Cheapy cheap music store ideas for Sonos
Discussion
I gave my mother a Sonos which she has rather taken to so I'm looking for an idea for storing her music on that's accessible to the Sonos.
We're talking maybe 30GB max requirement.
I have an old iPhone SE. Still fires up, no network contract but will attach to the WiFi. If I install the Sonos app onto that and declare it as the music library, can you see any reason why that wouldn't work and be accessible from her own iPhone and iPad?
We're talking maybe 30GB max requirement.
I have an old iPhone SE. Still fires up, no network contract but will attach to the WiFi. If I install the Sonos app onto that and declare it as the music library, can you see any reason why that wouldn't work and be accessible from her own iPhone and iPad?
xeny said:
If it doesn't work, other cheap/free options I can think of is free tier Spotify, or a Pi Zero 2W with a suitable sized SD card.
Ooh, thanks. I'm charging the iPhone at the moment - will try it once it restarts but thanks... I have a Pi Zero 2W if that fails. Got to try and find that somewhere. They do specific NAS software for them too, I recall. 
Update - the iPhone SE (original) didn't work. Although the OS updated, it only did so to V15 and the Sonos app, from within which you are to nominate the location of the Music Library, wouldn't allow it because the OS wasn't the latest version.
Honestly... WTF does it matter? It's not as if being able to select a location on the phone's internal storage is only possible with the latest version of the OS. Really pisses me off but I don't know whether to blame Sonos or Apple.
Anyway, back to the RPi idea.
Honestly... WTF does it matter? It's not as if being able to select a location on the phone's internal storage is only possible with the latest version of the OS. Really pisses me off but I don't know whether to blame Sonos or Apple.
Anyway, back to the RPi idea.
Griffith4ever said:
Unlikely with Telecom supplied routers. They wan't you doign the bare minimum with them to make support easy.
It's Sonos, not apple, btw. Sonos can suck my hairy....
Yes, it is Sonos in this case. The iPhone is still receiving updates although only to iOS15 but it picked up one this morning.It's Sonos, not apple, btw. Sonos can suck my hairy....
Sonos even says the S2 software is supported on older versions of iOS that this and mentions nothing of it having limited functionality. Very frustrating but as you indicate, they are a bunch of tossers. I wish I had never bought into their products but kinda stuck with them now.
Take a look at iBroadcast. It's an online music storage platform where you can upload all your music, so no additional hardware needed, and is free.
It also links with Sonos, either via it's own app, or by going into the Sonos app and setting it as your music library.
https://www.ibroadcast.com/home/
It also links with Sonos, either via it's own app, or by going into the Sonos app and setting it as your music library.
https://www.ibroadcast.com/home/
I currently have an offline music library stored on an external SSD plugged into my Mac Mini, and that is set up as a music server readable by my Sonos system. Works pretty flawlessly (the Mac is always on so that undoubtedly helps).
I previously had Sonos to read the music library stored on an inexpensive second hand Synology NAS, which again was left on all the time - sometimes glitched a little when asking Sonos to play something as the disk would spin down and park after a while of non-use, so you'd have to try it a couple of times before it woke up again.
Probably not helpful if all you have/want is another iOS device on the network containing the music library, but thought I'd share.
I previously had Sonos to read the music library stored on an inexpensive second hand Synology NAS, which again was left on all the time - sometimes glitched a little when asking Sonos to play something as the disk would spin down and park after a while of non-use, so you'd have to try it a couple of times before it woke up again.
Probably not helpful if all you have/want is another iOS device on the network containing the music library, but thought I'd share.
Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff