Cannot Update Music Library On Sonos

NAS and Sonos

1. Cannot Update Music Library On Sonos
2. Cannot Update Music Library On Sonos Speakers
3. Cannot Update Music Library On Sonos Speaker
4. Cannot Update Music Library On Sonos Wireless

Update 2021

The Sonos 5 worked 'out of the box' on other Windows 10 machines on the network. The Sonos app on the offending PC can see and see within the Music folder but will not add the contents to the Sonos music library - reports 'The Computer is not responding' The Sonos controller app on the offending PC works the Play 5 normally in all other respects. Plex has today announced the launch of ‘Plex for Sonos’ streaming service, which allows you to browse and play your entire Plex music library on any Sonos device using the Sonos app. Ups %27power backup for mac. Plex now lets you connect to any Sonos system wirelessly, giving you full access to every one of your songs, playlists, and music libraries on your Plex media server. Double click on the downloaded file. Follow the prompts to finish installing the app. Depending on what type of system you have, the prompts you see might vary slightly. On Mac, you'll likely have to click Agree and drag the application into your applications folder. On PC, you'll need to click Agree to continue.

There is now a simpler way to use Sonos speakers with a Brennan - details here.
NAS stands for Network Attached Storage - that basically means that the music on the Brennan B2 hard disk can be seen by other devices on the same network.
The main benefit is that you can combine Brennan with Sonos.
To Enable NAS

Settings->Maintenance->Start NAS

You only have to do it once.

Using with Windows

Not very exciting but useful - skip this if you just want to use with Sonos. Some owners back up their B2s this way.
Start Windows Explorer
Click on the Network tab on the left.
It may take a while at first but you will see BRENNANB2 like this
When you click on BRENNANB2 the first time you will need a user and password as follows.
User: root

Cannot Update Music Library On Sonos

Password: brennan
You will then see the music folder on the brennan - you can treat it like any other folder on the PC.
If you add music to the B2 then you need to do Settings->Scan Disk for the B2 to be aware.
If you delete or rename existing music then you should also restart the B2 then do Scan Disk.
NB Some B2 owners tell me you can simply type //192.168.0.4/music (substitute your IP address) into Windows File Explorer - saves it having to scan the network.

Using with Sonos

This assumes you have a working Sonos system on the same network as the Brennan.
You need to add the B2 to the Sonos Music Library
Launch the Sonos program then click on Manage->Music Library Settings..

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Click on Add then select the NAS option.
Set the path to the Brennan B2 music folder. You can use Browse - you will find it under the network folder.

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Click on the music folder. Or type the path directly as below.
Although the examples shown by Sonos is asking you to enter BRENNANB2music it appears it does need to be //BRENNANB2/music i.e. forward slash. Enter the user and password - “root” and “brennan” respectively - not the quotes

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The Sonos will then spend quite a few minutes a ridiculously long time indexing the Brennan B2 - don’t worry it doesn’t do it every time. Make a cup of coffee. If you have a lot of music make a meal. You can tell its doing something if you listen to the B2 you can hear the hard disk head moving.
You can then find all the music on the B2 under Music Library/Folders.

The music is organised by artist and album - but paradoxically does not appear in the Sonos categories (artist, album, composer, genre etc) this is because B2 does not tag tracks with ID3 tags presently.
You can play music on the B2 to any and all of your Sonos speakers. Add music to the queue and create Sonos playlists. The B2 becomes part of the Sonos system.

iPad NAS App

I found an app for the iPad (and Android) that may be useful.
File explorer from Skyjos lets you use the B2 NAS on your tablet or phone.
To make it work hit + (New Connection) then select NAS and fill out the diaglog like this.

Can I play B2 through my Sonos speakers?

Strictly speaking you don't play the B2 through the Sonos speakers.
Instead the Sonos system plays music it finds on the B2 hard disk.
Software testing book by srinivasan desikan pdf free download. Its an important difference - it means you don't control it from the B2 but from the Sonos app.

But it does mean you can play different pieces of music on different speakers if you wanted.