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 I’ve spent several days trying to build a music library, and this message keeps popping up. “Algol” is the name of the server and “all” is the share. All checks out well on the host side. This message occurs 5-10-15 minutes into the Library refresh. I’ve been able to get most of the library built by starting with a small number of files in the share, refreshing the library, adding more, refresh, repeat. Having smaller updates seems to suit Sonos better. But now that the library has grown to 38,000 or so files, I can’t get any further. I suspect what is happening is that Sonos is timing out on reading the share folders and building its database. It interprets a timeout as the share going away -- unpowered, changed path, whatever, none of which is definitely not the case. I don’t have reason to suspect the environment. The music host is wired to the main household router via Ethernet. It’s running macOS Big Sur (older 2013 model). For that part of the library already built, I can play t

I am using a New phone and haven't used my speaker for a while.I have connected my Sonos One SL to my wifi again and the app says I have suceeded, but when I want to use it it doesn't exist anymore. I have updated the app, shut the power of andrestartet my router. Can anyone please help me, what can I do?

Hey,I just added 2 Era 300 speakers to my Soundbar Arc and Sub Gen 3. I connected them to WiFi and set them up as surround sound speakers for the entire system. The problem is that when I play music, a movie (anything), the speakers intermittently cut out. They play sound in a pulsating manner. The router is in the same room and the WiFi signal is very strong. Do you know what could be causing this?

HelloI recently purchased a Sonos Arc Ultra and 2 Era 300s. Everything works very well, but I'm noticing for the second time a problem with the bass on certain Dolby Atmos films. The sound starts skipping when the base level is too high, as if the system is unable to deliver it. It usually cuts out for half a second, but it can be much longer with choppy sound for several seconds. So I'm wondering if the problem comes from the bar or if it's something common when you don't have a subwoofer. I noticed the problem in the films Civil War and Sicario, especially with the helicopters.

Hi,I am planning to buy an additional Sonos Five to the one I currently have to make a stereo pair. I definitely want to put them on stands but the price of stands is putting me off (£240 for a pair of Sanus or £200 for a pair of Flexson).However, I've found this budget option and wonder if they would be any good. Any ideas?https://www.wilko.com/en-uk/avf-white-sonos-five-floor-speaker-stand-2-pack/p/0633901Many thanks indeed

So I purchased a Sub Mini from the US military Exchange store in Germany in March 2024.  Yesterday the LEDs on my sub stopped working and I am not longer able to connect the sub to the app.I promptly connected Sonos support and asked for assistance.  After going through the typical “have you checked the power plug” I finally was offered the have the item replaced.  Oh, but wait, a few minutes later the agent said my sub mini was out of warranty.  I purchase the item 10 months ago and I have a 1 year warranty.Has anyone else had this problem?  Any suggestions on what I can do?  Should I get a lawyer? 

I (stupid me) made a factory reset on my two old Play3 speakers due to problems with the stereo-setup. I therefore is forced to update (I think) both units and app if I want to add the two Play3 units to the system again. Will the system after the firmware update of the system be able function with android App ver. 16.1?

When I try to play, the song just buffering. Nothing happens. Yes, I have tried to reauthorize. And reinstall the Apple Music. Dont work. 

Completely baffling there’s still no way to sort or organise Favorites, except for Recently Added. Most users will obviously add the most important services first, which therefore don’t show up on the home page over time. This is UX 101. Can someone please let us know if there’s any chance this is going to be changed?Please Allow us to manually edit and organise the list! 

Would anyone from Sonos be prepared to offer a new timeline for the restoration of the full playlist creation / editing /. Managing feature that has been absent since May 2024?We were promised Sept , then Oct , then December and there has been no sign of it.  

Hi, i’ve just updated my Arc including 2 play 1’s which are my surrounds, just 1 of the play 1’s will not update, keeps failing, tried all the obvious, any help appreciated as this is really annoying me as you can imagine.kind regards Jamie.

I’ve had Sonos speakers for some years. For the first time ever, when I switched on the TV, the sound came out of the Playbar as usual but the TV sound also came out of my Play 5 in the bedroom. I’ve muted it for the time being.Any idea what’s happened? Thanks.

Every time I add new music to iTunes and then try to update my Library it vanishes - the path shows in my settings etc but all artists/albums vanish - and when I ‘update’ it takes about two seconds to update and nothing has changed.It was all working OK this morning - then added some new CDs to iTunes, and first it said the path was no longer available, which is rubbish - why would it have changed? I checked, and all sharing settings are as they were.I’m using an iMac BTW.

Hello,  My Sonos Connect has worked perfectly for quite some time. This week it changed completely. It disconnects all the time. Nothing in the setup has changed. Several times I've resetted it and moved it to different places.Everytime it starts again (after resetting it to factory settings) for a couple of minutes, than it disappears from my network. Since I've got it for my turntable, I can't hook it up physically to my router.I've spoken to the helpdesk on several occasions (I can hardly understand them due to the accents on their speech) and messaged on several occasions. It's getting to be very frustrating. My file number here at sonos is ********. Moderator edit: Case number recorded and removed

I have called about my Sirius XM not being able to play on my Sonos sound bar. I have a Android phone and the app is loaded but the music stations are grayed out. They said this is a known issue, but they don't seem to be doing anything to fix it. They recommended that I try with an Apple device. Has anyone been able to get content from Sirius using an Android? This is nonsense and disappointing that they are not able to resolve this. What a POS!

The New Sonos iOS app is absolutely terrible. If you haven’t upgraded yet please please don’t. There are so many missing features and bugs to boot. It looks like an pre-Alpha version of software rushed to market without being properly tested or checked.PLEASE PLEASE  PLEASE Sonos bring back the S2 app for download on the App Store. If I could downgrade I would do it in a heartbeat. I’m a long time user and fan of Sonos products but frankly this is a big miss a disaster. This new app is almost unusable. This is Sonos’s Windows Vista moment. Please listen to your users Sonos, negative feedback is everywhere now. Please give us back the S2 app whilst this one goes back to the drawing board or perhaps the trash can.  

Lots of complaining on this forum that SONOS gives zero s***s about of course. The fact is SONOS ripped us off.And it's frustrating to be ripped off.I will be never give SONOS another dollar. That's my only revenge. The CEOs are laughing all the way to their beach houses and Italian villas. ... .But they ripped us all off Moderator Note: Modified in accordance with the Community Code of Conduct.

Hello, Is it possible to play music from a USB key with Sonos Era 300 and Move? I have the Lin in adapter... I tried, I see the little lines that move but no sound and I don't see the pieces of the key.... sorry for the English, I had it translated with Google ;-) thanks

I recently bought 2 stands for my Sonos One speakers. In order to put the speakers on, I had to unplug them. I rebooted them and they show up in the app. I did the sound test where you move your arm in circles etc to tune it. At the top of System settings it says estimated time 1 minute to tune the speakers with True Play but the time never disappears. I’m using them with a Beam. Any suggestions on next steps in problem solving?

Please add the feature of being able to connect Bluetooth headphones to your smart speakers (likes echos can). 🙏🏻

I’ve had my sonos system for about 5 years now. I’m done!! starting to look for an alternative music system. All the hardware is great!! The controller is so infuriating to say the least!!! I am so very sick of “The requested operation is not available, try again” or any number of other catchy phrases given to not play any music!! This was so easy in the beginning, it’s not like I have a bunch of playlist, or custom anything from anything else. Just want to listen to music with no commercials. Now every single time I open the controller on my computer or phone I get the same song and dance… Or none I should say.However, if I ask alexa she will play just about anything I want. Unfortunately sometimes it comes out of the hockey puck or desk talk to gadget so I have to tell her to turn it off, get up, go into the kitchen where my sonos speak is and ask there… Is it really too much to ask for the music I want when I want it? After all, isn’t that why I spent the money to buy this system??

It happened again. The new update in Jan, 2025 dropped the connect 2 from my devices and I cannot reconnect it. I can occasionally get it to connect, but then it drops and I get a ghost image saying it is “Not Connected.” I am certain that Sonos is pushing people to buy other newer devices because it is ALWAYS an update that knocks the Connect 2 device out of the group. A new device is EXPENSIVE so please Sonos, do the right thing and continue support of your older compatible devices.

Hi,What's the best way to adapt my coax output from my Tv to the HDMI earc input of the Beam gen2 and still get good sound quality from my soundbar?Any suggestions on the product I should get? Thank you

I’ve been fighting this issue ever since the SONOS App update. Right now I get “Access Denied” when trying to access my 2TB Samsung SSD attached to my TP-Link Router.  I can copy and move all the files from my MacBook and Windows 11 system BUT SONOS will NOT play the files giving “access Denied.”  I tried to set up rights from the Windows system since  the SONOS app has one feature not on the MacBook.  Today I decided to take a bigger hammer to the problem and connect the SSD directly to the Macbook, NO FILE FOLDERS displayed?  Now I’m wondering what would be the best Disk Format for that SSD to get the Music Library online.  Any suggestions welcomed The MacBook Version of the app : No “Fix Permissions” option The Windows Version of the app.  Should it really fix the permissions? 

Hi,I’ve been using SONOS for more than 10 years. Initially, I’d chosen this system after a very careful selection, for its simplicity and efficiency.I know I am far from being the only one complaining now, as the system and app came through many updates, and grew bigger and bolder… and less and less reliable and slower.This is a last call to the SONOS team, management and developers, from an anonymous user, being part of the many anonymous users that make the SONOS community. Please… please stop making the system and app more complex, and go back to simplicity and efficiency. Please be reasonable… only a few options, that’s it. You know which ones are important (all feedback you get focuses on the same essentials).An App which takes 10 seconds to connnect to a speaker, or sometimes does not actuates anything anymore… is useless. Users don’t pay for zillions options. They want it to work. Loud and clear.I hope this message in a bottle will be heard. Otherwise I’ll soon switch to another