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User721105
Avid Contributor I
July 16, 2022
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Sonos Library not updating my NAS server (WD My book live)

Started just after the last sonos app update. Now sonos can’t update my library index.

Its a weird one because my playlists with music on my server are still visible and I can play them but my entire library is missing. 
It also doesn’t show the path to my server as being ‘stored’

Anyone any ideas what to do before phone sonos?

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Ken_Griffiths
July 16, 2022

I did find this online, but not sure if it’s related… it just left me wondering if, because of its software vulnerabilities, the device was perhaps not being supported ..?

https://community.wd.com/t/important-announcement-about-your-wd-my-book-live-product-wdc-21008/268147

I would just call Sonos Support and see if they can assist. 

 

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buzz
Grand Maestro
July 16, 2022

Ah, you were typing as I was typing and I’m slow. If I auditioned for the typing pool, they’d toss me in the first few minutes.

I’m using an iPad, PC and Android and I suspect that Ken is mostly using an iPad. I mostly update the music library using the PC. 

I don’t recognize the error message. I’ll note that I am generally reluctant to have blank characters in share and file names. SONOS does not write anything in the music library files. I wonder if an update to the NAS has resulted in a subtle change in the share or folder name. Check your names with a fresh eye. Other than an iPad that I need for work, I’m not an Apple person. Based on comments that I read here’n there it seems that AppleMusic will move things and forget to tell anyone. You may be a victim of this sort of activity.

Contributor I
August 6, 2022

I am experiencing the same thing, although mine failed to index after an update about 3 months ago.

I have a My Book Live and use a Roam and the S2 app on both Android and PC.

There is no way to check/modify SMB in the interface of the My Book Live but as mentioned, that’s not a problem for S2 products. 

I have found that creating a new folder with some music and re-indexing to that works but also there appears to be a size issue. I’ve had a 3gb file index fine but over 15gb it seems to struggle with. This is a long way off the 65,000 song limit of a Sonos library though so it doesn’t make a lot of sense. 

Airgetlam
August 6, 2022

What did Sonos say when you sent in a diagnostic and called them?

Bruce