x-file-cifs and tts streaming

[patrickharris]

I can play mp3 files fine by the track pointing to the mp3 file, and having it served up by apache, i.e. "http://192.168168... etc ... /path_to_file.mp3". However, I can't get the x-file-cifs working. I've tried from my NAS (which supports upnp/dlna), and from my mac (using sony ps3, and eyeConnect servers). If I use BubbleUpnp from an android phone, I can stream no problem from the servers. So I'm assuming I just don't know how to structure the url properly for the sonos to work.

If it's working via http and apache, maybe I don't need to worry about x-file-cifs?

[duncan3dc]

If your NAS is running unix then you'll need Samba running on it to access the files using CIFS.

I did find a couple of quirks with Sonos and CIFS:

• It insisted on the hostname to be all uppercase
• The directories and filenames needed to be url-encoded
• The slash directory separates should not be url-encoded

An example path would be something like x-file-cifs://HOSTNAME/sharename/artist/album/01%20-%20Song.mp3

I achieve this in my code like so:

$filename = "artist/album/01 - Song.mp3";

$parts = explode("/", $filename);
$parts = array_map("rawurlencode", $parts);
$track = "x-file-cifs://HOSTNAME/sharename/" . implode("/", $parts);

Does that help?

[889laurent]

it works in my house when i add the url of directory in the music library of the Sonos app .

[patrickharris]

Thanks guys for that help. I changed the hostname to uppercase, and got a new message 'file could not be found'. I added the folder via the sonos software on the computer, but even trying to play the mp3 file via the library on the computer got the same error message. Tomorrow I'll reboot everything and see if that makes any difference. If I can't get it going, I'll just use the path to the file via apache, because that works for me fine.

[duncan3dc]

Ok, sorry I couldn't be of more help

[patrickharris]

I rebooted all the network devices today, and now suddenly it works! Thanks guys for your help.