Sonospy is a music server for Sonos that allows you overcome the 65,000 local track limit and also offers various customisation options.
Installation
Install the sonospy-gitAUR package.
Configuration
Sonospy is controlled by a set of configuration files, which contain comments and example setup:
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/etc/sonospy/sonospy.confcontains the systemctl service parameters -
/opt/sonospy/data/scan.iniconfigures the sonospy file scanner -
/opt/sonospy/data/pycpoint.iniis the main server ini -
/opt/sonospy/data/defaultindex.iniis the default userindex ini -
/opt/sonospy/data/userindex.iniis the customisable userindex ini
sonospy.conf
Key fields:
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SERVICE: Controls the service name displayed in Sonos -
Music Path: Sets the path to the music library
Note:
Sonos_db and Sonos_ini are symlinked from /opt/sonospy/data to /opt/sonospy/app/sonospy so the application functions. If these are modified, then the equivalently named files should be available in /opt/sonospy/app/sonospy.
This was introduced to comply with arch packaging standards and is not part of the source program.Sonospy ini files
scan.inipycpoint.inidefaultindex.iniuserindex.ini
Details can be found in the files and examples can be found in /opt/sonospy/app/sonospy
Note: The data files are all symlinked to
/opt/sonospy/app/sonospy
Usage
Sonospy has two services:
- A file scanner to catalogue the music and extract the metadata (sonospy-scan)
- A music server for Sonos (sonospy)
sonospy-scan
Enable and start sonospy-scan.timer. This is set to run a daily scan to check for updates to the music library
sonospy
Enable and start sonospy.service.