ARC desktop app. I now use Roon at home, ARC on the go and Audirvana at work.
I think there is already a feature request somewhere for this.
Why do you need ARC on a desktop, the normal Room UI app does the same and I think is probably more fully functioned just install Roon on the desktop.
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Need extra core, then.
I thought so much, but no hits on search.
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Kudos to this!!! I have been waiting for ARC in Windows for a long time. Sometimes, I bring my laptop to a coffee shop and would like to play my Roon collection using my laptop.
I developed software in my free time, and I know that making a Windows app is just a few mouse clicks if you already have the code and front end developed already.
And how well does the normal Roon app perform remotely on your Windows laptop away from home? (Or on your corporate Windows machine?)
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I am not sure it does I don’t use it
My reply was assuming a desk top as a tower thing, unlikely to be portable.
I doubt Roon will work, ARC has the out of house code
Based on the reactions I think it is needed to describe more clearly what your request is.
If I understand you right you want the capability in a Roon desktop app to let you use Roon away from home, just like Arc does.
That is why I also run Roon on my laptop. No need for ARC. Even without local music, Roon by itself on the laptop will pick up all my Qobuz or Tidal albums and playlists.
I only use Roon for local files. I am sorry, but I have some very obscured albums which I enjoy. Tidal and Qobuz do not have those albums.
I don’t get how Roon on my laptop helps playing my files on the Roon server, when not connected to the same network.
I have all my local music on the laptop, if I wanted.
This would be a great feature for people with a second home, remote office, away from home in hotel, etc. This is especially true if they have lots of local files and maybe don’t subscribe to Tidal or Qobuz.
Of course, you can run a Roon server on your laptop away from home but you have to unauthorize your at home server which has two negatives. That disables Roon ARC for use in the car and disables Roon at home for other family members.
Yes, you can purchase a second Roon subscription, which is what I did, but not everyone wants to do that.
For someone with a large local library, there is the issue of having to maintain your local files on the laptop or a USB drive to take with you.
Some Roon customers have solved this by using a VPN which is not supported by Roon and some customers don’t want to do that either.
I think a Roon ARC application on a laptop is a good idea.
The only negative I see is you will burn through a lot of cellular data if you’re using your phone hotspot at a place that does not have WIFI available. I use about 10 gb per day of Verizon hotspot data.
When using Roon ARC via an iPhone, most people have unlimited iPhone data I think. This varies by country.
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