SONOS and MinimServer

[hooliganshark]

Hi Pierre - I hope you don't mind my commenting again, but am interested in what you are looking to do with Sonos?

Since Sonos is a closed and proprietary system, I think that respectfully, your request has to be put to Sonos.

AFAIK Sonos is set up by design so that no upnp server is ever visible on Sonos controllers. Sonos controls this deliberately and only Sonos could set up the view you are suggesting. I have several upnp/dlna servers running here and none can be seen from Sonos - even though Sonos is visible to them all as a renderer. This is the business model that Sonos has had since before upnp existed - its important to remember that they did get there first! Unfortunately for Sonos, they are now caught between the development of good server software like MinimServer, and cloud music services like Google Play; whilst their hardware controllers are now replaced by free software controllers for tablets. Eventually they might be forced to open their key asset - SonosNet - and then you might get what you are asking for.

Having said that, at this very moment I am using bubbleupnp to control MinimServer and output to my Sonos. The experience is now as good as the Sonos controller - this has not always been the case, and up to now I always felt that Sonos has had the edge on this. For me, MinimServer is eliminating all my old prejudices against upnp - slow to react, slow to update, poor gapless performance and so on. Now it is really smooth. At the same time, bubbleupnp has become very attractive as a user interface. So I would be interested in knowing more why you would make your request?

The Sonos forums are quite active - did you post your request on there? I would be interested to know what you think.