{"id":10176,"date":"2023-06-14T18:12:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/?p=10176"},"modified":"2023-06-14T18:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T18:12:10","slug":"somafm-on-sonos-integration-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2023\/06\/14\/somafm-on-sonos-integration-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"SomaFM on Sonos integration \u2014 beta"},"content":{"rendered":"
Great email from SomaFM today on setting up their radio stations as a Sonos service. I\u2019ve never found anything better to work to than their Groove Salad<\/a><\/em> station and have been tuning in \u2014 on and off \u2014\u00a0for over twenty years.<\/p>\n

To get set up:<\/p>\n

In the Sonos mobile app, look at “about my system” under Setting->System. Make a note of this.<\/p>\n

Now, add a custom service by opening a web browser to http:\/\/[your sonos IP]:1400\/customsd.htm<\/p>\n

Then fill in the form with the following:<\/p>\n

SID: 255 (or any other number in range 1-253 if you’ve added other custom integrations before)
\nService Name: SomaFM Beta
\nService Endpoint URL: https:\/\/sonos.somafm.com\/
\n(make sure it starts with https:\/\/ or it won’t work)
\nPolling Interval: 10 seconds
\nAuthentication SOAP policy: Anonymous<\/p>\n

Click the ‘Submit’ button. You’ll get acknowledgement that the custom integration was added.<\/p>\n

Now, in your Sonos app, browse the list of available content providers, and ‘SomaFM Beta’ should appear. Add it, and try to play a SomaFM channel. It should start playing without any of the annoying TuneIn ads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It would be even better if the songs scrobbled to Last.FM<\/a> as they played, but I haven\u2019t seen this on any Sonos radio service so far.<\/div>\n

Great email from SomaFM today on setting up their radio stations as a Sonos service. I\u2019ve never found anything better to work to than their Groove Salad station and have been tuning in \u2014 on and off \u2014\u00a0for over twenty years. 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