Minimserver compatible replacement for two Sonos Play 5s.

[mightyoakbob]

(31-12-2021 18:51)simbun Wrote:  I have a few Sonos speakers in an S2 system and haven't been forced to update yet. In an S1 system I believe the only updates you'll receive now are security updates, which shouldn't be very often and are quite important so you'll need to check in from time to time.

Oh, that's a shame as my problem with Sonos updates will get me again.

(31-12-2021 18:51)simbun Wrote:  If your speakers natively support the radio station you can simply create a playlist file, which is just a text file with a m3u extension, place it somewhere within your content directory and you'll be able to select a stream from the '[n] playlists' index item that will appear in the MinimServer browse tree.

Sorry to be thick, I'm really not understanding where/what you mean by
"from the '[n] playlists' index item that will appear in the MinimServer browse tree."

I have a folder called playlists on the NAS with playlists in it and that appears in minimserver like the classical folder and the Rock folder but I'm unaware of this tree?

(31-12-2021 18:51)simbun Wrote:  Here's one I've configured for the BBC streams that work natively with Sonos:
[code]#EXTM3U

Thanks for that information - more knowledge is good but unfortunately I'm not a BBC fan - sorry. I would be interested in ClassicFM, Virgin Radio, talkRadio and others, are they available?

(31-12-2021 18:51)simbun Wrote:  If you add additional streams and they don't play directly you'll need MinimStreamer to convert them on the fly for you (or BubbleUPnP server might transcode them for you depending on how you've configured it).

Not without someone telling me what to do. No chance what so ever of me understanding those instructions.

(31-12-2021 18:51)simbun Wrote:  You can also add them directly to BubbleUPnP by:
Go to the playlist tab, click on the three vertical dots at the top right of the screen and select 'How to add Internet Radio'.

I've looked everywhere I can think of for the playlist tab can't find it. What application is this in?

Thanks.
Bob.