georgetv Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 I want to get the doorbell and other announcements to play thru my sonos system. i have wireless speakers and its much more flexible than the zones i have thru my C4. how can this be done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy.trochez Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 It cannot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggzlot Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 Possible to save a doorbell sound as a favorite and play a favorite off a doorbell ring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic30101 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 46 minutes ago, eggzlot said: Possible to save a doorbell sound as a favorite and play a favorite off a doorbell ring? Havent tried but have heard of people doing this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil12011 Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 2 hours ago, eggzlot said: Possible to save a doorbell sound as a favorite and play a favorite off a doorbell ring? This is about the only way. It USED to be quite easy, and with Alan's advanced announcement driver, was pretty powerful. This was how my announcements fired in various rooms. This was before the "endorsed" sonos driver crept in however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unsocialtoaster Posted August 17, 2018 Share Posted August 17, 2018 You could take an audio out from a C4 processor into an audio in on a Sonos unit (Connect, Connect Amp or Play 5), then set the Sonos to autoplay the line-in in the rooms you would like the announcement to play. The big issue with this method is that the Sonos will not remember what it was doing before the announcement plays, so once the announcement has finished you will need to start the Sonos playing again manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyPhy Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 The Sonos API now supports announcements. I'm assuming C4 will be able to utilize this feature in the not-too-distant future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 On 8/17/2018 at 2:25 AM, sonic30101 said: Havent tried but have heard of people doing this We used to do this before we got a DS2 ~ worked every time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhyPhy Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 On 9/8/2018 at 10:27 PM, WhyPhy said: The Sonos API now supports announcements. I'm assuming C4 will be able to utilize this feature in the not-too-distant future. Has anyone tried Announcements with the new Sonos Amp and API? Is the feature in the Sonos Driver for C4 yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, WhyPhy said: Has anyone tried Announcements with the new Sonos Amp and API? Is the feature in the Sonos Driver for C4 yet? dont believe the driver has been updated. I did use the old sonos driver announcement feature last Halloween with no issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxr Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Any update on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerjim Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 I'm trying to figure out how to do the same thing. I want Control4 to play announcements over my Sonos speakers. Is this possible yet? If so, can someone walk me through it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustyloafer Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 From version 95 of the Sonos (Endorsed) driver. As you can see will only work with newer devices that support this feature. Announcements Starting with driver version 94, the Sonos Network driver exposes a new programming feature “Play Audio Clip”. This can be used to play either a default chime or a custom URL on supported Sonos players. As of version 94, this list is: Sonos One, Amp, Port, Play:5 (gen 2), Beam, One SL, Move, SYMFONISK table lamp with WiFi and SYMFONISK WiFi bookshelf speakers. The audio clip will only be played on the selected player, and the current audio playing (if any) will be ducked while the clip is playing back. If more than one player should play back the audio clip, a command should be created for each of those players in programming. Matt Lowe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Crustyloafer said: From version 95 of the Sonos (Endorsed) driver. As you can see will only work with newer devices that support this feature. Announcements Starting with driver version 94, the Sonos Network driver exposes a new programming feature “Play Audio Clip”. This can be used to play either a default chime or a custom URL on supported Sonos players. As of version 94, this list is: Sonos One, Amp, Port, Play:5 (gen 2), Beam, One SL, Move, SYMFONISK table lamp with WiFi and SYMFONISK WiFi bookshelf speakers. The audio clip will only be played on the selected player, and the current audio playing (if any) will be ducked while the clip is playing back. If more than one player should play back the audio clip, a command should be created for each of those players in programming. Havent had a chance to see how it works if any one wants to post a screen shot of the programming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustyloafer Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Me neither, I don’t have any compatible devices at home or in the office. We rarely do any Sonos at work as we tend to stick to native C4 audio or use Bluesound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 15 hours ago, tinkerjim said: I'm trying to figure out how to do the same thing. I want Control4 to play announcements over my Sonos speakers. Is this possible yet? If so, can someone walk me through it? Yes on newer Hardware from Sonos - You go into the Sonos Network Driver - Select Room and clip to play Its at the Bottom of Commands Saying all that I`m struggling to get this to work !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crustyloafer Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 7 hours ago, Gary Leeds UK said: Saying all that I`m struggling to get this to work !! That's because Sonos is shit. msgreenf, KWD and Cart 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 That`s a bit harsh, C4 instructions are a bit low on detail !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLite Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Hi @Gary Leeds UK : I managed to get the new announcements code working after some wrestling. Here were my steps: 1. Upload an mp3 file of the announcements to the Controller. I first created a new (dummy) item in the C4 announcements agent, and then clicked "add" to add the mp3 file. The new file then showed up as an option in the announcements agent. 2. In the Sonos Network driver, choose "Play Audio Clip" and then the Sonos Room. You can then put in whatever dummy name you like in the name field. Finally, I inserted a URL to the filename on the controller. This is of the form, http://[Controller IP address]/announcements/[File name]. So, for instance, if your C4 controller is at 192.168.0.20, and the file name is Gary's awesome announcement.mp3, you would enter the following URL, http://192.168.0.20/announcements/Gary's awesome announcement.mp3. (I am not sure if the file name is case-sensitive, but I was careful to match the case showing up in the file name list within the announcements agent in case it matters.) Finally, my queue will no longer be junked up every time I call an announcement from the favorites list. I am so happy! Let me know if this helps you. JR2, MountainSound, Gary Leeds UK and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdougray Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 On 2/16/2020 at 4:55 PM, Crustyloafer said: That's because Sonos is shit. Not a fan then!! Gary Leeds UK 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Lowe Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 1 hour ago, DLite said: Hi @Gary Leeds UK : I managed to get the new announcements code working after some wrestling. Here were my steps: 1. Upload an mp3 file of the announcements to the Controller. I first created a new (dummy) item in the C4 announcements agent, and then clicked "add" to add the mp3 file. The new file then showed up as an option in the announcements agent. 2. In the Sonos Network driver, choose "Play Audio Clip" and then the Sonos Room. You can then put in whatever dummy name you like in the name field. Finally, I inserted a URL to the filename on the controller. This is of the form, http://[Controller IP address]/announcements/[File name]. So, for instance, if your C4 controller is at 192.168.0.20, and the file name is Gary's awesome announcement.mp3, you would enter the following URL, http://192.168.0.20/announcements/Gary's awesome announcement.mp3. (I am not sure if the file name is case-sensitive, but I was careful to match the case showing up in the file name list within the announcements agent in case it matters.) Finally, my queue will no longer be junked up every time I call an announcement from the favorites list. I am so happy! Let me know if this helps you. As expected its fairly similar how it was done before with the Extra Vegetables driver. Assuming it works the same its a great announcement feature and worked flawlessly for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLite Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 So far, it is working well for me. I like how it handles announcements made while music is already playing -- it ducks the volume of what's playing, plays the announcement file at normal volume (rather than the ducked volume), and then resumes the volume of the music that was playing. I suppose you could still pause before the announcement and unpause after, if you wanted to match the old Extra Vegetables functionality, but I kind of like the volume ducking approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 21 hours ago, DLite said: Hi @Gary Leeds UK : I managed to get the new announcements code working after some wrestling. Here were my steps: 1. Upload an mp3 file of the announcements to the Controller. I first created a new (dummy) item in the C4 announcements agent, and then clicked "add" to add the mp3 file. The new file then showed up as an option in the announcements agent. 2. In the Sonos Network driver, choose "Play Audio Clip" and then the Sonos Room. You can then put in whatever dummy name you like in the name field. Finally, I inserted a URL to the filename on the controller. This is of the form, http://[Controller IP address]/announcements/[File name]. So, for instance, if your C4 controller is at 192.168.0.20, and the file name is Gary's awesome announcement.mp3, you would enter the following URL, http://192.168.0.20/announcements/Gary's awesome announcement.mp3. (I am not sure if the file name is case-sensitive, but I was careful to match the case showing up in the file name list within the announcements agent in case it matters.) Finally, my queue will no longer be junked up every time I call an announcement from the favorites list. I am so happy! Let me know if this helps you. I so Love You - All sorted works like a dream DLite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J to the D Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 On 2/17/2020 at 8:17 PM, DLite said: Hi @Gary Leeds UK : I managed to get the new announcements code working after some wrestling. Here were my steps: 1. Upload an mp3 file of the announcements to the Controller. I first created a new (dummy) item in the C4 announcements agent, and then clicked "add" to add the mp3 file. The new file then showed up as an option in the announcements agent. 2. In the Sonos Network driver, choose "Play Audio Clip" and then the Sonos Room. You can then put in whatever dummy name you like in the name field. Finally, I inserted a URL to the filename on the controller. This is of the form, http://[Controller IP address]/announcements/[File name]. So, for instance, if your C4 controller is at 192.168.0.20, and the file name is Gary's awesome announcement.mp3, you would enter the following URL, http://192.168.0.20/announcements/Gary's awesome announcement.mp3. (I am not sure if the file name is case-sensitive, but I was careful to match the case showing up in the file name list within the announcements agent in case it matters.) Finally, my queue will no longer be junked up every time I call an announcement from the favorites list. I am so happy! Let me know if this helps you. Is anyone able to help me here? When I look at the Sonos network driver I don’t have any information on “Play Audio Clip”. All I have under properties is the driver version and debug mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 What version are you on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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