Play Sonos Favorite (not Playlist)
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So I understand that in order to play a playlist on Sonos it needs to specifically be a "Sonos Playlist". And I understand and can confirm that the current Sonos mobile app doesn't allow for the creation of a Sonos Playlist but the Mac client app does. That's all clear (even with the Sonos debacle).
My question is specifically about Sonos Favorites. Within the Flic app I only see an option to select Sonos Playlists. I'm suggesting Flic adds the feature to select Sonos Favorites. I understand capabilities are limited to what Sonos exposes. I currently see that within IFTTT I can create an applet that allows me to choose a Sonos Favorite (it even groups the favorites by Sonos household), so it seems that Sonos does make their Favorites available.
And if I've somehow missed how to have Flic show my available Sonos Favorites, please point me in the right direction. Thanks.
(And you might ask, if I can do it within IFTTT then why not just use that integration instead of using Sonos directly via Flic. Well, 3 reasons - 1 fewer hops is better, 2 - IFTTT response time to play the Favorite has a delay, 3 - IFTTT doesn't have a Play Toggle option for the action. This is the most important reason. Within Flic, I can have a single Push function for both Play and Stop. If I use IFTTT I would need to have a single Push for Play and a double Push for Stop. So I lose one of the valuable functions of the Flic button.)
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@Emil the Sonos API method: https://docs.sonos.com/reference/favorites-getfavorites-householdid
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@Emil
Absolutely agreed!
I am just now investigating usefulness of the flic twist. My primary use case would be as a remote control for my Sonos Playbar which is mounted too high to reach on my kitchen wall. I’d like to use the buttons available to select radio stations from Sonos favourites and to control the volume - what a great remote control it would make! -
@mx5_94 Seems like a very powerful option. We'll definitely implement that!
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@Emil Well, interestingly enough, Sonos Favorites can include anything - a playlist, a station, an artist, etc..., and from any source. So if within the Sonos app you add a pandora station or a Spotify playlist, for example, as a Sonos Favorite you would presumably be able to play it directly via Flic (as you can in IFTTT). So you're not just limited to playlists, but anything in Sonos Favorites. No need to convert a Spotify playlist to a Sonos playlist just to see in Flic. Just mark it as a Sonos Favorite. So I'm not against Sonos playlists, they're just currently being used inefficiently when there's a simpler, more robust way that would also include additional music sources.
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@mx5_94 thanks for the feedback. I assume you think it's more convenient to use sonos favourites over sonos playlists?
