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What to do with Sonos setup now?


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The old Sonos driver has finally begun to give up the ghost for me, now that it no longer supports Pandora.  I am trying to understand what the options are going forward, whether it is with the new endorsed driver or some other solution.  I could use some advice and some clarifications from the experts.

Right now, I have 10 audio zones.  I have no matrix amp, because (I think) the Sonos network acts kinda like the matrix amp.  Is that the correct interpretation?  Currently, it would be a huge pain to run speaker wires to all 10 zones from one or two central locations in the house.  So, I assume it would correspondingly be a huge pain to switch over to a C4 matrix amp, because I would need to run speaker wires in that fashion -- is that also correct?  

If so, let's assume I grit my teeth and stick with Sonos network as the "matrix," along with the new endorsed driver.  Is it possible to configure the system so that I can use C4's Pandora and Tidal drivers to browse music from inside a C4 Touch Screen? Or is this categorically impossible without running speaker wires everywhere?  If it's possible, what (roughly) is the setup I should be asking my dealer for?  

If anyone else has other thoughts or advice for how to get through the tragic demise of my old driver, that would be welcome.  :)

Thanks!

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4 minutes ago, msgreenf said:

Use the new Sonos driver and play app swapping?

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yup...

one big issue is that the new driver and API made by sonos does not allow for 3rd party integrators to select the audio input of a connect preamp programatically so you may be able to connect a controller to a zone player and que up something in c4 but there is no way in c4 to route through the sonos net to a desired zone. You can dedicate certain c4 controllers connected to certain zone players and use the sono's auto on when the audio input sees a signal but that is a hackjob for sure that will yield a headache

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Ok, sad news, but very helpful to know.

I have a couple of scripts that launch a Pandora station programmatically in a couple of rooms.  If I add that station to my Sonos favorites, will I still be able to call it from a script, using the new endorsed driver?  

Same question for announcements: if I add the announcement file to favorites, can I play it programmatically in the room(s) of my choice?

Thanks

 

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