AppleTV Roon Bridge (Support for RAAT)

I know we can use AirPlay to stream to the Apple TV, but native RAAT support would be amazing! The Apple TV is a relatively affordable streaming device and less noisy than a Raspberry Pi. While I realize this is a niche request, I’d love to use it for multi-channel audio streaming.

What’s interesting is that the Infuse app on Apple TV can bypass Apple’s resampling, so I expect the Apple TV could potentially be used as a “bit-perfect” multi-channel RAAT streamer.

Given it’s up to device manufacturers to want to integrate Roon Ready and they implement it themselves, I doubt you will ever see it as this isn’t Apples bag. Roon don’t add it to devices.

I believe that creating a Roon Bridge app for tvOS based on their existing macOS Bridge and iOS Remote app codebases shouldn’t require too much development effort. However, I do see the potential drawback of releasing a tvOS app that serves only as a Bridge without additional features.

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Agreed - AppleTV has multichannel, high-resolution support already.

Surely a “Roon Bridge” app that allows streaming direct to the device could leverage these capabilities :slight_smile:

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I have apps on the ATV for Apple Music, Sirius XM, Qobuz, Radio Paradise and more. One for Roon as a bridge should be no problem to develop.

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@Mike_Rife What app are you using to stream Qobuz on AppleTV? I know that I can use AirPlay, but I prefer a dedicated app.

Thanks,
Steve

Steve, a Qobuz app is available on Apple’s App Store. You can install it on your AppleTV device.

So, let’s ask again:

Why is there no Roon Bridge App for AppleTV4? I can download a Bridge for all my other Macs. Why not for the AppleTV device?

It seems like a natural to me!

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I’m not seeing it when searching for “Qobuz” on the Apple TV App Store. Maybe a regional thing? I’m in the US.

Thanks!

Sorry, my mistake, on AppleTV, there is a Tidal app, but no Qobuz app. I was confusing that with my iPad which can stream them all.

Apologies.

There is a Qobuz app on my Sonos Ultra.

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Even if its ARC would work for now!

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It needs to be a dedicated app, IMO.