Apple TV Extension - Roon TV Remote

Just installed the extension. It was a very straightforward and smooth experience and it works flawlessly. Thanks for the wonderful work!

I can see that you’re still busy making the extension work for a wider array of configurations and that you might not be looking for expanding its feature set at the moment. But, if by chance, it’s any easy thing to add, we certainly would enjoy to have the ability to see lyrics to the songs on our TV. :slightly_smiling_face:

Thanks again!

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Opened in TestFlight, 1.5 crashed on Roon screen.

Crashes here, too.

Hi all, latest build is in now up on testflight. This should hopefull fix the crash at startup… plus a few other changes.

Build 1.13

  • Fixed crash at startup
  • Added Core selection if multiple Roon cores are detected during discovery.
  • Added App Settings (ATV -> Settings -> Apps -> TV:Remote).
  • Added the option to connected to a Core via an IP address.
  • Added the option to allow/disable the ATV screensaver (default is disabled).
  • Added ATV Device ID to the extension status.
  • Stored selected zone across reboots
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OK.

The app works now, but only thru AirPlay. The video looks great, but I don’t know how to pair it with the audio. My core is on a Nucleus played through my dac to audio input on AVR, or from hdmi on Nucleus to AVR. I cast video through Roon to my flat panels.

Airplay is less than satisfactory for audio, in my opinion.

But it does work with the new build!

Thanks Russell. I’m out of town until Saturday but will give it a go when I get home. I fully expect it will still work great.

I just jumped on this app today. The latest build works for me!

It is great to have a Roon Remote on Apple TV. I hope you are able to build it further to have lyrics, etc. like a function Roon Display.

Mike, this functions as a remote. So it only handles your existing Roon setup. It itself is not streaming any music I believe.

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Oh yeah that’s sorted it - fantastic work

Stuck at start searching for Roon Core, any hint?
Roon IOS app properly find Core server.

Hi @Patrick_LP, if discovery fails to find the Roon Core and you know the IP address of the core you can connect using that.

Select the Apple TV Settings -> Apps -> TV:Remote.
Enter the Core IP address and set “Connect using Core IP address” to Yes.

Hope the helps!

Worked, thanks.

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Build 1.13

Runs now, thank you. No need to use IP address.

In the “simple screen” mode, where just the transport and art/title is visible, the Apple Remote will still pause and play, but there is no indication of pause or play onscreen. Other that the dancing meter bars, it’s the same with the screen that automatically follows that screen (album cover/title/artist).

Thanks again for making this cool thing.

So far it seems all this is working very well. (Hardwire).
Just installed the app.

I don’t know if the intention is to also play sound as well ?
I’m using a Pioneer Kuro, and all other apps gives sound via toslink from TV.
(I’m using HQPlayer up sampled, so maybe that’s why no sound). So I let my endpoint take care of sound as always.

So is there a plan to extend the functionality of the app ?

The app is intended to be a remote only - not a Roon endpoint, so won’t play sound via the app itself.
You can, of course, set your ATV to be a Roon endpoint within the Roon app’s audio setup then select it as the output zone in this ATV remote app to have working sound :slight_smile:

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0rangutan pretty much coved the answer to that one. Roon already has the audio side sorted. :+1:

Im still planning to add a few more features. Showing the play queue for example is next on the list.

Thanks for great work. To me this is already full working app, and I know I will use it a lot.
When Roon radio plays, and I hear a new song, just have to look my TV.
Best part for me is to use the Apple remote to pause/play :grinning:

Hope you soon put the app into full production.

Mike, did you get this sorted. This app is just a remote. So it should be able to find any of your existing audio zones and control them. I have it on multiple Apple TVs. Some are simply controlling an Apple TV zone, which like you said uses Airplay. But in my primary listening room, I have it controlling a Ropiee zone that is feeding my external DAC. I get high res audio this way, including MQA if I so choose.

t.

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It’s great work - be good to see it in production so we can pay you…

Don’t think it will work for my setup. My Nucleus runs through my AVR (HDMI and Analog), the App runs on AppleTV on a separate input. Once I switch from AppleTV to either the HDMI or Analog input, I can no longer use the AppleTV app. Of course if I wanted to forego the AVR as an input and connect though multiple inputs on my panel, I could make it work. But, for me, it is not worth the added complexity of multiple panel inputs. I am perfectly happy with using my iPad as a remote for all my zones. But it is a fine piece of work for those who can use and appreciate it, just not for me.

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Gotcha. I had a similar issue. My AppleTV is connect to my AVR via HDMI. I prefer to listen to Roon through my DAC, which is connected to the AVR via analog. Even with my AVR set to automatically switch audio to analog, it won’t do it if the AppleTV is selected. My solution is use an HDMI splitter (not a switch) and run the 2nd HDMI output into another AVR input which is configured to pull video from HDMI and analog audio from the DAC. This also lets me listen to disks through my DAC and not have a blank screen. My external DAC is better than what’s in my Marantz.

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