I'm having trouble with my DAC, speakers, streamer, etc.
What best describes the issue with your audio device?
My device used to show up in Settings > Audio, now it's gone
The Audio devices on Roon Windows disappear when not used for a while. Restarting Roon enables the devices again after a couple of seconds, but I have to go to the Audio section of the Settings to get them enabled again. All my local devices (USB DAC and Computer Speakers) disappear after my computer wakes up from sleep.
Which is the is the issue probably. Don’t let your computer sleep is what I do and my recommendation. Or, turn off Roon and RoonServer prior to your computer sleeping and then turn them back on when you wake things up.
The Roon Server runs on a NAS and is always available.
The problem is that the Roon Servers takes some time to recognize the Audio interfaces of Roon Remote client.
Right, that is because there is some delay, probably network or local remote configuration. However, if the remote is left on, then the server will not have to go through its audio device rebuild/reconnection process.
The audio devices you see in Settings/Audio exist at the Server level, not the local level, The server queries the local and asks what devices you have and then builds the audio device on the RoonServer.
Roon support is Mon through Friday, so I am sure that official Roon support will weigh in when this request reaches the top of the Queue. I can’t see your logs to give you better suggestions on what is happening.
Perhaps it is an attribute of you hosting your Roon Server on a NAS. On my ROCK/NUC, the Roon Server recognises audio devices on a device coming out of sleep in less than 3 seconds…
First, verify that the associated drivers (ASIO/Wasapi) aren’t lagging when you wake the Windows machine from sleep. Are these outputs available to the system audio or other apps when they’re missing in Roon → Settings → Audio? If so, then I would investigate whether there are any connectivity issues between the Windows machine and your RoonServer NAS. If not, then I’d investigate the interaction between your ASIO/Wasapi drivers and sleep.
We can see in diagnostics that your RoonServer NAS is reporting two local IP addresses to our servers. Does this machine have two active network interfaces? I’d make sure it’s not switching networks or subnets. RoonServer will take whichever network interface works first.
If you have networked Zones that exist independently of the Windows OS and are invisible in Roon → Settings → Audio: I recommend investigating multicast forwarding and IGMP snooping settings in network mesh nodes or access points.