Apple TV Extension - Roon TV Remote

[Alan_Sparks]

Inclined to agree. While I did complete the Airplay setup on mine, it wouldn’t play, just popped another code. Tested it against my Denon receivers and Airplay works… so assuming Apple’s broken something or changed.

Would be worth opening a topic on the Roon community support list. Definitely not a tv:remote issue per se.

I only use Airplay for rare situations, don’t think it’s a good solution compared to a Raspberry Pi or other Roon endpoint. But it works (sometimes now, I guess).
-Alan

[nealsal]

Thanks for this. So much for Apple TV “Roon Tested”…

[Alan_Sparks]

To be fair, i know it used to work, I’ve used it before. Before latest versions of tvOS… quite likely it was Roon tested, but needs a revisit, since Apple breaks things.

[gTunes]

@nealsal

Thanks for this.

You’re welcome. I’m by no means a Roon apologist but the “tested” category is tough and I tend to think of it as a well-intentioned best effort.

You in the market for a clever but admittedly hacky workaround? I can actually get you were you’re trying to go assuming you have an iPhone or an iPad.

Do this:

1. Set your iPhone/iPad up as a local Roon zone and make sure “Private Zone” is off.

2. Using the Roon app, play something on your iPhone.

3. Use AirPlay on your iPhone to cast to your Apple TV

4. Run the TV:Remote app on your Apple TV, choose your iPhone as the zone

This will get you exactly where you were trying to go in the first place, though your phone is in the loop. It’s not completely crazy and you do get full transport, volume, album art, etc. in the TV:Remote app.

At least it’s something.

[GregD (Greg Dowling)]

Did you try this to get AirPlay working?

Apple TV repeat passcode request loop

Hey @jasonheyd, We’re so sorry to hear that you’re in a similar situation and struggling with this. There’s an issue with enabling some AppleTV devices that we’ve been investigating. While I don’t have a specific timeline for a fix, in the meantime, could you please try to: A) Open settings on the AppleTV B) Navigate to AirPlay and Homekit C) Tap on “Allow Access” D) Set “Allow Access” to “Anyone on the Same Network” E) Set Require Password to “On” and create a password D) Back out of the…

[R_102 (Russell V)]

Hi @nealsal

Audio playback to the Apple TV is handled by the Roon core, its not a feature of the TV:Remote app.
The following post is currently marked as the solution for streaming audio to the Apple TV via Airplay.

Enable Apple TV - AirPlay device Password?

Hi @Carl_Cullison, On the Apple TV, if you go to Settings > AirPlay and click on Airplay Everyone, you will see Security below. This might show Require Code First Time Only but should be changed to a Password. Can you give that a try and let me know if it corrects this behavior?

Possibly one for @support if a passcode is still required.

[nealsal]

I changed my Apple TV settings as you describe. Launched Roon on my iPad, selected the Apple TV zone. It did not play, then the Apple TV zone disappeared from my list. Re-enabled the Apple TV zone in Roon Audio settings and entered the passcode. It worked- got music to play on Apple TV. Thanks for the directions.

[nealsal]

Clever approach! Thanks.

[timmo]

Is it possible for this app to somehow show the currently playing song in the little notification box in upper right screen like other music apps do when a new song starts playing (Amazon, Plex, etc.)? This would be a really nice addition if possible. I usually have my fireplace app playing on Apple TV while listening to music and I like to see the notification box pop-up when a song starts when I use other music apps. Thanks.

[tyler_d]

When i follow the instructions to set require password to “On” and create a password， TV Remote app can work on apple tv。But it resulted in not working in Home Assistant, Home Assistant asked to cancel the password。Is there any way to solve it?

[Cudifying]

Feature request: would it be possible to add the following option to Disable Background Animation:

Album view only

Reason is I think Valence is still far from perfect and keeps serving artist photography with low resolution/bad cropping.

I’d prefer to have the same album art that’s already in the bottom left just scaled up in the background permanently as well.

Thanks!

[R_102 (Russell V)]

Hi @Cudifying

The album only view is include in the latest version. See Roon > Settings > Extension to select the album only view

Apple TV Extension - Roon TV Remote

Released - TV:Remote (Build 1.2.5) [NowPlaying_Album] What’s New Added additional Now Playing layouts: Album Only Album/Text Added option to set Now Playing background colour (Applies only to Album views) Moved runtime settings into Roon > Settings > Extension (Apologies if any setting are reset in the move).

[R_102 (Russell V)]

Hi @tyler_d

This is probably one for Roon or Home Assistant support as it audio playback related. TV:Remote is purely control.

[tyler_d]

Thank you, it seems that I can only choose one of the two. I hope it will be resolved in the future

[Blonzo]

This app is fantastic! It solved my main display problems almost completely. I was wondering if the app could also show the Roon signal path in future versions: I am always wondering what is actually being done by Roon at any point in time.
Much thanks for a great app/extension!

[GregD (Greg Dowling)]

Agree that’s it’s a great app!

Sadly the signal path isn’t available via the Roon API (I’d like to use it in my software too).

[Benjamin_Yap]

Trying to connect TV:Remote from my Roon Server over the app on AppleTV. The TV:Remote app recognises my Roon Core and asks me to enable the extension on Roon Core. However when I go to Extensions in Settings of Roon, the Extension is not recognised. See attached pictures. Help!

[R_102 (Russell V)]

Hi @Benjamin_Yap

Does the issue persist after a reboot of the core machine - Ben’s ThinkBook?

[Benjamin_Yap]

Unfortunately yes. I’ve also tried to uninstall and reinstall the app on my AppleTV without success.

[R_102 (Russell V)]

Looks like the app has connected as its pulled in the core name.

Are there any firewalls enabled on the core machine? Can you temporarily disable if so?