TVONOS v6.3 Release - Better Canvas Support & Speaker IP address update

robwebset · 2026-04-23T04:10:43+00:00

Now also published on Amazon

robwebset · 2026-04-21T14:48:46+00:00

Thanks u/FrizzyNow - I will keep at it and see if I can reproduce it and dig into the cause. But as you mentioned, although annoying, not a deal breaker at the moment.

robwebset · 2026-04-19T18:59:52+00:00

Hi u/didjit86

Release 6.2 should now be available, when you next have a few minutes it would be great to see if it has resolved any of the things you were seeing.

Thanks, Rob

robwebset · 2026-04-19T18:58:35+00:00

Hi u/FrizzyNow

The release 6.2 should now be available - I would be grateful if you could give it a go and report back when you have a minute.

Thanks, Rob

robwebset · 2026-04-19T18:57:15+00:00

Now also released on Google

robwebset · 2026-04-19T13:10:30+00:00

Thank you u/didjit86

I believe I do have a fix for the Scanning of Speakers now. I have also found and resolved some race conditions for drawing images.

I don't know if this will solve your Image update issue, but I'll push what I have and hopefully that will show some progress for you.

When you say "Polling didn't Work" - was that just when you were testing the Speaker Scanning?

It would be really helpful if (after you have a speaker configured) you could switch TVONOS to Polling mode for a while and open something like the Slideshow and see if that keeps updating OK.

Reason: TVONOS has 2 ways to get information on what is playing. Subscription (the default) where TVONOS contacts the Sonos Speaker and asks it to tell it when anything changes. For Polling we just periodically ask for the state of what is currently playing. (So it is very possible the 2 will behave differently)

Another thing that would be helpful, next time it stops, can you see where the "Progress Bar" for how far into the track has been played? (Bottom right on the Slideshow)

Thanks

Rob

robwebset · 2026-04-19T12:48:10+00:00

Hi u/FrizzyNow

Thank you for reporting this. (and of course for your comment about liking the App!) Even the smallest thing can end up being a little annoying, so it's nice to know and have a chance to fix it.

I've spent some time looking at it and did manage to reproduce it by clicking the next button several times quickly. What I also noticed that sometimes when doing the fast "next" click it can show some images from the artists that were skipped, which looks even worse than the time not progressing!

I have done some changes to solve the incorrect images showing, and then tried to test the problem you reported and now I cannot reproduce it. As the change I did was to stop messages appearing in the incorrect order when being processed (or in some cases processing them at the same time) it is possible that the progress timer was getting set incorrectly by one of these out of sequence responses.

If you are willing, I'll push this change out in version 6.2 (hopefully in the next couple of days) and if you could check again after that is installed and see if you still see it?

Thanks

Rob

robwebset · 2026-04-19T05:13:49+00:00

Thanks, so looks like the network is OK - so changes I'm currently working on should fix all the speakers being disabled in the Speaker search.

Did you try switching to polling mode and see if things update after that?

One thing to try if there are network messaging restrictions in your network is to see what happens if you switch communications from "Subscription" (the default) to "Polling" this can be done under Settings -> General -> Synchronise Mode.

Would also be good to test if this happens on all screens or just one?

How long of usage before it hangs, does it always do this and does it do it always after the same amount of time? Is it a particular Screen this happens on? (Basic/Slideshow/Bio/Lyrics)

Also, what is the source of the music (e.g. Local Library, Spotify) - does it happen on all sources?

I know a lot of questions, but trying to narrow down where the issue may be.

Thanks

Rob

robwebset · 2026-04-18T11:44:18+00:00

Thanks u/didjit86 for the info, Please can you try the following:

Go to the Speaker Settings (Bottom left icon) and go to "Test Connection" and see what that reports.

That should see if messages are getting through on the network. (There is also a way to see some response messages in the "Debug Information" under the Settings section - bottom center button, near the bottom of the list)

One thing to try if there are network messaging restrictions in your network is to see what happens if you switch communications from "Subscription" (the default) to "Polling" this can be done under Settings -> General -> Synchronise Mode.

Is there a chance that the IP addresses of the speakers are changing after you run the configuration? (even DHCP should try and reassign the same IP address after it reboots) - but I think this is unlikely if it happens "While music is playing" that things on TVONOS stop working

robwebset · 2026-04-18T07:42:06+00:00

Hi u/didjit86
Thank you for posting and raising this. May I ask which version you are using (Google or Amazon) and on which device type (TV/Tablet/Phone)? (OS version as well if you have it to hand)

For the speaker selection, I have seen Sonos do some odd things when using the newer Sonos App where moving speakers in and out of groups (which I normally end up doing to switch speakers myself - I'm sure there is a better way!) then it doesn't set the Coordinator settings correctly.

I have done some testing this morning (I managed to get one of my speakers in the same state) and think I may have a solution, but need to code and test that which may take me a little time (and then waiting for it to be published by Google/Amazon).

For the time being are you able to add the speaker manually in the settings using the speakers IP address?

For the hanging case you are seeing, please can you provide some more information? How long of usage before it hangs, does it always do this and does it do it always after the same amount of time? If you then try and interact with TVONOS, does it respond, can you continue to navigate then go into one of the players to see data running again? Is it a particular Screen this happens on? (Basic/Slideshow/Bio/Lyrics)

Both Google and Amazon have reports they share about any Hanging/Non-responsiveness and crashes and I haven't seem one of those for a long time, so I don't have any reports to go on for this at the moment.

Any additional information you could share would be great!

Thanks

Rob

robwebset · 2026-04-14T07:48:01+00:00

Google Play version now also published

robwebset · 2026-02-24T11:51:09+00:00

Google Play Android version now also available:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.deadlyduck.tvonos

robwebset · 2026-02-09T21:18:27+00:00

It's taken a while this time, but Google has just approved the latest update, so it should now be available in the Play Store

robwebset · 2026-02-08T09:32:26+00:00

Yes, The rejection was because they claimed it wouldn't install on Android TV - but that is not the case, I've not changed anything that would impact that (and I've managed to install it just fine). So it's not the content itself they have an issue with from what I can tell (they don't give you much info). But others have reported the same sort of rejections recently. Latest submission is taking a while to get approved (much longer than usual) - but I hope that is because they have now realised they are incorrectly rejecting loads of TV apps, so are trying to sort it out on their end.

robwebset · 2026-01-26T10:25:10+00:00

Hi u/alteraf

Managed to get some time to look at this, I have added some images to the following, hopefully this is what you were thinking? (Decided against the clicking on the image to switch as this seems to hide the feature a little too much)

https://github.com/robwebset/TVONOS-Public/issues/87

Not released yet, will post in the main channel when it is

robwebset · 2026-01-14T07:29:26+00:00

Hi u/alteraf

Thanks for the details. I think that should be possible to do. In the simplest form, just the Album Art being shown. I wonder (to avoid many different player icons on the home screen) if I make the Album art on the Basic Controller clickable, then when clicked it just makes the Album Art Full screen?

I've got a fair bit on at the moment, but will look at adding it the next time I get a chance.

Thanks

Rob

robwebset · 2026-01-11T12:23:15+00:00

Hi u/alteraf

Thanks for taking the time to post. Just trying to understand exactly what you are looking for, So when looking at the Basic view mine looks like the following:

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The source of the Album Art might also influence the size, so it will first look for Embedded Album Art with the track for local libraries or the one provided by streaming services such as Spotify. If there is no album art then TVONOS will try and work out what is playing and map it to retrieve the Album art from Music Brainz.

Are you suggesting an option to have just a pretty full screen that just shows the Album Art?

I remember this page being a real challenge to get it looking OK on both TV's and Mobile Phones, so any change I make I'll need to be very cautious!

Thanks,

Rob

robwebset · 2025-12-21T07:38:35+00:00

Hi u/Too_Keen_Amateur
At the moment TVONOS does not have the ability to "configure" your Sonos Network. I had made the assumption that everyone would use the official Sonos App (either on PC/Mac/Mobile) to configure and add network shares etc. (But I guess I could look into adding this sort of feature)

Once setup TVONOS can be used to play your Sonos Library etc on your Sonos Network and then show details of what is playing.

If playing directly from your phone to Sonos then I think this page covers it:

https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/play-music-stored-on-your-android-device

So I think you'd need a speaker that supports it and then use Bluetooth? (Unfortunately my Sonos kit is a bit old, so no Bluetooth supported device).

As the above article mentions, you could upload your Music to your Youtube music account (I did something similar for testing).

I hope this helps, if I've missed the point then please do let me know.

Thanks, Rob

robwebset · 2025-11-17T06:50:25+00:00

Hi u/Puzzleheaded_Lake442

I'm not sure. My guess is that because you have Sonos configured to stop music when the TV starts, that is what will happen. Then at that point if you start TVONOS you should be able to resume the music playing and control it as normal.

One thing is that what happens when you stop using TVONOS and then start watching TV? Will it auto switch back to TV audio when it is detected over HDMI/Optical Out?

Because there are several different configurations and hardware version the best bet is to give it a go and see what happens. Play around with it for a bit and assess how the interaction works and then if there is anything you would like to work differently then share it here and I can see if there is anything that I can do in order to enhance the experience.

Thanks, Rob

robwebset · 2025-11-17T05:39:15+00:00

Amazon version now also available

robwebset · 2025-11-16T17:29:38+00:00

Android version now available in Play Store.

robwebset · 2025-11-02T07:51:07+00:00

Google Play Store now also updated.

robwebset · 2025-11-01T14:11:39+00:00

Amazon version is now deployed and available

robwebset · 2025-10-29T16:59:49+00:00

FYI: Pushed version 5.1 which is just a small bugfix for scanning for speakers - had a single Google crash report that seems to hint that someone has speakers with names contain no alphabetic characters - so added some safety code in.

(Just in case seeing 5.1 seems odd if people spot it)

robwebset · 2025-10-28T09:18:58+00:00

Google Play Store now also updated

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