually across 2000-3000 artists anytime I want to listen to or find a certain song. Literally searching sometimes several minutes just to find one song I want to listen to. I feel like Sonos doesn’t want anyone using a local music folder. Why else would they not even bother to include a search feature. What a complete $hit show this new “courageous” app is. I have 28 speakers and 6 amps in my house and m done with Sonos if they don’t fix this or give us the option to downgrade.

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touchmypenguinagain

Lyricist II

I see no way to actually add a local music folder on the app. I was able to do it on the desktop version however, but there is no way to actually search for songs or find the artist / song that I’m looking for. I have over 300k songs across 2 terabytes of music and I literally have to scroll down manually across 2000-3000 artists anytime I want to listen to or find a certain song. Literally searching sometimes several minutes just to find one song I want to listen to. I feel like Sonos doesn’t want anyone using a local music folder. Why else would they not even bother to include a search feature. What a complete $hit show this new “courageous” app is. I have 28 speakers and 6 amps in my house and m done with Sonos if they don’t fix this or give us the option to downgrade.

See my comment above, at least if you're on Android. If on iOS I'm not sure what your best option is.

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FlorentBL2

Lyricist III

-Uninstalled the latest version of the app.

-Installed the old archived version of the app (I'll be backing this up on my laptop, NAS drive, etc). Link here: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/sonos-inc/sonos-for-android/sonos-for-android-16-1-release/#downloads.

-Turned off Sonos' updates in their app.

-Turned off auto updates for Android apps in the Google Play store.

-All working well again with access to the music on my NAS drive.

-Will never recommend Sonos again.

Many thanks for this link.

Reverted to S2 and deactivated automatic updates to access my NAS, set my alarms, have my widget, and get back to my day-to-day activities!
Thanks a lot Sonos for this amazing application major upgrade. Please learn about non-regression tests before the next one.

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Huskie32

Trending Lyricist I

I see no way to actually add a local music folder on the app. I was able to do it on the desktop version however, but there is no way to actually search for songs or find the artist / song that I’m looking for. I have over 300k songs across 2 terabytes of music and I literally have to scroll down manually across 2000-3000 artists anytime I want to listen to or find a certain song. Literally searching sometimes several minutes just to find one song I want to listen to. I feel like Sonos doesn’t want anyone using a local music folder. Why else would they not even bother to include a search feature. What a complete $hit show this new “courageous” app is. I have 28 speakers and 6 amps in my house and m done with Sonos if they don’t fix this or give us the option to downgrade.

See my comment above, at least if you're on Android. If on iOS I'm not sure what your best option is.

IOS unfortunately….. that’s the issue. There’s no way to search for your songs in a local library. How insane.

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phoward999300

Enthusiast II

I see no way to actually add a local music folder on the app. I was able to do it on the desktop version however, but there is no way to actually search for songs or find the artist / song that I’m looking for. I have over 300k songs across 2 terabytes of music and I literally have to scroll down manually across 2000-3000 artists anytime I want to listen to or find a certain song. Literally searching sometimes several minutes just to find one song I want to listen to. I feel like Sonos doesn’t want anyone using a local music folder. Why else would they not even bother to include a search feature. What a complete $hit show this new “courageous” app is. I have 28 speakers and 6 amps in my house and m done with Sonos if they don’t fix this or give us the option to downgrade.

See my comment above, at least if you're on Android. If on iOS I'm not sure what your best option is.

IOS unfortunately….. that’s the issue. There’s no way to search for your songs in a local library. How insane.

I’ve purchased a third party app to use while this s***show is sorted out. Not great but at least I can control/play from my music library from my iPhone

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Huskie32

Trending Lyricist I

I see no way to actually add a local music folder on the app. I was able to do it on the desktop version however, but there is no way to actually search for songs or find the artist / song that I’m looking for. I have over 300k songs across 2 terabytes of music and I literally have to scroll down manually across 2000-3000 artists anytime I want to listen to or find a certain song. Literally searching sometimes several minutes just to find one song I want to listen to. I feel like Sonos doesn’t want anyone using a local music folder. Why else would they not even bother to include a search feature. What a complete $hit show this new “courageous” app is. I have 28 speakers and 6 amps in my house and m done with Sonos if they don’t fix this or give us the option to downgrade.

See my comment above, at least if you're on Android. If on iOS I'm not sure what your best option is.

IOS unfortunately….. that’s the issue. There’s no way to search for your songs in a local library. How insane.

I’ve purchased a third party app to use while this s***show is sorted out. Not great but at least I can control/play from my music library from my iPhone

What app was that?

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Henk Lgw

Lyricist I

In case of a Synology NAS download in the app store their “DS audio” app to play your NAS stored music on your phone. Connect your phone via bluetooth with a SONOS device to hear it on your SONOS sprakers (other speakers than the BT connected SONOS speaker can be added via the SONOS app).

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Steve251

Chromatic Producer I

It is quite funny this thing about SMB1

It was identified as a threat about 10 years ago and I think Microsoft stopped using it around 8 years ago

Why has it taken Sonos so long to decide it is a threat?

And is it a threat to Sonos or just your local network?

The problem with SMB1 for the users is that it rendered many NAS drives as vulnerable because NAS driver manufacturers either did not want to update their devices to support SMB2 or could not

I just find it funny that 10 years later Sonos has woken up to SMB1

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phoward999300

Enthusiast II

I see no way to actually add a local music folder on the app. I was able to do it on the desktop version however, but there is no way to actually search for songs or find the artist / song that I’m looking for. I have over 300k songs across 2 terabytes of music and I literally have to scroll down manually across 2000-3000 artists anytime I want to listen to or find a certain song. Literally searching sometimes several minutes just to find one song I want to listen to. I feel like Sonos doesn’t want anyone using a local music folder. Why else would they not even bother to include a search feature. What a complete $hit show this new “courageous” app is. I have 28 speakers and 6 amps in my house and m done with Sonos if they don’t fix this or give us the option to downgrade.

See my comment above, at least if you're on Android. If on iOS I'm not sure what your best option is.

IOS unfortunately….. that’s the issue. There’s no way to search for your songs in a local library. How insane.

I’ve purchased a third party app to use while this s***show is sorted out. Not great but at least I can control/play from my music library from my iPhone

What app was that?

SonoPhone - good luck! Bit glitchy and ugly but music library there

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castalla

Local Superstar

Local library on RAVPower fileshare plays - no artwork or queue control. Glass half-full or half-empty? 🍷🤔😁