g8rfn2 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Just trying to have some simple buttons to switch between different playlists. My setup is: Sonos Connect setup to pull playlists from google play music. Distributed to ceiling speakers in various rooms throughout house via control4 audio switch. I have 1 custom button in the master bath (for example), that then has 2 options (his and hers playlists). If I MANUALLY clear the queue, and start fresh with one or the other... works fine. If I run hers, but then turn the room off, then come back and turn mine on... It just mixes some of my music into the queue along w hers? What am I doing wrong? I dont see a way to programmatically clear the queue on the Sonos first. Is that even possible? Seems like when I select a sonos playlist it should overwrite the queue? When you do it in the app though, it does give u a "this will clear the current queue" popup. Is that why it doesn't work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-defunct- Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 That's how the Sonos driver implementation works from what I've seen and heard. Best to use two apps since every selection does not clear/replace the queue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rfn2 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Sending STOP first doesnt fix it either. Such a HORRIBLE implementation. Who would want to "mix-in" songs as the default option???? I can see it as a feature... but not the default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rfn2 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 How do I contact Control4 to ask for a feature request in Composer? Either a "replace queue" conditional when selecting a new playlist, OR a "clear cue" stand alone command sent before selecting the new playlist. From other 3rd party control forums... it seems both of these methods are possible. I think I have a much better shot of getting C4 to help than I do of getting Sonos to change the default behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-defunct- Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 I'm assuming you're not a dealer by asking how to contact C4. In that case, you would contact your dealer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rfn2 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Looks like there was a HUGE uproar on the Sonos forums 2 years ago when the devs were debating which way to handle this. needless to say, "Mixing in" won. I've reached out to one of the dealers on here to see if he can help me route a feature request to the Composer team. Fingers crossed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 52 minutes ago, g8rfn2 said: I've reached out to one of the dealers on here to see if he can help me route a feature request to the Composer team. Fingers crossed. Just FYI: AFAIK the C4 driver is using any and all features available in the API - there may be nothing C4 can do beyond passing it on to Sonos. Doesn't mean it doesn't hurt to try of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rfn2 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 When u control Sonos directly from google play app (or youtube music), it overwrites the queue as you would expect. So, there has to be a way to do it in the API. Though... I do agree it's likely going to be an uphill ask either way, just not because it "can't" be done. C4 wants u to buy their hardware, and sonos wants u to use their native controls. It's what makes this whole world so frustrating for us end consumers. We just want the things we have accumulated over the last 10 years to all work decently together. Not perfect mind you... just decent. Stuff like this makes me crazy! C4 does a better job than most. That I can give them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rfn2 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 This is one example of what leads me to believe it's possible: https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/api-to-manage-the-sonos-music-lists-6790067 There are a few more that mention it... but nobody ever really confirms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 2 minutes ago, g8rfn2 said: So, there has to be a way to do it in the API. Not at all. At least not based on that - Google is controlling Google - not Sonos in your example. In other words, Google is changing the stream on IT's end, whereas 3rd party needs to tell Sonos to do something as an intermediary. 3 minutes ago, g8rfn2 said: This is one example of what leads me to believe it's possible: https://en.community.sonos.com/controllers-software-228995/api-to-manage-the-sonos-music-lists-6790067 That looks like an old version, as AFAIK uPnP is the old interface that was blocked off - but other would know better than me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rfn2 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 Then I should maybe change my argument to ask them to support Google Play / Youtube Music natively instead? I was saving that one for next month. LOL Sigh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-defunct- Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 3 minutes ago, g8rfn2 said: Then I should maybe change my argument to ask them to support Google Play / Youtube Music natively instead? I was saving that one for next month. LOL Sigh... Might be a better route. I don't see anything related to clearing a queue in here: https://musicpartners.sonos.com/?q=docs I see some code to add/delete favorites and remove stuff from a playlist. As well as play all and shuffle all is mentioned, but nothing about replace or clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rfn2 Posted June 25, 2019 Author Share Posted June 25, 2019 https://duncan3dc.github.io/sonos/controllers/queue/ All these must be old, then? Gotta be honest, it makes me even MORE frustrated that you used to be able to do it... and now u just can't. smh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-defunct- Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 Maybe it still is in the API? That Github project looks current. Unless that Github project is using a mix of the old Sonos API and the new Sonos API. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mstafford388 Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 13 hours ago, g8rfn2 said: Then I should maybe change my argument to ask them to support Google Play / Youtube Music natively instead? I was saving that one for next month. LOL Sigh... Please do but reroute that request to google. C4 isn't the hang up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexabyte Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 13 hours ago, Dunamivora said: Maybe it still is in the API? That Github project looks current. Unless that Github project is using a mix of the old Sonos API and the new Sonos API. Just looked at source it's using the AVTransport service. I'm not sure which of the UPnP services are still supported, but at first glance it looks like it's still a MediaRenderer.https://github.com/duncan3dc/sonos/blob/master/src/Queue.php Also, the SMAPI isn't really locked down to Sonos, at least it wasn't last I checked. They made a general interface that Music Services were to adhere to. It's how I made the Songza driver back in the day integrated into Control4. I would imagine it's still possible to integrate some music services directly into Control4 using the SMAPI even now.https://musicpartners.sonos.com/node/71#toc0 turls and -defunct- 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyknight Posted June 25, 2019 Share Posted June 25, 2019 14 hours ago, g8rfn2 said: https://duncan3dc.github.io/sonos/controllers/queue/ All these must be old, then? Gotta be honest, it makes me even MORE frustrated that you used to be able to do it... and now u just can't. smh Oh lots of people share that thought - Sonos locked down what could be done (officially) and is more or less forcing partners to stick to the 'program', but a LOT was lost when that happened, and little has been regained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rfn2 Posted June 27, 2019 Author Share Posted June 27, 2019 Well, I genuinely tried to even get to the right people at Google to make this request, but after 52 minutes of tail chasing... I am giving up. I *DID* however get something posted to Sonos, who generally seem to be pretty good about responding. So, we'll see what they say about bringing back the option from the dead. The thread is here for anyone who wants to pile on: https://en.community.sonos.com/smart-home-integrations-229108/api-feature-request-queue-control-6827158 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdepaola Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Are we talking about a playlist you've made from your own music, ie music on a NAS, or a streaming service playlist? If I'm playing my Spotify playlist and switch to my wifes it stops playing mine and starts playing hers, there is no mixing what so ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsmoothjazz Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 Is there any progress on this? - whenever I choose any playlist - I just want to clear the existing queue first because if I have shuffle on for the playlist - it now just keeps adding the contents of each playlist or favorite to the existing queue which makes a huge mess. Is there really no option to clear the queue from the Control4 app or touchscreen??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-defunct- Posted November 9, 2019 Share Posted November 9, 2019 8 minutes ago, samsmoothjazz said: Is there any progress on this? - whenever I choose any playlist - I just want to clear the existing queue first because if I have shuffle on for the playlist - it now just keeps adding the contents of each playlist or favorite to the existing queue which makes a huge mess. Is there really no option to clear the queue from the Control4 app or touchscreen??? Correct, there isn't. I've heard it's Sonos' fault since they did not include it in their API. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbones Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 Dragging up this old thread because I discovered this little tidbit in the Sonos API documentation: Quote Sonos players support queue actions to determine how to load content into the queue. Set queue actions in the loadFavorite and loadPlaylist commands.Set the queueAction to one of the values below Set the queueAction to REPLACE to replace all the tracks in the shared queue with the new tracks. This looks like exactly what we are after. Would love to know more details, if this is possible to add to C4 driver? If Control4 is updating their Sonos driver? Or if anyone has the ability to to write a custom driver using this?https://developer.sonos.com/reference/types/queueaction/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbones Posted February 21, 2021 Share Posted February 21, 2021 @g8rfn2 I thought you would have been ecstatic to hear this news, especially after all the work you did in the Sonos forums. Still hoping C4 can integrate this into their driver, or perhaps a 3rd party dev wants to create a button, or driver, or something, to specifically add queue clearing capability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g8rfn2 Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 I somehow missed this from 2 years ago... So, anyone know how we convince C4 to put this functionality into Composer HE so we can actually use it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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