Is it true that sonos is getting rid of support for one's own music library?

Thanks! And of course LOL : “coming in june - ability to use your Sonos again”

They should send all affected users a significant rebate check to use against future purchases.  Only 2 fixes to this problem.

1. Fix the problem and grant access to music library playback and recapture the Sonos playlists that were kept in safe keeping by Sonos.  For some people (myself included) these playlists were curated over YEARS and now can’t be utilized.
2. Jerry Maguire “show me the $”

It is true. They did get rid of it.

Evidence: it’s been removed.

I’m able to play my local library on Sonos since the update.  There are a few caveats that may or may not apply to others.

1. I’m playing from an NAS.
2. The NAS is configured for SMB 2.
3. The queue controls are greatly reduced.  Basically, you can only replace the queue.

That’s great for you. I also have my music on a NAS that is setup for SMB2. I can’t play anything, because it keeps getting diverted to the wrong room.

Yes Sonos new tag line is “Listen to all the music on earth; except your own.” I’ve already start recommending solutions for listening to local music libraries other than Sonos to others and won’t be purchasing any new Sonos product. You can only vote with your money - Only way they’ll listen. Sonos treats long time users who made their equipment popular like suckers and it’s time we treat Sonos like one.

The workaround is to use the SonoPhone or SonoPad apps. Cheap and effective, they work well with local NAS libraries, just like the Sonos app used to…

TBH, I may never return to using the new Sonos controller, which is a software abomination.

I’m planning on trying that out. But you do still need to use a Sonos controller for system configuration and such, yes?

Our house is strictly Mac-based and this SMB stuff that’s popped up recently is all Greek to me. I never had to be concerned with it nor do I want to be now.  What I did learn is that my simple USB drives (containing my Sonos Libraries) are NADs and involve some modicum of SMB something or other; where I do not know. What I DO know is that my Sonos system used to work perfectly and now it doesn’t work at all.  As for no support for NADs, for some of us our security wasn’t in peril and, personally,  I feel we should be able to decide our cyber fate on our own.  The result this time around was that the Sonos app was the greatest danger.  Please tell us what exactly you’ve saved us all from.