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  • Lyricist I
  • 1 reply
  • March 31, 2016
Same problem her. My diag number is 5612282
Any advice?

Jeff S
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  • Retired Sonos Staff
  • 7088 replies
  • March 31, 2016
MrHau wrote:
Same problem her. My diag number is 5612282
Any advice?


Hi MrHau,

We're investigating this issue and have created a support ticket for you: 160331-001726. Please give us a call and reference that number. You can find our phone number here.

  • Lyricist I
  • 1 reply
  • June 10, 2016
Mine is doing it for Apple Music only... Skipping songs partially played and giving me the encoding message. Diagnostic 6254717.

Jeff S
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  • June 13, 2016
Briman wrote:
Mine is doing it for Apple Music only... Skipping songs partially played and giving me the encoding message. Diagnostic 6254717.


Hi Briman.

There's quite a bit of wireless interference showing up which is causing communication errors leading to the errors you've described. Please start by changing the Sonos wireless channel, here's how.

It may also help to look around your Sonos units for any third party device which could be creating a wireless signal. If you find any such device, try moving it away from your Sonos units to see if that helps.

  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • March 13, 2017
Hi, I bought my Sonos 5 on Thursday and I have battled since to play music from my library. Most of my files are mp3, a good percentage are wav and some are flac and alac. none of them plays. I am a bit disappointed. I bought a Bose soundtouch 30 and sold it after a week to buy Sonos but now I am back to square 1. I have read most of your suggestions but none of them works, "cannot play file, …not encoded correctly is all I get.

jgatie
  • 27729 replies
  • March 13, 2017
After a file fails to play, submit a diagnostic and post the reference number here. A sonos tech will evaluate the diagnostic and get back to you.

  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • March 13, 2017
Hi, the diagnostic ref number is 7185960

Jeff S
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  • March 13, 2017
gruttosingel wrote:
Hi, the diagnostic ref number is 7185960


The diagnostic report shows that your Sonos speaker can't decode the music files. Did you rip the files yourself? Please check this guide to see the bitrates for music that Sonos can play.

  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • March 13, 2017
thank you, that does not help. I am trying to play carbon based lifeforms FLAC. No I did not encode it myself, I bought it like this. I have stated in my previous post that I have read all your suggestions and none works. I thought Sonos was a good alternative to Soundtouch but now I am starting to doubt. I do not want to play Spotify anymore, I want to play my music.

  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • March 13, 2017
I have now connected the Sonos directly to my NAS WDMycloud via ethernet cable. Sonos is setup to hookup to my router but when I disconnect the cable Sonos disappears. My diagnostic ref is now 7186185

  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • March 13, 2017
I saw this suggestion from a technician (to connect directly to the NAS, without connecting to the router first) in another post. How do I find the path to the NAS now? There is no valid option in the setup for the library

Jeff S
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  • March 13, 2017
gruttosingel wrote:
I saw this suggestion from a technician (to connect directly to the NAS, without connecting to the router first) in another post. How do I find the path to the NAS now? There is no valid option in the setup for the library


It would be a good idea to continue troubleshooting on the phone. Please call us up and reference case number: 170313-002045. You can find our contact information here.

  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • May 2, 2017
I also having this problem, has been for a long time now, I will play an album and some songs are skipped with the error "Enable to play the sond is not encoded properly" these are songs that used to play ok and play fine in other players
My confirmation number is: 7356866.

Airgetlam
  • 42728 replies
  • May 2, 2017
Have you checked the tracks wherever they are on your system, to see if they conform to the supported formats?

  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • May 2, 2017
The format is AAC 44100 Hz, the entire album (Les Miserables) was encoded by iTunes at the same time using the same parameters, the files are stored on a NAS, and most of the tracks in the album plays fine, but a few give me that error. Currently I am listening to them in iTunes and they all play fine.

Airgetlam
  • 42728 replies
  • May 2, 2017
Understood. Note that the Sonos player (built in to the speaker, not into the app) is not the same as iTunes. In fact, that's why many of us are hoping that Apple follows Spotify's lead in integrating the "cast to Sonos" feature that Sonos has published.

Since you seem to be able to cause it to occur on the same tracks repeatedly, I will have to defer to Sonos to take a look at your diagnostic, and see what information they can glean from your log files.

I hope you're able to resolve this issue quickly!

  • Contributor I
  • 5 replies
  • May 2, 2017
Thanks for you help

Airgetlam
  • 42728 replies
  • May 2, 2017
Well, not sure I was any, but you're welcome in any case. I'm watching this thread to see what the Sonos reps have, I'm always up to learning something new.

  • Lyricist I
  • 1 reply
  • December 28, 2017
I've recently started getting the same issue with a number albums.

The files worked fine until I started using an Amazon Echo Dot in my office. My music library is largely iTunes based and stored on a local NAS.

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