Playing podcasts from Spotify results in skipping / stopping

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
May 27, 2025
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Hi!

I have the Sonos One speaker, and the Sonos Ikea speaker, and it’s always had a big issue playing podcasts from Spotify. Playing music from audio (via Airplay, or the other option where it’s not airplay but I just choose the speaker in Spotify) works perfectly. With podcasts it will just randomly stop for 5 seconds and start again. This happens whether I use the Airplay option in Spotify, or the option where I choose the speaker in Spotify.

Any solution??s

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Best answer by Airgetlam

What did Spotify say? Given that you’re using AirPlay 2 to send the podcast, that suggests that Sonos software, other than the part receiving a signal, isn’t involved. And it’s even odder if it is only podcasts, and not music, which suggests no issues with your network, or AirPlay 2, but instead a problem at the source of the stream, which is a server owned by Spotify.

AirgetlamAnswer

What did Spotify say? Given that you’re using AirPlay 2 to send the podcast, that suggests that Sonos software, other than the part receiving a signal, isn’t involved. And it’s even odder if it is only podcasts, and not music, which suggests no issues with your network, or AirPlay 2, but instead a problem at the source of the stream, which is a server owned by Spotify.

Bruce

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Rhonny

Prodigy III

@shubhab
What happens when you play Spotify podcasts via the Sonos app, rather than casting to the speakers?

Airgetlam

Just as a further note, as far as I’m aware, the server that Spotify has given Sonos instructions to connect to is a completely different server than they connect to using Spotify’s own client. On the one they point the Sonos software to, they include Sonos’ connection API, on their own connection server, Spotify doesn’t. So when you’re connecting with your Sonos controller, you’re reaching out to a different server than when you’re using Spotify’s own software (and using either Bluetooth or AirPlay 2 to connect to the Sonos).

Bruce

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shubhabAuthor

Contributor I

@shubhab
What happens when you play Spotify podcasts via the Sonos app, rather than casting to the speakers?

Unfortunately I can’t??? They’re just grayed out!

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