@Neil_Goddard, as requested, please provide details of your setup including your core, network, storage location of your media files, and any messages displayed by Roon. Thank you.
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Including these details in your first post helps resolve your issues faster.
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Intel NUC running Roon ROCK
[Intel® Core™ i7-7567U Processor (4M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz)
16GB RAM
1TB SSD storage
Wired connection to network 1Gb speed
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Wired and Wireless - enterprise grade equipment - this is my occupation as a Wi-Fi specialist engineer. Gear from Juniper Networks - Gigabit ethernet switching and Wi-Fi to 802.11ac and .ax standards
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Sonos Play3 (problem device)
All others working fine below:
Rega Saturn3 CD/DAC - direct connection to ROCK via USB
Chromecast Audio with optical out into Naim Audio UnitiQute
Google Pixel6a outputting via bluetooth to UE Megaboom speaker.
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11053 tracks
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Unable to stream BBC radio stations to Sonos Play3 - audio stream starts and stops constantly - about 3-5 seconds on/off. Streams from Tidal and other radios stations e.g. Radio Paradise, work fine with the Sonos. No error messages displayed in Roon.
Including these details in your first post helps resolve your issues faster.
Yep, this is a problem for me. The only room that has no issues playing BBC Radio from Roon is the bedroom which has a Sonos Playbar with surround Sonos Play 1s.
Every other room has issues - Sonos Play 1s. It’s an issue between BBC Radio, Roon and Sonos. My RPi 4Bs have no issues.
It’s not network related either. My internet connection is full Gbit fibre up and down, all of my endpoints are hard wired over Cat6 from Dell enterprise switches, and the core (Synology RS3617xs, Xeon E3-1230 v2 and 32GB of RAM) enjoys an 802.3ad LAG 20Gbit fibre connection back to the main switch.
If I want to listen to BBC Radio on the Sonos end points, I stream from the BBC Sounds service in the Sonos App.
Thanks Graeme, I found the exact same thing. BBC radio is fine via to the Sonos App, but doesn’t work to a usable standard via Roon. Sadly for my use-case an older Sonos is not the bargain I’d hoped for.
Problem solved - bought a new Google Nest Audio, and this works perfectly with BBC radio via Roon using Chromecast. Sonos Play3 has been put back on ebay. Nest Audio is smaller and doesn’t sound as rich as Sonos, but as this is wanted for mostly speech based radio in the kitchen, this will be perfect. Glad to have Roon control back
