Hi @Tim_Dam ----- My apologies for the troubles here. To help aide in my evaluation of this issue you are experiencing may I kindly ask you for the following information:
A brief but accurate description of your setup as seen here. The more detailed you can be, the better.
Has the machine running your Roon core been rebooted yet?
How long has your setup been in this state? When was the last time it was functioning? Can you think of any changes that may have possible been made in that time? OS updates? Firmware / drive updates?
I believe the HQPlayer is in my desktop, but I’m somewhat confused about the HQPlayer. Is it an additional physical piece of hardware, or configured in the software?
I have my desktop with the Roon core installed on it. My music files reside on an external drive attached to my desktop via a USB cable.
The Bryston BDP-2 is attached to the same home network (as the desktop) via a Ethernet cable. The Roon software sees my music files (on the desktop, my iPad & iPhone), but I can’t get them to play.
People usually don’t forget installing HQ Player, which is a software upsampling, filtering and DSP program separate from Roon (you wouldn’t forget paying the licence fee !). I suspect you may not have HQ Player installed and have added your BDP-2 IP address into the HQ Player field of the Networked section of the Audio tab, thinking (rather naturally) that is how you might connect to Networked devices like your BDP-2.
If that is correct and you don’t have HQ Player then the first thing to do is remove that Zone, it’s just confusing Roon.
What should be happening is a big graphic of your BDP-2 shows up in the Networked section as an available Roon Ready Zone and you can simply select it and play music. One reason that might not be occurring is if your BDP-2 is not running the Roon Ready firmware.
I’d suggest updating the firmware on the BDP-2, restarting everything and then see if a Networked Roon Ready Zone appears for your Bryston.
Edit: You might find the Roon Knowledge Base and User Guide helpful. It can assist with a lot of questions, but please don’t hesitate to post on the Forum also; that’s what we’re here for !
Hi @Tim_Dam ---- Thank you for the follow up. I am dropping you a flag to make sure you don’t miss @andybob 's very concise and helpful explanation here. Please let me know if you need help with anything he has suggested.
Eric,
Thank you for your followup, It is greatly appreciated!
With your and @andybob’s assistance everything seems to be running as a proper Roon system should.
Now I will start to learn how to fully embrace the system and all of its benefits along with my new Tidal subscription.
Thank you again!
Tim
That’s great to hear Tim. I use Roon/Tidal every day, but I’m still in awe at the places it takes me. I particularly reccomend the links to influences etc. at the foot of Artist entries and the threads in the Music section of this forum.