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Trending Lyricist I
May 2, 2023

Sonos Play 5 cannot play NAS music anymore

  • May 2, 2023
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My Play 5 v1 was working fine a few days ago.  I can browse my music on my Synology NAS via wifi network but it no longer plays. I get the error message unable to play xxx access to my server denied. I have tried rebooting everything. There have not been any updates in this period. Anyone any ideas?

 

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Airgetlam
May 2, 2023

I suspect there was an update to your Synology, in which they turned off SMB v1. There’s another thread about this issue already. 

Bruce
Trending Lyricist I
May 2, 2023

Addendum;

Synology Music app connects to the NAS and the Sonos and works fine.

Sonos app can’t access the NAS anymore from Windows 10, MacBook or iOS.

I can play the NAS music via Mac, iOS and PC with other software.

Trending Lyricist I
May 2, 2023

SMBv1 is 100% enabled.

Airgetlam
May 2, 2023

So, what did Sonos support say, when you submitted a system diagnostic within 10 minutes of experiencing this problem, and called Sonos Support to discuss it?

It seems unusual to me that this has affected only Synology users, and not anyone using other NAS devices, such as Buffalo, or Western Digital. 

Bruce
Trending Lyricist I
May 2, 2023

I haven’t rang support yet. I’m not good with sitting on hold for ages. 😀 Usually I can sort these things myself...

Trending Lyricist I
May 2, 2023

and I have NTLMv1 active

 

Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
May 2, 2023

Did you deactivate “Unix extensions” in your SMB.conf?

Saw that mentioned somewhere on here.

Trending Lyricist I
May 3, 2023

Thanks Stanley but I can’t find any ‘Unix extensions’ reference in my Synology NAS settings.

Interestingly, when I use the Synology Music app to play through the Sonos the Sonos app can then control the music list I set up. The Sonos app is basically the only program and app I have that cannot use the NAS.

controlav
Lead Maestro
May 3, 2023

Thanks Stanley but I can’t find any ‘Unix extensions’ reference in my Synology NAS settings.

Interestingly, when I use the Synology Music app to play through the Sonos the Sonos app can then control the music list I set up. The Sonos app is basically the only program and app I have that cannot use the NAS.

Sounds like a permissions issue. The other stuff working isn’t relevant, what is critical is the credentials (and mode) the Sonos speakers use to read files from your NAS. Th only folks that can tell you that are Sonos support, after you submit a diagnostic code and ask.

The Sonos app does not ever read the NAS (after Setup), its all done by the speakers.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
Stanley_4
Grand Maestro
May 4, 2023

Thanks Stanley but I can’t find any ‘Unix extensions’ reference in my Synology NAS settings.

 

Looks to be a standard SMB switch, should be there even if not documented. Trying it can’t hurt.

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