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World-Class Superstar
June 7, 2014

Five ideas to make Sonos even better

Five ideas / suggestions / wishes:
  1. Make Sonos Playlists exportable, importable and editable
  2. Extend the Sonos Playlist name character limit from 20 to 50
  3. Have the new 5.0 option Universal Search include "Contributing Artists"
  4. Eliminate the barrier of 65,000 music library items
  5. Display scrolling long track and album names on controller apps
Thank you.
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    Prodigy II
    October 25, 2016
    Five ideas / suggestions / wishes:
    1. Make Sonos Playlists exportable, importable and editable
    2. Extend the Sonos Playlist name character limit from 20 to 50
    3. Have the new 5.0 option Universal Search include "Contributing Artists"
    4. Eliminate the barrier of 65,000 music library items
    5. Display scrolling long track and album names on controller apps
    Thank you.


    comments on your suggestions.

    1. Can't and won't work. Controllers tell speakers what to do. That's all. The file location information is stored on the speaker. Rule: if you have two (or more) lists, one ( or more) will always be wrong.
    2. Why? Asking for something with no reason doesn't make sense. Why is 20 characters not enough.
    3. Contributing artists? Mmm. Maybe doable but how much value is that? Is this artist on compilations?
    4. Not doable. Constrained by memory on earlier models - info is stored in the speakers NOT the controller. Sonos supports all its products and can't make speakers incompatible with each other e.g. you have a mix of old speakers and new speakers.
    5. Not doable. The track metadata is character limited within the 65,000 limit.

    So while you are disappointed with Sonos' response there is only one that may be doable.
    jgatie
    October 25, 2016
    I'm not sure 5 is impossible. All the poster is asking for is scrolling of names on the controller, not increasing the length. Then again, in the two years since this thread was created, the OP has gone far beyond requesting new ideas and has instead become our resident social justice warrior battling against Sonos' draconian customer relations policies. He knows the answers/reasons for not getting his pet projects implemented; his requests have been answered dozens of times before by users and Sonos employees alike. At this point he merely seems to delight in getting Sonos representatives to dance like monkeys to his oft repeated tune.