samsmoothjazz Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 It's 2023 - still no Apple Music to be found. Current method is to favorite Apple Music playlists in Sonos. I want to be able to shuffle the songs but choosing a playlist with Sonos leaves the existing Queue full of old music which gets thrown in the shuffle. Has anyone found a way to clear the Sonos Queue upon selecting a new playlist? My workaround has been using an iOS app called Soro along with an iOS Shortcut that opens a playlist, clears the Sonos queue and leaves me in the Sonos app for further tweaks. Problem is that this isn't family friendly and can't be done from the C4 Touchscreens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topspin14m Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 It's 2023 - still no Apple Music to be found. Current method is to favorite Apple Music playlists in Sonos. I want to be able to shuffle the songs but choosing a playlist with Sonos leaves the existing Queue full of old music which gets thrown in the shuffle. Has anyone found a way to clear the Sonos Queue upon selecting a new playlist? My workaround has been using an iOS app called Soro along with an iOS Shortcut that opens a playlist, clears the Sonos queue and leaves me in the Sonos app for further tweaks. Problem is that this isn't family friendly and can't be done from the C4 Touchscreens.Unfortunately, Apple Music doesn’t play great with Sonos or C4. You might consider buying a Tidal subscription through Best Buy. It’s $120 a year. Then I really love pairing Roon with C4 and Sonos. Gives you full customization through C4 — you can search for artists, tracks, etc. right on C4 and play through Sonos. The functionality C4/Sonos should have out of the box, and an extra subscription, but it works…Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 I dunno, but am happy with Tidal, Dezeer and Spotify at the moment, I cancelled my Apple Music Sub months ago and am not missing any thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsmoothjazz Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 I already have Tidal but am so entrenched in Apple Music I still prefer it. I'm curious about Roon and C4 - how does that all work and what is the purpose of Roon? - I see they have C4 drivers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topspin14m Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 I already have Tidal but am so entrenched in Apple Music I still prefer it. I'm curious about Roon and C4 - how does that all work and what is the purpose of Roon? - I see they have C4 drivers...Instead of just having playlists in C4 (the way it’s limited with the Sonos driver), you get full search functionality. It’s limited to your own mp3s, Tidal and Qobuz though (no Apple Music option). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 5 hours ago, Topspin14m said: Instead of just having playlists in C4 (the way it’s limited with the Sonos driver), you get full search functionality. It’s limited to your own mp3s, Tidal and Qobuz though (no Apple Music option). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I think Sonos introduced search with their paid radio service, I saw it some where, am happy with BlueOS search capabilities, I switched off Twonkey server and am only using Node 2, super fast with my +25k songs collection! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thepritch88 Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 You could get one of the new Episode Lynk boxes, it will add airplay 2 to your system so you can add it to the home app on your phone and use siri to control the music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topspin14m Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 You could get one of the new Episode Lynk boxes, it will add airplay 2 to your system so you can add it to the home app on your phone and use siri to control the music If he has newer Sonos, he has airplay 2 already. It’s just the control4 link that is the issue. If it’s older, it may not work with the Lynk boxes…depends on whether it has an input, I assume. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanITman Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 3:31 PM, Topspin14m said: Unfortunately, Apple Music doesn’t play great with Sonos or C4. You might consider buying a Tidal subscription through Best Buy. It’s $120 a year. Then I really love pairing Roon with C4 and Sonos. Gives you full customization through C4 — you can search for artists, tracks, etc. right on C4 and play through Sonos. The functionality C4/Sonos should have out of the box, and an extra subscription, but it works… Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Apple Music works great with Sonos. It’s one of the few speakers that integrates with Apple. You also get airplay 2 with Sonos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 It's the only one to integrate w apple music. Should tell you something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control4Savant Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 hour ago, msgreenf said: It's the only one to integrate w apple music. Should tell you something For now.. cnicholson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msgreenf Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 40 minutes ago, Control4Savant said: For now.. Since then beginning of the service... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Leeds UK Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 On 2/4/2023 at 7:46 PM, samsmoothjazz said: It's 2023 - still no Apple Music to be found. Current method is to favorite Apple Music playlists in Sonos. I want to be able to shuffle the songs but choosing a playlist with Sonos leaves the existing Queue full of old music which gets thrown in the shuffle. Has anyone found a way to clear the Sonos Queue upon selecting a new playlist? My workaround has been using an iOS app called Soro along with an iOS Shortcut that opens a playlist, clears the Sonos queue and leaves me in the Sonos app for further tweaks. Problem is that this isn't family friendly and can't be done from the C4 Touchscreens. have you tried connecting your Sonos to Alexa and control your playlist that way ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amr Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/9/2023 at 9:27 AM, Gary Leeds UK said: have you tried connecting your Sonos to Alexa and control your playlist that way ? Apple Music is already integrated to Alexa as a music source, but I think all need a direct native integration within C4 UI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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